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Beyond the Carbon Economy - Energy Law in Transition (Hardcover)
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Beyond the Carbon Economy - Energy Law in Transition (Hardcover)
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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.
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