Tabla de Contenidos: “…MAJOR MULTINATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONALDEVELOPMENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIESINSTRUMENTS OF CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION; SECTORAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY DEVELOPMENTS; DEVELOPMENTS IN EMISSIONS TRADING; 7 RENEWABLE ENERGY; RD&D PRIORITIES: MAIN MESSAGES ON BIOENERGYAND WIND ENERGY; RENEWABLE HEATING AND COOLING: FROM RD&DTO DEPLOYMENT; 8 TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES; RECENT TRENDS IN R&D FUNDING IN IEA MEMBERCOUNTRIES; 9 ENERGY POLICIES IN KEY NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES; CHINA; INDIA; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; LATIN AMERICA; RUSSIA; CASPIAN AND CENTRAL ASIA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The political economy of transition in resource-based economies -- 4 Optimistic and pessimistic energy rent deployment scenarios for Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan -- 5 Resource abundance, governance and economic performance in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan1 -- 6 Transition and economic development challenges in the resource-poor countrie -- Part III Political economy constraints -- 7 De cient social capital and its consequences for sustained reform -- 8 Incentives to reform in the Caucasus and Central Asian political states -- Part IV Synergies of resource-rich and resource-poor CCA countries -- 9 The importance of good neighbors Regional trade in Central Asia -- 10 Environmental problems and solutions in the Caspian and Aral Basins -- 11 Regional threat perceptions and risks of military con ict -- Part V Assessing the strength of external leverage on the CCA political economy -- 12 Prospective impacts of Russia and Iran -- 13 China, Russia and energy in the CCA region and East Asia1 -- 14 The effectiveness of western leverage IFI projects and programs -- Part VI Conclusion -- 15 Conclusion Lessons not learned by the CCA countries? …”

“…Integration into a regional gas and electricity trade framework is moving along as a result of the first interconnection of Turkey with the European electricity grid and the construction of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline that will deliver gas from the Caspian to Turkey and the European Union. In that context, the IEA urges Turkey to complete the liberalisation of its electricity and gas markets in order to attract critically needed investment. …”

“…The Caucasus Region is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and is one of the global ‘biodiversity hotspots’. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sr isotopes as indicators of mobility / Identifying kurgan graves in Eastern Hungary: A burial mound in the light of strontium and oxygen isotope analysis / Isotope ratio study of Bronze Age samples from the Eurasian Caspian Steppes / Migration and mobility in the latest Neolithic of the Traisen Valley, Lower Austria: Sr isotope analysis / Migration and mobility in the latest Neolithic of the Traisen valley, Lower Austria: Archaeology / Life-course reconstruction for mobile individuals in an Early Bronze Age society in Central Europe: Concept of the project and first results for the cemetery of Singen (Germany) / Late Minoan IB destructions and cultural upheaval on Crete: A bioarchaeological perspective / Strontium isotopes in faunal remains: Evidence of the strategies for land use at the Iron Age site Eberdingen-Hochdorf (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) / Mobility in Thuringia or mobile Thuringians: A strontium isotope study from early medieval Central Germany / Isotopes and mobility: Case studies with large samples / Missing in action during the Thirty Years' War: Provenance of soldiers from the Wittstock battlefield, October 4, 1636. …”

