1. Energy crisis in Europe: what is the EU doing?
The European Union is experiencing troubled times in regard to the current energy prices (and winter yet has not come). Some would argue that this situation we are facing (high energy prices, dependency on unreliable partners for energy supply) was just revealed by the war in Ukraine and the moral impossibility (at least in political discourses) to buy from Russia, and that it was a low-hanging fruit because the EU had not done the necessary efforts to emancipate itself from energy imports, therefore relying on others’ willingness’s amongst other factors. What has been the EU's answer so far? How did the EU heads of State and MEPs, with the European Commission, react to this shock? In this episode with academic specialist Professor Catherine Banet, we discuss the REPower EU Plan and the latest national and European measures taken to tackle this phenomenon that might last for quite a long time. Guest: Pr. Catherine Banet, Head of Department of Energy and Resources Law, University of Oslo. Host: Léo Robert, Green Power Analyst, Greenfact. Link to the CERRE paper mentioned in the discussion. Want to know more about what we do at Greenfact? Visit our website. Any questions, suggestions, or remarks? Write me at greentalk@greenfact.com