Energy Politics

In this article at Phenomenal World, Alke Jenss and Hanna Schnieders discuss Costa Rica's proposed energy sector reform, laying out what it could mean to the role of the state and energy justice to disband Costa Rica's electricity provider ICE.

Philipp Wagner discusses the decision-making behind renewable energy partnerships between the Maghreb and EU states. In his contribution on the Blog for Transregional Research, he offers concrete policy evaluations and recommendations.

Benjamin Schütze and Elia El-Khazen discuss in the new issue of the Middle East Report how dependencies and concentrations of power continue to exist in the transition to renewable energies and to what extent they can be destabilised by political movements.

The climate conference in Dubai was characterised by closed doors and business deals. States, companies and civil society groups used the conference to their own advantage. But what was the outcome?

COP 28: Climate policy breakthrough or covert greenwashing?