How to promote green energy transition in the age of geopolitical crises and international shocks: Evidence from the EU-27

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104007

Raffaele Boffardi , Carlotta D’Alessandro , Luisa De Simone , Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska

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Abstract

The transition towards green energy systems has become a key goal for policymakers worldwide in an attempt to both reduce the environmental implications of energy generation and increase energy supply security. This objective is even more pressing in a global context characterised by the rapid succession of economic shocks, non-economic crises and geopolitical tensions. The present research aims to evaluate how international crises and geopolitical threats can influence renewable energy sector efficiency, which we measure in terms of consumption levels, in the 27 European Union Member States. We found that during the main international shocks occurring between 2000 and 2022, inefficiencies have been reduced, with a special case for the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, we identified a positive nexus between the exposure to geopolitical risk and the reduction of inefficiencies in RE consumption. Crises-specific evidence and policy implications are provided accordingly.

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Environmental Science & Policy 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

10.90

自引率

8.30%

发文量

332

审稿时长

68 days

期刊介绍： Environmental Science & Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems. It also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research of policy relevance on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, environmental pollution and wastes, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, and the interactions among these issues. The journal emphasises the linkages between these environmental issues and social and economic issues such as production, transport, consumption, growth, demographic changes, well-being, and health. However, the subject coverage will not be restricted to these issues and the introduction of new dimensions will be encouraged.