Climate and energy

The International Energy Agency Responds to the Libyan Crisis (ARI)
Climate and energy Analyses

The International Energy Agency Responds to the Libyan Crisis (ARI)

On 23 June, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced the release of 60 million barrels of its members’ strategic petroleum reserves in July. In justifying the move, the IEA cited the need to mitigate the effects of the Libyan crisis, but it has been interpreted as a call for the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to boost production and not jeopardise the economic recovery, as well as giving Saudi Arabia time to make the announced production increase materialise.

By Gonzalo Escribano
21 Jul 2011 //
24 mins Reading time
Cultural Change for a Bearable Climate (ARI)
Climate and energy Analyses

Cultural Change for a Bearable Climate (ARI)

Stabilising the climate and curbing ecological decline more broadly will take nothing less than transforming cultural systems so that living sustainably becomes as natural as living as a consumer feels today. To do that, it will be necessary to harness leading societal institutions just as consumer interests did in the past century, when they so effectively normalised consumerism.

By Erik Assadourian
17 Nov 2010 //
19 mins Reading time
Central Asia: Moving Towards an Alternative Vision of Energy Relations?
Climate and energy Working Papers

Central Asia: Moving Towards an Alternative Vision of Energy Relations?

The idea behind this paper is that the way we view energy relations determines how we define and apply energy security policies. In light of this, the emergence of Central Asia on the international hydrocarbon scene is an excellent opportunity to illustrate the difference that exists today between the dominant epistemological-conceptual approach to energy relations and the reality behind these same relations.

By Aurèlia Mañé Estrada
04 May 2010 //
46 mins Reading time

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