Bringing in the Americans is the first task for the UN-COP-15 for the Danish government along with its EU partners. The key contents of the EU's climate leadership towards the climate conference are assessed, such as the -20% by 2020 reduction target, the effort sharing agreement and reforms of...

Setting the scene -- Energy research in the European Union -- Scientific controversies on energy foresight -- Economic and energy modelling -- European quantitative tools -- Case studies on European energy-related policies -- Ex-post evaluation and comparison of energy models -- Interaction of...