EU Energy Transition Against the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict: Based on the Concerns of Chinese Academia
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Russian-Ukrainian Conflict; European Union; Energy Transition; Geopolitics; Chinese Perspective.Abstract
The outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2022 has profoundly affected and reshaped the energy transition process established by the EU. For a long time, the EU has adopted a parallel policy of importing natural gas and developing renewable energy. However, the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has forced the EU to re-examine the energy transition, significantly raise awareness of energy security, lower the priority of addressing climate change goals, and seek diversified energy supply paths. In this context, the concerns of Chinese academia about the EU’s energy transition have shifted from economic issues to energy security and geopolitics, which guides references and cooperation for China’s energy transition.
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