Abstract
As a looming climate crisis continues to overwhelm the global community and Europe grips with fluctuating fossil fuel prices due to geopolitical tensions, the European Union appears to be rushing to forge a path to renewable energy to forgo dependence on nonrenewable energy sources. Decades ahead of the global community, the European Union has succeeded in its 2020 goals by increasing the share of renewable energy to 20% of overall consumption. Heading towards their strikingly ambitious goals for 2030, this great transition provides a case study that other states should be watching closely. This article analyzes the effects of several different European Union public policy strategies and instruments concerning the energy sector. By studying their approach and the mistakes they made, the global community is presented with valuable lessons and principles that provide strategies and specific policy instruments to mimic or adapt to their own regions.
DOI
10.5642/urceu.LGQO5909
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Berry-Weiss, Sky
(2022)
"Lessons From European Energy Transition: Reality or Green Dream?,"
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union:
Vol. 2022, Article 5.
DOI: 10.5642/urceu.LGQO5909
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/urceu/vol2022/iss1/5