Energy democracy as a process, an outcome and a goal: A conceptual review
Denne artikkelen gir oversikt over de forskjellige måtene energidemokrati er blitt konseptualisert på.
Russian Oil Companies in an Evolving World: The Challenge of Change
Denne boken handler om de fem største oljeselskapene i Russland og hvordan de håndterer endring.
Multilateralisme under press: Norge og Estland i FNs sikkerhetsråd
Dette prosjektet vil utforske mulighetene for økt bilateralt samarbeid mellom Norge og Estland i Sikkerhetsrådet, hvor Estland er roterende medlem 2020-2021 og Norge 2021-2022 ...
Brunei Darussalam: How to Build an Investment Climate for Renewable Energy?
Brunei Darussalam has yet to make major progress in renewable energy and become an attractive destination for investors. Only 0.05% of Brunei’s electricity came from renewable energy sources, while 99.95% was based on fossil fuels. In 2014, the country set a renewable energy target of 10% in the power generation mix by 2035. To reach the target, it needs to increase the share of renewables by 0.66% every year from 2020 to 2035. The country still needs to adopt a regulatory regime to scale up the development of renewable energy, particularly solar energy, which is more abundant than wind energy. We propose five actions to build the investment climate for renewable energy in Brunei Darussalam: prioritise renewable energy in the governance system; adopt and implement key legislation; mobilise domestic investors; improve market entry for foreign investors.
Multilateralisme i eit nytt lys: Mot eit FN og eit multilateralt system som er meir demokratisk, regelbasert og inkluderande
NUPI og UN75 inviterer til webinar med deltakarar frå ulike delar av samfunnet. Saman skal dei diskutere korleis ein felles innsats kan hjelpe oss med å nå berekraftsmåla.
Norway as an anergy actor in Europe and in the Baltic Sea region
Kort innlegg om Norges rolle som energiaktør i Europa og i Østersjoregionen på en konferanse organisert av Det sentraleuropeiske instituttet i Lublin, Poland, on-line
Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Financing for Climate Action
The 2018 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on limiting global warming to 1.5 °C highlights the importance of access to capital for reaching this target. As directly or indirectly government-owned and -controlled investment vehicles with a an intrinsically long-term perspective, sovereign wealth funds have an self-interest in preventing climate change and its long-term impacts on the world economy and their broader portfolios. Other investors may choose to look upon climate change as an externality as long as they are not forced to take it into account. By contrast, sovereign wealth funds are perhaps the investor class for whom it makes most sense to internalize the consequences of climate change, as their long-term investment horizon makes them directly vulnerable to its consequences. Nonetheless, the number of sovereign wealth funds that engage in such investments and the proportion of their capital that is directed towards green financing remains small. This chapter discusses the operational aspects that make sovereign wealth funds good candidates of public green financing and the limitations that they face in this process. The discussion concludes with useful policy and governance considerations.
The new oil? The geopolitics and international governance of hydrogen
While most hydrogen research focuses on the technical and cost hurdles to a full-scale hydrogen economy, little consideration has been given to the geopolitical drivers and consequences of hydrogen developments. The technologies and infrastructures underpinning a hydrogen economy can take markedly different forms, and the choice over which pathway to take is the object of competition between different stakeholders and countries. Over time, cross-border maritime trade in hydrogen has the potential to fundamentally redraw the geography of global energy trade, create a new class of energy exporters, and reshape geopolitical relations and alliances between countries. International governance and investments to scale up hydrogen value chains could reduce the risk of market fragmentation, carbon lock-in, and intensified geo-economic rivalry.
Russian Renewable Energy: Regulations and outcomes
This chapter reviews the development of the legal framework for renewable energy in Russia and discusses the current state of renewable energy in the country. The Russian support scheme for renewable energy is elaborated in detail for both the wholesale and retail energy markets, and the outcomes of the policy are assessed based on the current state of renewable energy in Russia.