The Nordic Dimension of Energy Security

CHAPTER 1. Energy Security: Contemporary Challenges

1.1 Security and Security Policy

1.2 Subject and Scope of the State's Energy Security

1.3 Energy and Climate Security

1.5. Evolution of International Cooperation on Environmental and Climate Protection

CHAPTER 2. Global Energy Market Dilemmas

2.2. Increase in Energy Demand

2.3. Energy Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2.4. New Trends in the Global Energy System

CHAPTER 3. Energy Balance in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

3.1. The Global Energy Balance            

3.2. Top Energy Producers, Exporters and Importers

CHAPTER 4. Energy Policy of the European Union in the 21st Century

4.1. European Energy Market: Economic and Political Conditions in the First Decade

4.3. Contemporary Challenges in the EU Strategy and Energy Balance

4.4. The EU's Activity in Counteracting Climate Change: The Special Role of RES and EU ETS regulation

4.5. The EU's Climate Policy

CHAPTER 5. Norden States in the Context of Energy Security: Fundamental Issues

5.1 Nordic States in the International Arena

5.2 Norden and the Energy Problems in the Baltic Sea Region

CHAPTER 6. The Kingdom of Denmark: Leader in Energy Efficiency

6.1 Energy Potential: Hydrocarbon Resources

6.2. Energy Balance of Denmark

6.3. Activities to Ensure Denmark's Energy Security

6.4. A Testing Ground for Novelties: Climate and Energy Policy

CHAPTER 7. Republic of Finland: Dynamic Modernization of the Energy Sector

7. 1. Energy Balance of Finland

7.3 Energy and Climate: Practical Actions

CHAPTER 8. The Republic of Iceland: Ambitious Energy Plans

8.1. Energy Balance of Iceland

8.2. Renewable Energy Resources

8.3 Forms and Methods of Using the Energy Potential

8.4. Dynamics in the Development of Energy Security

9.1 Dynamics of Changes in Energy Policy

9.2 Electricity as the Basis for the Energy Balance

9.3 The Importance of Renewable Energy for Climate Protection

CHAPTER 10. The Kingdom of Norway: Standing in Energy

10.1 Norway as a Producer of Oil and Gas

10.2. Electricity as the Basis for Energy Balance

10.3 Environmental and Climate Protection Measures

10.4. Norway: Basic Premises for Energy Security

CHAPTER 11. The Nordic Countries in the Face of Current Challenges of Energy Security

11.2 Cooperation in Energy Policy: Effective Remedy for the Contemporary Challenges of Energy Security

CONCLUSION