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10 EEJ 3 (2021)

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EDITORIAL


   Kerstin  Duhme


   Dear all,
Summer  is approaching and there is progress in the
rolloutofCOVID-19  vaccines.We can nowclearlysee
the light at the end pandemic tunnel and turn slowly
our focus to other issues....
   ... like for example the Guarantees and Origins
and its potential for a carbon neutral future. GOs are
a veryuseful and transparent tool to track energy from
renewable sources. EmmaVermunicht describes what
it takes to reach the full potential of GOs in the energy
transition, putting both consumers and producers in
the driver's seat in achieving the EU's 2050 climate
goals.
   The energy transition plays also a role in the next ar-
ticle byDr. PolykarposAdamidis who takes us through
the repercussions ofenergy trends on geopolitics. En-
ergy has traditionallyplayed an important role in global
geopolitics, contributing to the rise ofpowers, the for-
mation ofalliances and, unfortunatelyalso towars and
conflicts over the energy resource. The author looks
further and discusses the repercussions on geopolitics
over the transition into the climate neutral economy.
   REMIT   is back! John Ratcliff is following up from
an article on 'Market Manipulation under REMIT',
which he and his colleague Marilena Nteve shared with
us last year. In this follow-up, John highlights how
REMIT   also catches failure to publicly disclose inside
information as well as another decision on market ma-
nipulation by layering and marking the close, this time
by the Spanish Authorities.
   Prof. Dr. Antonis Metaxas and Dr. Maria Lykidi
lead us through the regulatory reforms and challenges
in the implementation of the EU Gas Target Model.
Theirpaper looks in detail at the EU Third Package for
Gas, the role of LNG, storage and supply and future
challenges and necessary steps towards the establish-
ment of a single gas market.


   A group ofauthors - Christoph Domke,Arne Koep-
pel, Giles Dixon, Quentin Potts and Wen-Yu Weng
- share their interesting perspective on the potential
overcapacityoflithium-ion batteryproduction in Eu-
rope and how  this and other risks could impact the
European  battery industry and their stakeholders.
   And  finally, we are very grateful to Ottmar Eden-
hofer, Mirjam Kosch, Michael Pahle and Georg Zach-
mann  who permitted us to include their paper on ,,A
whole-economy  carbon price for Europe and how to
get there which was first published in Bruegel Policy
Contribution in March this year.
   This will be the last European Energy and Climate
Journalin the Claeys & Casteels dress. Edward Elgar,
a leading London-based independent academic and
professional publisher with a strong focus on the so-
cial sciences and legal field arm and who publish 400
book- and journal titles annually, will be the future
home  for the EECJ.
   We  wish our current editor Aernoud Oosterholt,
with whom  we have worked closely for many years, all
the best for his new adventures and we warmly wel-
come Luke Adams and TonyHawitt, editors at Edward
Elgarresponsible forProfessional Lawpublishing and
look forward to our cooperation.
   We  are excited about this newphase for the EECJ
and as always invite our readers to approach us with
articles and papers to engage in the European energy
and climate debate.
   Thank you and all my best for a good summer,
   Kerstin Duhme


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