Edited by Catherine Redgwell, Don Zillman, Yinka Omorogbe and Lila K. Barrera-Hernandez
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.
This book 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.
Catherine Redgwell. Don Zillman, Yinka Omorogbe, and Lila Barrera-Hernández: Introduction
Scope and Overview
1. David Keith: Technology and Climate Change
2. George 'Rock' Pring: The Impact on the Environment
3. Yinka Omorogbe: The Impact on Developmental Goals
4. John
Gulliver: The Adjustment of the Competitive Economy
International and Regional Perspectives
5. Catherine Redgwell: The Role of International Law
6. Lila Barrera-Hernández: South America: When the Gas is Gone, Will the Water Be Enough
7. Fui Tsikata and Abeeku Brew-Hammond:
African Responses and Initiatives
8. Adrian Bradbrook: The Development of Renewable Energy Through Public International Law
Sectoral Perspectives and Technology-Based Approaches
9. Richard Ottinger: National Laws Advancing Renewable Energies
10. Alistair Lucas: Heavy Duty
Transition Fuels: Oil Sands and Heavy Oils
11. Barry Barton: Energy Efficiency and the Law
12. Iñigo del Guayo: Biofuels: EU Law and Policy
13. Anita Rønne and Aileen McHarg: Reducing Carbon Emissions in Electricity Generation: Is the Answer Blowing in the Wind?
14. Ulf Hammer:
Market Instruments and other Regulatory Tools in the Intersection between Energy Law and Environmental Law
15. Donald N. Zillman: Nuclear Power's Role in Moving Beyond the Carbon Economy
16. Nigel Bankes and Martha Roggenkamp: The Capture, Storage and Use of Carbon Dioxide
Emissions
National Perspectives
17. Wang Mingyuan: China's Efforts for a Low Carbon Future
18. Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier: The Legal Situation of Biomass in Brazil
19. Lee Godden: Law, Innovation and Change: Moving Beyond the Carbon Economy in Australia
20. Jose Juan
Gonzalez: The Future of an Economy Based on Oil Exploitation: The Mexican Case
21. Kazuhiro Nakatani: In Search of the Best Energy Mix: The Case of Japan
22. Lavanya Rajamani: India's Road to Clean Development
23. Irina Krasnova: Energy Resources Development Policy in Russia
24.
Lawrence Asekome Atsegbua: Moving Beyond Carbon Energy in a Petroleum Exporting Nation
Conclusion
25. Catherine Redgwell. Don Zillman, Yinka Omorogbe, and Lila Barrera-Hernández: The Contribution of the Law to a New Energy Future
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Catherine Redgwell is Professor of International Law and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Laws at University College London. Don Zillman is Godfrey Professor of Law at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Professor Yinka Omorogbe is Head of the Department of Public and International Law at the
University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Lila K. Barrera-Hernández is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, Canada.
