This volume discusses the European "2050 Energy Roadmap to a law Carbon Economy: Energy Policy & Innovation." It represents the outcome of the 3rd Academic Roundtable of the Loyola de Palacio Chair at the European University Institute held in Florence in 2011. Besides academic articles, speeches...

In economic, technical and political terms, the security of energy supply is of the utmost importance for Europe. Alongside competition and sustainability, supply security represents a cornerstone of the EU's energy policy, and in times of rising geopolitical conflict plays an increasingly...