Energy policy

Example of energy policy decisions: The goal of the Southern Gas Corridor, which connects the giant Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan to Europe, is to reduce Europe's dependency on Russian gas.

Energy policy are the government's strategies and decisions regarding the production, distribution, and consumption of energy within a specific jurisdiction.The decisions regarding energy policy will affect how high the greenhouse gas emissions by that country are. Energy policy is closely related to climate change mitigation policies because the energy sector emits more greenhouse gas worldwide than any other sector.[1] The attributes of energy policy include legislation, international treaties, guidelines for energy conservation, energy subsidies and other public policy techniques.

Energy is a core component of modern economies. These economies require energy for many sectors, such as industry, transport, agriculture, housing.

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