Introduction -- Historical reflection : a brief genealogy of sustainable development -- Sustainability and climate change -- Sustainability and energy systems -- Sustainability and food systems -- Sustainability as transformation and reflexivity

Energy : a reasonable mix? / Graham T. Reader -- Energy supply and consumption in Senegal / Bertrand Tchanache -- Hydrogen as an energy vector : present and future / Bernardo Llamas, Javier Garciat, Marcelo F. Ortega Romero, Isabel Amez, M. Belen Vallespir Jimenez.

In September 2015 countries agreed to a set of sustainable development goals. Attainment of all of the goals depends directly or indirectly on the availability of sustainable energy. Member States of the UNECE have asked how the region can attain its sustainable energy objectives. The response...

In the face of scarcity of energy resources and rising energy prices due primarily to a world of increasing demand, energy security concerns becomes more crucial both for private and public sector alike. At the same time, energy policies have been shifting and policy changes have become hard to...

One of the lessons learned from the German effort under the heading of Energiewende is the insight that simply shifting to renewables and recommending improving energy efficiency is not sufficient to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with the expected radical change of technologies this...

The future of energy security has become a prominent concern for emerging economies due to the inevitable depletion of fossil fuels and the ongoing disruptions in their supply. The crippling effect of complete dependence on expensive fossil fuel imports is magnified by the ineffective policy...