Energy Security and Climate Change:A Litmus Test for the Eu-China Relationship?
Mounting import dependence, high energy prices and the limited use of renewable power are problems that confront virtually all the EU members and make of paramount importance the coordination of national approaches on energy sources and market liberalization speaking with one voice in international organizations and consultation fora. Both energy and climate change issues are the object of distinct provisions in the Treaty of Lisbon signed on 13 December, 2007 and expected to enter into force in early 2009. Binding EU-wide targets concerning a long-term energy policy include commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, develop renewable energy sources and increase the use of biofuels. Measures currently considered by the European Commission deal, inter alia, with a more effective emissions trading system and legally enforceable targets for an increase in the share of renewables in the energy mix of each country.The EUs bilateral dialogue with China is heavily influenced by questions related to energy security. Besides the EU-China summits carried out over the past 10 years, ad hoc meetings and increasingly closer sectoral dialogues are developing in a variety of fields. The ongoing EU-China Partnership on Climate Change has laid the foundations for further progress on building up Chinas participation in the Kyoto Protocol projects and goals. Time is probably ripe for a more dynamic EU contribution in the field of energy security, developing a partnership with China in several fields of common interest and leaving aside any antagonistic attitude vis-à-vis the emerging Asian superpower.
Energy Security Climate Change Eu-China Cooperation
Giuseppe Schiavone
国际会议
竞争与伙伴关系：中国与欧盟经济贸易关系热点问题国际学术研讨会
北京
英文
268-284
2008-04-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）