ABSTRACT
In a multipolar world with growing demand for energy, not least by Emerging Powers such as Brazil, India, China or South Africa (BICS), questions of EU external energy governance would at first hand appear to be a high-priority. Yet, reality tells a different story: the EU’s geographical focus remains on adjacent countries in the European neighbourhood and on issues related to energy security. Despite being Strategic Partners and engaging in energy dialogues, it seems that the EU is lacking strategic vision and is not perceived as a major actor in energy cooperation with the BICS. Thus, political momentum for energy cooperation and joint governance of scarce resources is vanishing. Resulting from three years of international, interdisciplinary research cooperation among academics and practitioners in Europe and the BICS countries within a project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, this volume addresses one of the greatest global challenges. Specific focus lies on the bilateral energy dialogues and Strategic Partnerships between the EU and Emerging Powers regarding bilateral, inter- and transnational energy cooperation. Furthermore, the analysis provides policy recommendations in order to tap the full potential of energy cooperation between the EU and Brazil, India, China and South Africa.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|54 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|16 pages
Conceptualizing Emerging Powers and EU Energy Governance
part II|71 pages
European Energy Governance
chapter 5_2|14 pages
Germany's Energy Cooperation with Emerging Powers
chapter 5.4|14 pages
Spain's Energy Cooperation with Emerging Powers
part III|87 pages
EU External Energy Relations with China, India, Brazil, South Africa
chapter 8|22 pages
Brazil-EU Energy Governance
chapter 9|20 pages
South Africa-EU Energy Governance
part IV|33 pages
Communicative Challenges of EU-Emerging Powers Energy Relations
chapter 10|18 pages
More Than Only Words
chapter 11|14 pages
Energy Poverty and Policy Coherence in India
part V|37 pages
Non-state Actors within EU-Emerging Powers Energy Relations
chapter 12|18 pages
The Governance of International Technology Transfer
part VI|37 pages
Multilateral and Regional Embededdness of the EU and Emerging Powers in Energy Governance
chapter 14|18 pages
International Energy Governance Revisited
chapter 15|18 pages
IRENA's Renewable Energy Governance
part VII|29 pages
Concluding Remarks and Policy Recommendations