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Beyond the Carbon Economy: Energy Law in Transition

Beyond the Carbon Economy Energy Law in Transition

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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780199532698
  • Published In: March 2008
  • Format: Hardback , 582 pages
  • Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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  • Explores topical controversies over alternative energy sources including nuclear power, and over sustainability and environmental concern versus energy supply in the developing world
  • Regional, sectoral and technology-based analysis, and a wide variety of national perspectives demonstrate how the law can impede or advance the shift to a significantly different world energy picture
  • Examines the roles of public international law and international legal bodies, regional legal structures and major international nongovernmental actors

The present energy economy, with its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, is not sustainable over the medium to long term for many interconnected reasons. Climate change is now recognized as posing a serious threat. Energy and resource decisions involving the carbon fuels therefore play a large role in this threat. Fossil fuel reserves may also be running short and many of the major reserves are in politically unstable parts of the world.



Yet citizens in nations with rapidly developing economies aspire to the benefits of the modern energy economy. China and India alone have 2.4 billion potential customers for cars, industries, and electrical services. Even so, more than half of the world's citizens still lack access to energy. Decisions involving fossil fuels are therefore a significant part of the development equation.



This volume explains how the law can impede or advance the shift to a world energy picture significantly different from that which exists today.



It first examines the factors that create the problems of the present carbon economy, including environmental concerns and development goals. It then provides international and regional legal perspectives, examining public international law, regional legal structures, the responses of international legal bodies, and the role of major international nongovernmental actors. The book then moves on to explore sectoral perspectives including the variety of renewable energy sources, new carbon fuels, nuclear power, demand controls, and energy efficiency. Finally, the authors examine how particular States are, could, or should, be adapting legally to the challenges of moving beyond the carbon economy.

Readership: Lawyers, public policy-makers, and corporate analysts in the energy and natural resources sectors, and scholars in the fields of energy and environmental law, environmental management, development economics and sustainable development.

Part 1: Scoping and Overview
1: Donald N. Zillman, Catherine Redgwell, Yinka Omorogbe, and Lila K. Barrera-Hernández: Introduction
2: George (Rock) Pring, Alexandra Susan Haas, and Benton Tyler Drinkwine: The Impact on Health, Environment, and Sustainable Development: The TAANSAAFL Problem
3: Yinka Omorogbe: Promoting Sustainable Development through the Use of Renewable Energy: The Role of the Law
4: Barry Barton: The Law of Energy Efficiency
Part 2: International and Regional Perspectives
5: Catherine Redgwell: International Legal Responses to the Challenge of a Lower-Carbon Future: Climate Change, Carbon Capture and Storage, and Biofuels
6: Adrian J. Bradbrook: The Development of Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency Measures through Public International Law
7: Lila Barrera-Hernández: Are We There Yet? The Long Road to South America's Energy Future
8: Fui S. Tsikata, Abeeku Brew-Hammond, and Y. B. Osafo: Increasing Access to Clean Energy in Africa: Challenges and Initiatives
Part 3: Sectoral Perspectives and Technology-Based Approaches
9: Richard Ottinger with Lily Mathews and Nadia Elizabeth Czachor: Renewable Energy in National Legislation: Challenges and Opportunities
10: Catherine Banet: The Use of Market-Based Instruments in the Transition from a Carbon-Based Economy
11: Alistair R. Lucas, Chidinma B. Thompson, and Olurotimi Williams Daudu: Heavy Duty Transition Fuels: Oil Sands and Heavy Oil
12: Iñigo del Guayo: Biofuels: EU Law and Policy
13: Aileen McHarg and Anita Rønne: Reducing Carbon Emissions in Electricity Generation: Is the Answer Blowing in the Wind?
14: Donald N. Zillman: The Role of Law in the Future of Nuclear Power
Part 4: National Perspectives
16: Wang Mingyuan: China's Plight in Moving Towards a Low Carbon Future: Analysis from the Perspective of Energy Law
17: Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier: Energy for the Future: Brazilian Law and Policy
18: Lavanya Rajamani: The Indian Way: Exploring the Synergies Between Development, Energy and Climate Goals
19: José Juan González: The Future of an Economy Based on Oil Exploitation: The Mexican Case
20: Lee Godden: Law in the Schism: Its Role in Moving Beyond the Carbon Economy in Australia
21: Kazuhiro Nakatani: In Search of the Optimum Energy Mix: Japanese Laws Promoting Non-Fossil-Fuel Energy
22: Irina Krasnova: Energy Resources Management in Russia: Policy and Law
23: John W. Gulliver and Keith A. Wheeler: Diversified Leadership for Moving Beyond the Carbon Economy in the United States
Part 5: Pulling the Threads Together: An Overview of the Challenges for Law of Moving Beyond a Carbon Economy
24: Donald N. Zillman, Catherine Redgwell, Yinka O. Omorogbe, and Lila Barrera-Hernández: Overview and Conclusions

