Energy Outlook

Energy Outlooks produce forecasts for the future global energy situation, especially in terms of energy demand, energy mix and security of supply. This article compares some of the different energy scenarios that various Outlooks provide, with a focus on the estimated impact of climate change policies on the development of the global energy situation and CO2 emissions in the first third of this century.

In this introduction, we have chosen to compare three different points of view: the EU Commission’s ‘European’ approach, the International Energy Agency’s ‘international’ approach, and the ‘industry’ approach represented by Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil. Despite the diverging approaches these studies take, they all make projections with regard to the world energy situation for the next 30-50 years.

euractiv