The authors examine how far internal policies in the European Union move towards the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 80-95 per cent by 2050, and how or whether the EU's 2050 objective to 'decarbonise' could affect the EU's relations with a number of external energy partners.

Max Åhman, Lund University, Sweden Elin Lerum Boasson, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), Norway Tom Casie, University of Kent, Brussels, Belgium Torbjørg Jevnaker, Nansen Institute, Norway Olga Khrushcheva, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany Leiv Lunde, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway Cathy Macharis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Tomas Maltby, King's College London, UK Lars J. Nilsson, Lund University, Sweden Radostina Primova, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Sascha Samadi, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany Thomas Sattich, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Jon Birger Skjærseth, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway Tom van Lier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium