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Security of energy supply
Energy supply security is often defined as the availability of an adequate supply of energy at a reasonable cost. Even a partial supply disruption can have severe consequences, which the European Union has experienced on several occasions. Over the years, energy market developments have affected the EU's economic situation time and again, from the 1970s oil crisis to the 2009 gas crisis and 2022 energy price crisis following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With the exception of coal, the ...
Improving EU action to end poverty in developing countries - Cost of non-Europe report
Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been insufficient, not least because of shocks such as the COVID 19 pandemic and recent wars. The cost of this lack of progress is borne by 'least developed countries' – low-income countries with low indicators of socio-economic development, as defined by the UN. This study reviews the European Union's role in policies that affect poverty in these contexts. It identifies 12 challenges that could be addressed to some extent by further ...
Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights January 2024
Developing countries' energy needs and priorities under a sustainable development perspective: The specific case of Africa and green hydrogen
Africa is the continent most affected by energy poverty, with more than 40 % of its population lacking access to electricity. This is in spite of an extremely high potential for renewable energy generation and an increasing number of fossil fuel developments on the continent. Through its development cooperation programmes, the EU has committed significant funds to reduce energy poverty in its partner countries in Africa. These programmes aim to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 7, which ...
EU electricity market design reform
On 14 March 2023, European Commission launched two legislative initiatives: one to improve European electricity market design, the other to offer better protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market. These targeted reforms address shortcomings revealed by the current energy crisis, in particular price volatility and security of supply. They also introduce long-term changes necessary to achieve the Green Deal targets. EU electricity market design development started in 1996 ...
International Women’s Day "Gender Aspects of Energy Poverty" - 1 March 2023
This briefing, written by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the European Ϸվ's Committee on Women’s rights and Gender Equality, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (IWD), which this year elaborates on “the gender aspects of energy poverty”. It points out the initiatives of the three European institutions - the European Ϸվ, the Commission and the Council - in this regard.
Kønsaspekter i forbindelse med energifattigdom
I år præger Ruslands krig i Ukraine fejringen af kvindernes internationale kampdag. Med den truende energimangel har konflikten forværret inflationseffekten af genopretningen efter pandemien og dermed ført til en krise med hensyn til leveomkostninger i Europa. Parlamentets Udvalg om Kvinders Rettigheder og Ligestilling (FEMM) markerer dagen med et møde med de nationale parlamenter den 1. marts 2023. På dagsordenen er: de stigende energiprisers konsekvenser for kvinder og mulige foranstaltninger til ...