In the third episode of “Human Heat”, Nabil Wakim receives Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, director of the energy center of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). On the menu, the thorny question of Russian gas: why is Europe so dependent on it? Can she get away with it? And what are the consequences for the climate of this gas confrontation?
In this exchange, the researcher looks back on the long common history of Europeans and Russians around gas, and on the difficulties for the European Union if Moscow decides to close the gas tap overnight.
Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega directs the energy center of IFRI, a research center very listened to in Europe. He previously worked at the International Energy Agency (IEA) and led an observatory on Ukraine at the Robert Schuman Foundation.
A podcast produced by Adèle Ponticelli, directed by Amandine Robillard, who also composed the original music. This episode was recorded before the stoppage of Russian gas deliveries to Finland on Saturday May 21.
Some links to go further
To learn more about Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, read his publications here and his account Twitter.
The pitfalls of European dependence on Russian gas, by journalists from the World Cécile Boutelet (in Berlin) and Adrien Pécout, from the Economy department.
Of beautiful gas pipeline maps and pipelines in Europe.
How can we quickly reduce our energy consumption? The article with Perrine Mouterde, from the Planet service.
“Human warmth” is a weekly podcast of reflection and debate on ways to face the climate challenge. Listen to a new episode for free every Tuesday, on Lemonde.fr, Apple Podcast, Acast Where Spotify. Find all the episodes here.
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