“…This edition finds that Turkey aspires to link the oil- and gas-rich Caspian area to Western markets. Several pipelines through Turkey are nearing completion. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…THE IMPACT OF EU AND NATO ENLARGEMENT ON KALININGRADTHE BROADER IMPACT OF ENLARGEMENT ON BALTIC POLITICS AND SECURITY; THE POST-PRAGUE AGENDA IN THE BALTIC REGION; BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD; DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERS; Chapter Four UKRAINE'S UNCERTAIN "EUROPEAN CHOICE"; ETHNIC AND REGIONAL DIVISIONS; CRIMEA AND SEVASTOPOL; ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; THE IMPACT OF "KUCHMAGATE"; THE RUSSIAN FACTOR; THE AMERICAN CONNECTION; UKRAINE'S PROBLEMATIC "EUROPEAN CHOICE"; UKRAINE AND NATO; MILITARY REFORM; THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIMENSION; GUUAM AND CASPIAN COOPERATION; UKRAINE'S UNCERTAIN FUTURE…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; US gas production defies gravity; Russia; The Caspian region; The Middle East will serve exclusively its domestic gas market; Africa; Asia; Latin America; References; TRADE; Summary; Recent trends; LNG markets: a healthy growth; Interregional pipeline trade; Recent infrastructure developments; Medium-term infrastructure investments: the race to bring gas to markets; 2009-20: accelerate, pause, accelerate…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Develop a single regional legal framework regulating all transport modes and ensure standardisation and implementation of requirements -- Digitalise border and transit documentation and intensify electronic exchange of data -- Improve information exchange and expand customs capacity through intensified cross-border co-operation -- References -- 4 Improving the Middle Corridor's attractiveness requires investing in port and rail infrastructure, with a focus on multimodality -- Governments across the region have invested in road, rail, and maritime infrastructure in recent years -- Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Türkiye have been developing their seaports -- Rail networks have been expanded and modernised along the route -- Road networks have been expanded in the South Caucasus and Türkiye but remain problematic in Central Asia -- However, infrastructure bottlenecks lead to congestion, especially at border points and ports, and reduce the route's attractiveness -- Despite increased investment in transport infrastructure, Middle Corridor economies' investments remain low in absolute terms -- Container and Caspian Sea vessel fleet capacity is not in line with current and projected needs and leads to congestion issues -- Deficient multimodality, lack of equipment and limited automation of ports lead to important congestion despite low utilisation rates -- Border crossings and inland transport also suffer from a lack of multimodality -- Recommendations -- Develop multimodal infrastructure -- Enhance the transhipment of goods at border crossings -- Improve the multimodality of ports -- Create dry ports and containerisation infrastructure -- At the national level, advance last-mile connectivity to better connect local growth poles along the route -- Increase vessel fleet capacity and regularity in the Caspian Sea…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A new chapter in oil supplyOPEC's diverging supply paths; OPEC gas liquids supply; Non-OPEC supply growth weakens on lower oil prices; North America remains backbone of non-OPEC growth; Russia is the biggest casualty of the price fall; Brazil encounters project delays, low oil prices; Mexico sees marginal growth; North Sea suffers setback; Caspian growth elusive; Asian projects already underway deliver; Political strife clouds outlook in Africa/Middle East; Biofuels supply; Regional outlook; Advanced biofuels; 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SUPPLY; Trends in global oil supply; Non-OPEC supply overview; United States; A slew of projects will underpin growth in the US Gulf of Mexico; Canada; Caspian; Latin America; Mexico; North Sea; Africa; Asia; Australia; Non-OPEC Middle East; OPEC; OPEC gas liquids supply; Biofuel supply; Regional outlook…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Editors ix -- Preface to "Recent Advances in Geological Oceanography" xi -- Geological Oceanography: Towards a Conceptual Framework 1 -- Natural Processes and Anthropogenic Activity in the Indus River Sedimentary Environment in Pakistan: A Critical Review 5 -- Geological Oceanography of the Pliocene Warm Period: A Review with Predictions on the Future of Global Warming 27 -- Mechanisms for Overpressure Development in Marine Sediments 47 -- Organic