Energy security risks and financial Markets

Recent events such as the continuing political instability in the Middle East, the growing energy import dependence of major oil and gas consuming countries, corporate failures such as the Enron bankruptcy, and the electric power blackouts in North America and Europe, have highlighted the growing concerns about energy security and the future availability of reasonably priced energy. Given these concerns, the UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy launched the Energy Security Forum in November 2003, comprising of senior executives from energy companies, OPEC, key consuming countries, major non-OPEC hydrocarbon exporters and leading financial institutions. This interactive CD-ROM contains film footage, audio visual presentations and text which set out the Forum members' considerations regarding these issues and how energy security risks and the financial markets affect each other.United Nations: Economic Commission for Europe is the author of 'Energy security risks and financial Markets', published 2008 under ISBN 9789211010770 and ISBN 9211010772.