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Autopoietic Machines
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Cross-border Hydrogen Valleys – A step towards a hydrogen economy
by Marco Conte and Katharina Bouchaar, Enercy1 In recent years, the increasing interest in the clean Hydrogen sector has led key stakeholders across Europe to develop ambitious projects, with green hydrogen as the main protagonist: the so-called “Hydrogen Valleys.” The…
How should Big Oil spend big money?
by Ernesto Bonafé Big Oil faces an existential question: How to spend its very large and, for some, ‘windfall’ or ‘excessive’ profits at a time when the consumption of oil, gas and coal is expected to reach its peak in the near…
From the Appalachian to the Highlands and the Pyrenees, energy futures are all about permitting
By Ernesto Bonafé The gas pipeline project MidCat intended to cross the Pyrenees was abandoned on 20 October 2022. It could have been completed in only one year and would have served as an alternative gas corridor for gas imports…
The second life of the Energy Charter Treaty
by Dr Ernesto Bonafé Born in the aftermath of the Cold War, the Energy Charter Treaty will have a second life, in a warmer planet, with reminiscent tensions heating up. The goal in the early nineties was to extend market-based…
Understanding Emerging Trends in the European Union Climate Litigations as a Neo-Functionalist: Part Two
By Shashi Kant Yadav Read Part One Climate Change and Neo-functionalism In the past decade, the EU’s supranational institutions have expanded their integrational approach eventually facilitating interest groups to mobilize beyond their state boundaries as an actor rather than a subject. To explain…
Understanding Emerging Trends in the European Union Climate Litigations as a Neo-Functionalist: Part One
By Shashi Kant Yadav “If groups within or among states believe that supranational institutions are more promising than national institutions in achieving their interests, then regional integration will result …” Haas, E.B. In 2018, members of ten European families, engaged…
The Future of the Energy Transition for Middle East Gulf Economies Post Pandemic
By Jamil Hijazi, Jessica Obeid and Michel-Ange Medlej Jamil Hijazi and co-authors (Jessica Obeid and Michael-Ange Medlej) navigate the future of the Energy Transition in the Middle East Gulf Economies Post COVID-19 ahead of their upcoming article in the Global…