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Presentation: The EU and Russia: Devising Policy Amidst Complexity
The EU and Russia: Devising Policy Amidst Complexity From: Caroline Kuzemko To: University of Exeter – EPG Seminar Series, 28th January 2013 Outline: The puzzle: deterioration of EU-Russia energy relations and of the EU’s negotiating position Focus the analytical lens onto the EU, and its approaches to energy, to provide explanations Outline four different frameworks of ideas about energy and how it should be governed – all within the EU Assess ways in which the proliferation of legitimate frameworks of ideas about energy has impacted upon EU policymaking and EU-Russia relations Download presentation: CK – EU-Russia-Complexity
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Paper: Politicising UK Energy: What Speaking Energy Security Can Do
Politicising UK Energy: What Speaking Energy Security Can Do By: Caroline Kuzemko In: Policy & Politics Abstract: This article explores one set of conditions under which a policy area, energy, became politicised. It also explores the relationship between concepts of ‘speaking security’, which claim that the language of security is politically potent, and notions of (de-) politicisation. It explains that framing energy supply as a security issue influenced an opening up of UK energy, which had been subject to processes of depoliticisation since the early 1980s, to political interest, contestation and deliberation. It is noted that speaking
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New Thinking Blog: Shale Gas & Price Reductions
Shale Gas & Price Reductions – Calling for Informed, Honest & Transparent Leadership Tom Steward, IGov Team, 28th January 2013 About Tom: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/igov/people/igov-team/tom-steward/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Steward_T Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, David Cameron once again allied the ideas of shale exploration, and cheaper gas prices. He called attention to the effects that the shale revolution has had in the US, particularly in relation to falling energy prices as permitting ‘re-shoring’ of industry. Something he is keen to see replicated in Europe, and particularly in Britain. This is not the first time Cameron has suggested that
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New Thinking Blog: Climate Governance Compromises and their Impacts
Climate Governance Compromises and their Impacts Caroline Kuzemko, IGov Team, 21 January, 2014 About Caroline: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Caroline_Kuzemko Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolineKuzemko Last week I spent Thursday and Friday at a youth hostel near Milton Keynes (and yes, I did see statues of cows) at an extended workshop on climate governance. This was organised by Dr Chris Shaw, of the Environmental Change Institute, as part of an on going, ESRC funded project: #climatecrunch. The themes of the workshop were ‘risks, rights and responsibilities’ and, although I learnt a huge amount over the two days, there were a few issues that
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New Thinking Blog: UK Energy Security and Supply Chains
UK Energy Security and Supply Chains Richard Hoggett, IGov team, 15th January 2014 About Richard: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/igov/people/igov-team/richard-hoggett/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoggettRD This blog draws it findings from a recent open access paper on technology scale, supply chains and energy security. The need to decarbonise our energy system, ensure energy security and maintain affordability are the central goals of UK energy policy. Although, both David Cameron and Michael Fallon have clearly indicated they see energy security as being the main priority within this trilemma. The UK is not alone in this stance, as energy security is a central and high priority
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New Thinking Blog: Diary of a Switch
Diary of a Switch Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 8th January, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell Stimulated by Ed Miliband’s 2013 Labour Conference ‘reset’ speech, I decided to ‘switch’; to examine my energy bills with more care than I normally do; and to write a blog about it. Switch is the term used to describe an energy customer moving from one energy supplier (in my case from buying gas from British Gas (BG) to Good Energy (GE), which I already buy my electricity from). I describe the switch below but this blog has become about (1) confirming the incredibly
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Paper: Technology scale and supply chains in a secure, affordable and low carbon energy transition
Technology scale and supply chains in a secure, affordable and low carbon energy transition By: Richard Hoggett In: Applied Energy Abstract: This research explores the relationship between technology scale, energy security and decarbonisation within the UK energy system. There is considerable uncertainty about how best to deliver on these goals for energy policy, but a focus on supply chains and their resilience can provide useful insights into the problems uncertainty causes. Technology scale is central to this, and through an analysis of the supply chains of nuclear power and solar photovoltaics, it is suggested that smaller scale
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Guest Blog: Radical emissions reduction strategies – the missing links?
Radical emissions reduction strategies – the missing links? Katy Roelich and John Barrett– Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds We’ve just attended a very thought provoking conference, organised by the Tyndall Centre, which intended to provide an evidence base for developing radical mitigation strategies. We think that this is the right question and were pleased that the Tyndall Centre had started the process of addressing this issue. However, even they admitted that among the many magnificent contributions there was a conspicuous shortage of strategies. Despite coming out more convinced than ever that we need to
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New Thinking: Why the Government won’t Support Domestic Energy Demand Reduction
Why the Government won’t Support Domestic Energy Demand Reduction Tom Steward, IGov Team, 10th December 2013 About Tom: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/igov/people/igov-team/tom-steward/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Steward_T Last Wednesday (4th December 2013) saw the launch by Government of the latest Infrastructure Spending Plan, followed on Thursday (5th December 2013) by George Osborne’s Autumn Statement, energy was a hot topic across both of these, notably with confirmed CfD strike prices and announcement of tax breaks for shale gas. What was lacking however was meaningful discussion around the county’s aging and leaky (thermally speaking) housing stock. Given that the housing stock is valued at £4.2trillion
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Presentation: Innovation and Governance Institutions, Rules and Regulations
Innovation and Governance Institutions, Rules and Regulations From: Catherine Mitchell, Caroline Kuzemko and Matthew Lockwood To: University of Exeter Politics Department, 18th November 2013 Download presentation: Exeter-Politics-18-11-
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