Coordinating Public and Private Sustainability - Green Energy Policy, International Trade Law, and Economic Mechanisms

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Survey of Green Paradox Models; 3. Internal Mechanisms of Green Paradox Models; 4. Misplaced Reliance on Economic Models of Exhaustible Resources; 5. Complexity in Energy Policies Can Lead to Greater Emissions; 6. Impact of Domestic Energy Security Policy Laws; 7. Impact of International Energy Conventions; 8. International Trade Laws Could Frustrate Green Policies; 9. Choosing Better Policies; 10. References

About the author

Chair and Professor Roy Andrew Partain is the Director of the Research Centre for Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen. He is also the Director of its PhD in Law Program as well as the Theme Coordinator for Aberdeen’s multiple LLM programmes specializing in International Commercial Law, International Trade Law, and in Sustainable Development.

Summary

This book demonstrates the need to coordinate private and corporate actors with national and global sustainable climate policies, with conventions in the spheres of green energy laws, as well as from the spheres of commercial, trade, and other private law.

Product details

• Authors: Roy Partain, Roy A. Partain
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138555297
• ISBN: 978-1-138-55529-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Research in Energy Law and Regulation
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; LAW / Environmental, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Environment law, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology