China uses more than 60 percent of coal in its energy mix. This heavy reliance has strong environmental consequences notably with SO2 and CO2 emissions for which China is the world first emitter. This already has tremendous implications on a local, regional and global scale. Therefore, there is...

Twenty years of liberalization have transformed the energy sector. The old energy world of long-term contracts and personal contacts has changed beyond recognition into a set of highly competitive markets with instantaneous decision-making much like the financial sector. Decentralized...

Energy has always been a central issue for the European construction. The current international development forces the Union to redefine its energy policy according to another logic : accept global interdependence and the creation of structures favoring the development, the reactivity, and the...

The world economy is now facing a number of new disturbing questions. In this context, the political, social and economic equilibrium of the Mediterranean area is a key issue which concerns the entire world. In the search for equilibrium, the Mediterranean energy industry, which is characterized...

Cet ouvrage aborde les nouveaux défis de l'énergie sous une forme régionale et globale. Ceci permet de mieux comprendre la dynamique d'un monde multipolaire. Chaque région du monde a son niveau de développement économique, sa vulnérabilité au réchauffement climatique. Cette opposition...