Central Asian economies, particularly Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, are pursuing increasingly ambitious goals for renewable energy. Apart from China - an established player in the market - it has increasingly been Gulf countries that have been implementing respective projects, particularly Saudi...

The combined effects of the economic crisis and the recent popular uprisings in parts of the Middle East and North Africa have brought social and economic challenges back to the centre of attention of policy makers. For governments searching to create jobs, to satisfy the growing energy demand...

Eine der Voraussetzungen, die dem von den Autoren entwickelten Szenario zugrunde liegen, die Ratifizierung der Klimaschutzziele von Kyoto, wurde inzwischen auf dem politischen Altar bereits wieder geopfert. Um so wichtiger erscheint es daher, dem Leser eine leicht zu lesende, umfassende...