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The New Energy Crisis: Climate, Economics and Geopolitics Second Edition 2013 Edition
Author(s): J. Chevalier (Editor), P. Geoffron
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2013
- Edition: Second Edition 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 339 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230301827
- ISBN-13: 9780230301825
Book Description
Global warming reveals that world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This updated second edition of The New Energy Crisis examines the impact of climate change on energy economics and geopolitics, exploring key issues such as energy poverty, renewable and nuclear energy, and focusing on the implications of the Fukushima crisis.
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JEAN-MARIE CHEVALIER is currently Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University, France, at the Centre de Géopolitique de l’Energie et des Matières Premières (CGEMP). He is also a Senior Associate at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS/CERA, Paris office). He has published numerous books and articles on energy economics and industrial organization. Recent publications include Les 100 mots de l’énergie (2010), Report on Oil Price Volatility (Report for Mrs Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment 2010), and Les marchés européens du gaz et de l’électricité: un défi pour l’Europe et pour la France (2008). Jean-Marie Chevalier graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and holds a PhD in economics from the University Pantheon-Sorbonne.
PATRICE GEOFFRON is Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University, France. Formerly international Vice-President of Paris-Dauphine, he is now Director of the CGEMP (Research Center in Energy and Raw Materials Economics) and President of the advisory council of the Climate Economics Chair. He regularly assists European energy corporations on strategic and regulatory issues and is economic expert for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank). He has been awarded a PhD in industrial organisation, and has recently publishedvolumes on climate friendly energy systems and competition in network industries. Patrice Geoffron has been invited professor at the University of TodaI, Tokyo, and the University of Fudan, Shanghai. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Management and Network Economics.
PATRICE GEOFFRON is Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University, France. Formerly international Vice-President of Paris-Dauphine, he is now Director of the CGEMP (Research Center in Energy and Raw Materials Economics) and President of the advisory council of the Climate Economics Chair. He regularly assists European energy corporations on strategic and regulatory issues and is economic expert for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank). He has been awarded a PhD in industrial organisation, and has recently publishedvolumes on climate friendly energy systems and competition in network industries. Patrice Geoffron has been invited professor at the University of TodaI, Tokyo, and the University of Fudan, Shanghai. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Management and Network Economics.
