The Impact of Renewable Energy Targets on Natural Gas Export Policy: Lessons from the Israeli Case

Evidence indicates that various countries around the world set renewable energy targets in an effort to promote clean and sustainable sources at expense of polluting, fossil fuel-based systems. While scholars have discussed extensively how these affect promotion sources, their effect on fuel policy national level has been neglected. The current study addresses this research lacuna, examining impact decision making vis à fuels, given are considered substitutes. This is achieved by focusing intra-governmental discussions Israel during 2020–2021 sought formulate country’s natural gas export as a function its ambitious targets. demonstrates targets, which often politicians, can significantly influence concerning even when they contradict professional regulators’ positions from perspective represent risk security.