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Energy Law and the Environment
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Energy Law and the Environment
By
Rosemary Lyster, Adrian Bradbrook
Description
The current
unsustainable practices worldwide in energy production and
consumption have led to a plethora of environmental problems. Until
recently environmental law largely overlooked the relevance of energy
production and consumption; energy was seen to be of little
significance to the advancement of sustainable development. This has
changed since 2000 with the global concern attached to climate
change, the publication by the United Nations of the World Energy
Assessment and the detailed consideration given to this issue at the
World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002.
Australia has been seen to be lagging behind the other major
industrialised nations of the world in addressing sustainable energy
issues.
• Focuses on
both national and international law • Emphasis on renewable
energy and energy conservation • Links energy and sustainable
development • Offers legal solutions for the future
Contents
1. Overview of
energy production and use in Australia; 2. Energy technologies and
sustainable development; 3. Energy, international environmental law
and sustainable development; 4. Evaluating Australian government
initiatives relating to energy, climate change and the environment;
5. Sustainable energy in the Australian electricity and gas sectors;
6. State government initiatives relating to energy and the
environment; 7. A sustainable energy law future for Australia.
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