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Shale gas for a better climate? The US fracking revolution challenges European and international climate policy
Since natural gas surpassed coal in US energy consumption, the country's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have been declining. The United States hopes that this will lead to a long-term improvement of its emissions performance. Yet the shale gas boom has not spread beyond the United States. It is indeed questionable whether shale gas will be able to bring about a turnaround in global emissions as long as the worldwide demand for coal continues to rise. From the current perspective, shale gas can be expected to produce at most a mixed overall impact on the climate since its future consumption depends on the environmental and energy policy decisions of the United States and other countries. International market developments are also ridden with uncertainties. The potentially sweeping political consequences of the natural gas boom in the United States confront European and international climate policy makers with entirely new and unexpected challenges. (author's abstract)
- Alternative title
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Schiefergas für ein besseres Klima? Die Fracking-Revolution in den USA setzt die europäische und die internationale Klimapolitik unter Druck
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1861-1761
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Seite(n): 8
- Language
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Englisch
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
- Bibliographic citation
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SWP Comment (25/2013)
- Subject
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Ökologie
Politikwissenschaft
spezielle Ressortpolitik
Ökologie und Umwelt
Energiepolitik
Energiewirtschaft
Erdgas
Klimawandel
Klimapolitik
Kohle
USA
Erdöl
Energieerzeugung
Umweltpolitik
internationale Zusammenarbeit
EU
Emission
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Dröge, Susanne
Westphal, Kirsten
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
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Deutschland, Berlin
- (when)
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2013
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-404882
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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Object type
- Stellungnahme
Associated
- Dröge, Susanne
- Westphal, Kirsten
- Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Time of origin
- 2013
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