The Geopolitics of Energy System Transformation
Managing the Messy Mix
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-5292-4729-9 (ISBN)
Description
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
Our global energy system needs radical and speedy transformation in order to meet climate change targets. This shift is currently conceived in two ways: a 'high carbon transition' away from fossil fuels and a 'low carbon transition', the development of a low carbon energy system. This accessible book guides us through the 'messy mix', the perilous ground that sits between the present and the future energy systems.
Evidence-based and solutions-focused, this is a novel framework to help manage geopolitical challenges and enable a swift, just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.
Our global energy system needs radical and speedy transformation in order to meet climate change targets. This shift is currently conceived in two ways: a 'high carbon transition' away from fossil fuels and a 'low carbon transition', the development of a low carbon energy system. This accessible book guides us through the 'messy mix', the perilous ground that sits between the present and the future energy systems.
Evidence-based and solutions-focused, this is a novel framework to help manage geopolitical challenges and enable a swift, just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 s/w Tabellen, 18 s/w Abbildungen
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-4729-9 (9781529247299)
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E-Book
01/2026
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
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Person
Michael Bradshaw is Professor of Global Energy in the Strategy and International Business Group at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Energy Futures, Geopolitics and the Messy Mix
3. Fossil Fuel Geopolitics
4. The Resource Curse Revisited, Rentier States and Unburnable Carbon
5. The Geopolitics of the Low-Carbon Transition
6. Managing the Messy Mix
2. Energy Futures, Geopolitics and the Messy Mix
3. Fossil Fuel Geopolitics
4. The Resource Curse Revisited, Rentier States and Unburnable Carbon
5. The Geopolitics of the Low-Carbon Transition
6. Managing the Messy Mix