Today's global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the
supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform to a
low-carbon, efficient and environmentally harmless energy supply. In this
rigorous and illuminating book, Michael Bradshaw explores the key aspects of the
current global energy dilemma and examines how it is playing out across the
major regions and countries of the world. The book begins by charting the
development of the current global energy system - exploring its key
characteristics with a focus upon energy security and the relationship between
energy, economic development and climate change. The next four chapters offer
in-depth analyses of