The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development

Richard L. Ottinger is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York, where he taught environmental law and was Dean from 1994-1999. He is a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and Chair of its Climate and Energy Working Group. He served for 16 years in the U.S. Congress, chairing the House Subcommittee on Energy, Conservation and Power.

The research focus for the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law in 2003 was a timely and challenging one, entitled 'The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development'. As contemporary world politics demonstrates, energy resources and generation are crucial issues facing the international community. As research on energy law, at the international, regional, and national level is in its infancy, the insights provided by the contributors to this 2005 volume are a significant addition to the field.

This 2005 volume presents research on the crucial issues concerning energy law, that are facing the international community.

Acknowledgments; Message from Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations; Introduction: a global learned society to address Earth's evolution: the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Nicholas A. Robinson; Public lectures on international environmental law Alexandre Kiss; Part I. Sustainable Development and the Role of Energy Law: 1. Development and energy Jose Goldemberg; 2. The imperatives of energy for sustainable development Thomas B. Johansson; 3. 2020 energy demand of China and energy conservation Zhou Dadi; 4. Sustainable development and the Marrakech accords David Hodas; 5. Ethical implications Klaus Bosselmann; 6. Technological implications William Chandler; Part II. Legal Issues in Contemporary Energy Law: 7. Legal frameworks for energy for sustainable development Richard Ottinger; 8. Air pollution control laws: common but differentiated responsibilities for managing the atmosphere Nicholas A. Robinson; 9. Green pricing and green power marketing: demand-side mechanisms for promoting 'green power' in deregulated energy markets Alexandra S. Wawryk; 10. Agricultural renewable energy and its management in China Zhu Jian-guo; Part III. International Energy Law: 11. International law and global sustainable energy production and consumption Adrian J. Bradbrook and Ralph D. Wahnshafft; 12. Policy options Kui-Nang (Peter) Mak and Friedrich Soltau; 13. Financing energy for sustainable development Jayarao Gururaja; 14. The Clean Development Mechanism and the UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol developments Maria Socorro Z. Manguiat; 15. The report of the World Commission on Dams: some implications for energy law Achim Steiner and Lawrence J. M. Haas; 16. International issues for sustainable development: IUCN perspective John Scanlon; 17. Enhanced implementation and enforcement of international environmental laws by the judiciary Alfred Rest; Part IV. Comparative Energy Law: 18. UNDP: China's energy portfolio Rusong Li; 19. Implementing the Kyoto Protocol beyond the WSSD at Johannesburg - the Japanese perspective Akio Morishima; 20. Strategy, policy, and law promoting renewable energy resources in China Wang Xi, Mao Runlin and Maggie Dong; 21. Energy development and utilization in Africa Ibibia Worika; 22. European energy law initiatives Bernhard Nagel; 23. The law of energy for sustainable development in Britain Andrew Warren; Part V. Electricity Restructuring: 24. Some environmental lessons from electricity restructuring Peter A. Bradford; 25. The implications of electricity restructuring for a sustainable energy framework: what's law got to do with it? Rosemary Lyster; 26. Electricity market liberalization and energy sustainability Barry Barton; Part VI. Financing for Sustainable Energy: 27. Financing clean energy for development Alan S. Miller; 28. Legal aspects of international project finance for sustainable energy development Donggen Xu; 29. Emissions trading systems Cao Ming-de; Part VII. Civil Society and the Procedural Requirements of Energy Law for Sustainable Development: 30. The role of civil society Svitlana Kravchenko; 31. Foundations in university education Michael I. Jeffery; 32. The role of the judiciary Paul Stein; 33. Access to justice and citizen enforcement John Bonine; 34. The business case and approach to sustainable energy Nick Wood; Index.