This book shows the relevance of energy production and consumption to climate change and sustainable development.

Rosemary Lyster is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney.

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.