Decarbonization in the European Union

Max Åhman, Lund University, SwedenElin Lerum Boasson, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), Norway Tom Casie, University of Kent, Brussels, BelgiumTorbjørg Jevnaker, Nansen Institute, NorwayOlga Khrushcheva, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKStefan Lechtenböhmer, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, GermanyLeiv Lunde, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, NorwayCathy Macharis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BelgiumTomas Maltby, King's College London, UKLars J. Nilsson, Lund University, SwedenRadostina Primova, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BelgiumSascha Samadi, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, GermanyThomas Sattich, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BelgiumJon Birger Skjærseth, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, NorwayTom van Lier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

• 1. Decarbonisation in the EU: Setting the Scene; Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthür 2. The EU Internal Energy Market and Decarbonisation; Radostina Primova 3. The Power Sector: Pioneer and Workhorse of Decarbonisation; Stefan Lechtenböhmer and Sascha Samadi 4. Electricity Grids: No Decarbonisation Without Infrastructure; Thomas Sattich 5. Decarbonising Industry in the EU: Climate, Trade and Industrial Policies; Max Åhman and Lars J. Nilsson 6. Transport: Addicted to Oil; Tom van Lier and Cathy Macharis 7. Buildings: Good Intentions Unfulfilled; Elin Lerum Boasson and Claire Dupont 8. The Geopolitics of the EU's Decarbonisation Strategy: a Bird's Eye Perspective; Tom Casier 9. Decarbonisation and EU Relations with the Caspian Sea Region; Claire Dupont 10. Evolutions and Revolutions in EU-Russia Energy Relations; Tomas Maltby and Olga Khrushcheva 11 . EU-Norway Energy Relations Towards 2050: From Fossil Fuels to Low- Carbon Opportunities?; Torbjørg Jevnaker, Leiv Lunde and Jon Birger Skjærseth 12 . Conclusions; Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthür