GPPi fellows contribute to new Global Energy Assessment volume

GPPi Fellows Andreas Goldthau and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira have contributed to a new volume titled Global Energy Assessment. Published by Cambridge University Press and due out in October 2012, the volume provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the global challenges linked to energy.

The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) brought together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options. It has been peer-reviewed anonymously by an additional 200 international experts.

The GEA assesses the major global challenges for sustainable development and their linkages to energy; the technologies and resources available for providing energy services; future energy systems that address the major challenges; and the policies and other measures that are needed to realize transformational change toward sustainable energy futures.

Goldthau and Soares de Oliveira acted as the lead authors for chapter 5, titled ​“Energy and Security.” The chapter assesses energy security mainly from a systems analysis perspective, deliberately going beyond prevalent ​“hard security” debates. Professor Aleh Cherp of Central European University was the convening lead author of the chapter.