Don Zillman, President of the University of Maine at Presque Isle and Edward Godfrey Professor of Law, University of Maine at Fort Kent, Catherine Redgwell, Professor of International Law and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Laws, University College London, Yinka Omorogbe, Head of the Department of Public and International Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Lila K. Barrera-Hernández, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Canada


Contributors:


Catherine Redgwell: Professor of International Law and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Laws, University College London



Donald N. Zillman: Godfrey Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine



Yinka Omorogbe: Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria



Lila K. Barrera-Hernández: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada



David Keith: Canada Research Chair in Energy and the Environment, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Department of Economics, University of Calgary and Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University



George 'Rock' Pring: Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law



John Gulliver: Partner and Chair, International Practice and Energy Law Groups, Pierce Atwood Attorneys, Portland, Maine



Fui Tsikata: Reindorf Chambers Lawyers, Ghana



Abeeku Brew-Hammond, Associate Professor of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Manager of Global Village Energy Partnership Technical Secretariat in the United Kingdom



Professor Adrian Bradbrook: University of Adelaide, Australia



Richard Ottinger: Professor and Dean Emeritus, Pace University Law School, White Plains, New York



Alistair R. Lucas: Professor of Law, University of Calgary



Barry Barton: School of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand



Iñigo del Guayo: Professor of Administrative Law, University of Almeria, Spain



Anita Rønne: Associate Professor of Energy Law, University of Copenhagen



Aileen McHarg: Senior Lecturer in Public Law, University of Glasgow



Ulf Hammer: Professor of Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo



Nigel Bankes: Professor of Law, University of Calgary



Martha Roggenkamp: Professor of Energy Law, University of Groningen, Netherlands and Counsel, Simmons & Simmons, Rotterdam



Dr. Wang Mingyuan: Executive Director and Associate Professor, Center for Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Law, Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing



Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier: Professor of Public Law, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil



Lee Godden: Associate Professor of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia



Professor Jose Juan Gonzalez: Department of Law, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City



Kazuhiro Nakatani: Professor of International Law, University of Tokyo



Dr. Lavanya Rajamani: Associate Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi



Irina Krasnova: Professor of Law, Moscow State Juridical Academy, Russia



Lawrence Asekome Atsegbua: Professor of Law, University of Benin, Nigeria


 


 



"No summary can convey the richness of detail and analysis that this book brings; moreover, the book is well organized, with good theoretical chapters and insightful national contributions...This reviewer can recommend this book without reservations to students, academics and policy makers alike." - Javier de Cendra de Larragan, Carbon and Climate Law Review, 2009



"There is much to be admired in this volume. Few edited collections are willing, much less able, to bring together contributors from around the world (inter alia China, Africa, South America, Mexico, USA and Australia)...the book's excellent parts are such that the volume will deserve to be on library shelves and specialists' desks." - Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Journal of Environmental Law 21:3, 2009



"Arguably there are few issues as pertinent, complex and cross-cutting as the current global energy situation.. there are too few books around which analyse these globally significant issues in any depth. [This] is a balanced, honest appraisal of many of the key challenges and issues...Importantly, it neither provides just a green gloss...nor does it hide the reality that the vast majority of the world need energy and carbon-sources will continue to be one of the easiest means by which that can be provided...If you are prepared to engage with the broader debate and openly accept that "one size doesn't fit all" - as the book argues - this is an edited collection that is well worth keeping in mind. " - Duncan French, University of Sheffield; Environmental Liability



"This welcome volume makes a wide-ranging and interesting contribution to scholarly endeavours in the field of Energy Law, with particular reference to the challenges of developing the energy system beyond its current heavy reliance upon (hydro)carbon fuels and the role that the law can play in facilitating (as well as hindering) this transition...further work from the various authors in this field is eagerly awaited" - Angus Johnston, University of Cambridge, Web Journal of Current Issues


 


 



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