Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.
Contents:
Energy security and sustainability : in search of coherence -- Regulation : a theoretical context -- Electricity and environmental regulation : an uneasy relationship -- The Brazilian electricity sector -- Appendix I. Environmental law precedents applied to the electricity sector -- Appendix II. Connecting law, regulation and sustainable development.
Summary:
"[This book] deals with one of the most intriguing questions of modern life from an under-explored legal perspective: energy transition and its relationship with law and regulation. It also explores the scope and meaning of sustainability and sustainable development in the energy field. Challenged by sustainability imperatives, the world faces a transition in how it uses and produces energy. Yet, despite the indisputable interdependence between energy and the environment, law in these two areas has developed separately, with little consideration for how the logic and aims of each might be reconciled. This innovative book addresses this crucial nexus, exploring the role that law must inevitably play as the effects of fossil fuel-induced climate change continue to radically affect every aspect of life on Earth"--Publisher's website.
Series:
Energy and environmental law and policy series ; volume 37
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.