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The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies. The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole economies, and changing the political dynamics within and between countries. This open access book, written by leading energy scholars, examines the economic and geopolitical implications of the global energy transition, from both regional and thematic perspectives. The first part of the book addresses the geopolitical implications in the world’s main energy-producing and energy-consuming regions, while the second presents in-depth case studies on selected issues, ranging from the geopolitics of renewable energy, to the mineral foundations of the global energy transformation, to governance issues in connection with the changing global energy order. Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers in energy, climate change and international relations, as well as to professionals working in the energy industry.

International Relations --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management --- Natural Resource and Energy Economics --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts --- Environmental Economics --- Earth System Sciences --- Energy transition geopolitics --- International decarbonisation policies --- Global warming --- Global energy system --- Geopolitics of the global energy transition --- Economic and political impacts of low-carbon technologies --- Power generation mix --- Geopolitical implications of global warming --- Governance of the global energy order --- Open Access --- International relations --- Energy technology & engineering --- Energy industries & utilities --- Environmental economics --- Climate change

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This open access book is an encyclopaedic analysis of the current and future energy system of the world’s most populous country and second biggest economy. What happens in China impacts the planet. In the past 40 years China has achieved one of the most remarkable economic growth rates in history. Its GDP has risen by a factor of 65, enabling 850,000 people to rise out of poverty. Growth on this scale comes with consequences. China is the world’s biggest consumer of primary energy and the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 emissions. Creating a prosperous and harmonious society that delivers economic growth and a high quality of life for all will require radical change in the energy sector, and a rewiring of the economy more widely. In China’s Energy Revolution in the Context of the Global Energy Transition, a team of researchers from the Development Research Center of the State Council of China and Shell International examine how China can revolutionise its supply and use of energy. They examine the entire energy system: coal, oil, gas, nuclear, renewables and new energies in production, conversion, distribution and consumption. They compare China with case studies and lessons learned in other countries. They ask which technology, policy and market mechanisms are required to support the change and they explore how international cooperation can smooth the way to an energy revolution in China and across the world. And, they create and compare scenarios on possible pathways to a future energy system that is low-carbon, affordable, secure and reliable. ;

Environmental Science and Engineering --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management --- Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture) --- Economic Geology --- Environmental Sciences --- Fossil Fuel --- Earth Sciences --- Hydrocabron exploration and investment --- Energy policy-making --- Oil and Gas --- China's energy growth --- Climatic consequences --- Energy transition in China --- Global energy governance --- Open Access --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- Energy technology & engineering --- Energy industries & utilities --- Fossil fuel technologies --- Economic geology