The Nordic Dimension of Energy Security

ISBN-13: 9783030370459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 270 str.

Ryszard M. Czarny

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. Energy Security: Contemporary Challenges

1.1 Security and Security Policy

1.2 Subject and Scope of the State's Energy Security

1.3 Energy and Climate Security

1.4. Energy Security and Environmental Security

1.5. Evolution of International Cooperation on Environmental and Climate Protection

 

CHAPTER 2. Global Energy Market Dilemmas

2.1. Opportunities and Challenges of the First Decade of the 21st Century

2.2. Increase in Energy Demand

2.3. Energy Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2.4. New Trends in the Global Energy System

 

CHAPTER 3. Energy Balance in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

3.1. The Global Energy Balance            

3.2. Top Energy Producers, Exporters and Importers

3.3. Current Energy Consumption.

 

CHAPTER 4. Energy Policy of the European Union in the 21st Century

4.1. European Energy Market: Economic and Political Conditions in the First Decade

4.2. The European Union and Energy Supply Problems

4.3. Contemporary Challenges in the EU Strategy and Energy Balance

4.4. The EU's Activity in Counteracting Climate Change: The Special Role of RES and EU ETS regulation

4.5. The EU’s Climate Policy

 

CHAPTER 5. Norden States in the Context of Energy Security: Fundamental Issues

5.1 Nordic States in the International Arena

5.2 Norden and the Energy Problems in the Baltic Sea Region

 

CHAPTER 6. The Kingdom of Denmark: Leader in Energy Efficiency

6.1 Energy Potential: Hydrocarbon Resources

6.2. Energy Balance of Denmark

6.3. Activities to Ensure Denmark’s Energy Security

6.4. A Testing Ground for Novelties: Climate and Energy Policy

 

CHAPTER 7. Republic of Finland: Dynamic Modernization of the Energy Sector

7. 1. Energy Balance of Finland

7.2 Activities Aimed at Ensuring Finland’s Energy Security

7.3 Energy and Climate: Practical Actions

 

CHAPTER 8. The Republic of Iceland: Ambitious Energy Plans

8.1. Energy Balance of Iceland

8.2. Renewable Energy Resources

8.3 Forms and Methods of Using the Energy Potential

8.4. Dynamics in the Development of Energy Security

 

CHAPTER 9. The Kingdom of Sweden: Transition to an Ecologically Sound Society

9.1 Dynamics of Changes in Energy Policy

9.2 Electricity as the Basis for the Energy Balance

9.3 The Importance of Renewable Energy for Climate Protection

9.4. Sweden: Energy Security

 

CHAPTER 10. The Kingdom of Norway: Standing in Energy

10.1 Norway as a Producer of Oil and Gas

10.2. Electricity as the Basis for Energy Balance

10.3 Environmental and Climate Protection Measures

10.4. Norway: Basic Premises for Energy Security

 

CHAPTER 11. The Nordic Countries in the Face of Current Challenges of Energy Security

11.1 Environmental Protection, Climate Change and Energy Culture

11.2 Cooperation in Energy Policy: Effective Remedy for the Contemporary Challenges of Energy Security

 

CONCLUSION

O autorze

Professor Ryszard Michał CZARNY, expert in Scandinavian issues, lawyer and political scientist researching political and economic conditions of the cooperation among the North European States. Full Professor of long standing at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland) and, since 2012, Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava (Slovakia). Author and editor of many monographs and major works on Scandinavian countries, including: Regionalism in International Relations, Sweden in the European Union: Political and Legal Analysis, Sweden – Poland – The European Union, In the New Europe: Glossary of Terms, Energy Dilemmas of the Nordic Region Countries,  EU Northern Dimension: Development Study, The Northern Spaces: Contemporary Issues – ed., The Arctic and Nordic Countries in the World of Economy and Politics – ed., The High North: Between Geography and Politics, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015, A Modern Nordic Saga: Politics, Economy and Society, Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 2017, Sweden: From Neutrality to International Solidarity, Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 2018, and numerous articles and essays on contemporary international relations.

Blurb

This book will show that when some countries begin using oil and gas as an instrument of exerting pressure and to realize political goals, energy security becomes synonymous with national security as well as economic security. It is within this context that the Nordic countries serve as role models and an exemplification of modern, innovative and ecofriendly solutions. This book highlights that the Nordic countries represent a very broad spectrum of competencies and techniques in the field of making use of various energy sources, which basically exhausts all the possible and currently available possibilities.