Matter Burial in Deep-Sea Fans: A Depositional Process-Based Perspective 69 -- Ecological Constraints of Plankton Bio-Indicators for Water Column Stratification and -- Productivity: A Case Study of the Holocene North Aegean Sedimentary Record 85 -- Geochemical and Mineral Properties of Quaternary Deep-Sea Sediments in the Central-Tropical Pacific and Its Response to the Mid-Pleistocene Transition 101 -- Taphofacies and Petrofacies Theoretical Marine Models Applied to the Coquina of the Amaral Formation (Lusitanian Basin, Portugal) 113 -- Depositional Sedimentary Facies, Stratigraphic Control, Paleoecological Constraints, and Paleogeographic Reconstruction of Late Permian Chhidru Formation (Western Salt Range, Pakistan) 139 -- Fish Teeth Sr Isotope Stratigraphy and Nd Isotope Variations: New Insights on REY -- Enrichments in Deep-Sea Sediments in the Pacific 163 -- Integrated Porosity Classification and Quantification Scheme for Enhanced Carbonate Reservoir Quality: Implications from the Miocene Malaysian Carbonates 179 -- Geochemical Analysis of Cretaceous Shales from the Hazara Basin, Pakistan: Provenance Signatures and Paleo-Weathering Conditions 201 -- The Tanais Bay of the Eastern Paratethys Sea at the Sarmatian-Maeotian Transition (Late Miocene): Widespread Desiccations and Local Uplifts in the Light of Historical Information 225 -- Bryozoan Diversity Dynamics at the Devonian-Carboniferous Transition: Evidence from Transcaucasia 237 -- Contourite and Turbidite Features in the Middle Caspian Sea and Their Connection to Geohazards Derived from High-Resolution Seismic Data 249 -- Simulation of the Nearshore Sediment Transport Pattern and Beach Morphodynamics in the Semi-Enclosed Bay of Myrtos, Cephalonia Island, Ionian Sea 275 -- Prediction of Overpressure Zones in Marine Sediments Using Rock-Physics and Other Approaches 305 -- Islands in the Caucasian Sea in Three Mesozoic Time Slices: Novel Dimension of Geoheritage and Geotourism 331 -- Fragmentation Characteristics of Seafloor Massive Sulfides: A Coupled Fluid-Particle Flow Simulation 351 -- Organic Geochemical Signatures of the Upper Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian) Sedimentary Succession Onshore Crete Island, Greece: Implications for Hydrocarbon Prospectivity 371 -- New Model of Coastal Evolution in the Ria de Vigo (NW Spain) from MIS2 to Present Day Based on the Aeolian Sedimentary Record 387 -- Seasonal Variability in Present-Day Coccolithophore Fluxes in Deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Multi-Year Study (2015-2017) of Coccolithophore Export in SE Ionian Sea at 4300 m Depth 413 -- Correction: Fazal et al. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 ENERGY SECURITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL DEBATE -- 4.2.1 The Global Energy Consumption Growth and the Depletion of Energy Resources -- 4.2.2 Energy Security Threats -- 4.2.3 Environmental Pressure and Long-Term Targets -- 4.2.4 Energy Policies and Beyond -- 4.3 THE MACROREGIONAL GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY SECURITY -- 4.3.1 Towards a New Energy World Order -- 4.3.2 The Role of Oil in the World and in Europe -- 4.3.3 The Role of Natural Gas in the World and in Europe -- 4.3.4 The Role of Coal in the World and in Europe -- 4.4 EUROPEAN ENERGY GEOPOLITICS: KEY REGIONS -- 4.4.1 The Persian Gulf -- 4.4.2 The Caspian Sea -- 4.4.3 Africa -- 4.5 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- 5 - Reshaping Equilibria: Renewable Energy Mega-Projects and Energy Security -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION: ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTION OF LARGE-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS TO LOW-CARBON ENERGY SECURITY -- 5.2 TAPPING THE DESERT FOR SUSTAINABLE POWER: MOROCCO AND NORTH AFRICA -- 5.2.1 DESERTEC and Noor Project Backgrounds -- 5.2.2 Middle East and North Africa Region and Moroccan Energy Policies and Support Mechanisms -- 5.2.3 Energy Security Implications -- 5.2.4 Assessing the Potential Contribution to Low-Carbon Energy Security…”

“…Before joining the CRC 1342 “Global Dynamics of Social Policy,” she participated in the MSCA ITN “Around the Caspian.” Gulnaz received her Ph.D. from the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences…”