Volume 4 / 2020
Energy Matters in Australia, Germany, New Zealand and the South Pacific
A Collaborative Approach
Edited by Dr Frank Umbach & Eva U Wagner
Volume 4 / 2020
Energy matters – to all of us – whether we are living in an industrialised country or a developing nation. We all depend on clean, reliable and affordable energy.
Energy and climate matters affect the private, public and economic sectors alike. They also have a wider impact on foreign and security policy, and give rise to socio-cultural issues. Accordingly, they must be mastered by political decision makers and business representatives as well as society as a whole. This Periscope edition seeks to make the findings of the 2nd KAS-EUCERS Energy Policy Dialogue “Energy Strategies: Germany, New Zealand & Australia - A Comparative Perspective” and related issues available to a wider audience, so that they may be used to the greatest possible extent in the public debate, policy making process and implementation of possible solutions.
Introduction
Foreword
Dr Beatrice Gorawantschy
Director KAS Regional Programme for Australia and the Pacific
Energy Matters in Australia, Germany, New Zealand and the South Pacific
Dr Frank Umbach
Research Director of the European Centre for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), King‘s College
Analysis
Energy Transition in a Global Context
Dr Joachim Pfeiffer MP
“Energiewende” in Germany and Australia
Jonathan Jutsen, Carsten Mueller MP and Christoph von Spesshardt
Climate Security and its Geopolitical Implications
Prof Dr Friedbert Pflueger
New Challenges for Raw Material Supply Security in the New ‘Rare Metal Age’ in the 21st Century ‐ Prospects for European‐Australian Cooperation
Dr Frank Umbach
Research Director of the European Centre for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), King‘s College
Energy Transition and Hydrogen Exports
Kelvin Say and Changlong Wang
Energy Efficiency in Germany and Australia: Different Approaches, Different Outcomes
Bahador Tari
Associate, Energetics
Cross-Country Collaboration Key to Achieving Energy Objectives
The BusinessNZ Energy Council
The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) is a group of New Zealand’s peak energy sector organisations
Fiji’s Response to Migration and Displacement in the Context of Climate Change and Natural Hazards
Dr Tammy Tabe
Statements
Statement
Jonathan Young MP
Spokesperson for Energy and Resources, National Party of New Zealand
Statement
Todd Muller MP
Spokesperson for Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety and Forestry, National Party of New Zealand