2020 was certainly an eventful year for Europe, with the Green Deal, corona and Brexit. And 2021 will be just as eventful, judging from the interviews conducted by our colleagues with five eminent EU experts: Louis Meuleman (Environmental Implementation Review), Professor Ronnie Belmans (University of Leuven), Pieter Hasekamp (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, CPB), Ellen Nauta-van Moorsel (Committee of the Regions) and Christiaan Nelisse (Clingendael, think tank on international relations).
International security cannot be taken for granted. The balance between peaceful cooperation and stability is fragile – as we know only too well in Europe. The United States is shifting its attention (and defence spending) from Europe to China and in the meantime, Russia is seizing ever more power.
The year 2018 was a tumultuous year in the energy sector. Of course because of the climate agreement in which so many were involved, but internationally too, the energy transition received a lot of attention.
Berenschot and Kalavasta have developed four integrated climate-neutral scenarios for the Dutch energy system in 2050. This study was commissioned by Gasunie, TenneT and the regional energy network operators in the Netherlands and produced in close cooperation with the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate. Key findings of this study have been presented by the energy and climate policy minister to Parliament.
