This 2005 volume presents research on the crucial issues concerning energy law, that are facing the international community.

Acknowledgments; Message from Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations; Introduction: a global learned society to address Earth's evolution: the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Nicholas A. Robinson; Public lectures on international environmental law Alexandre Kiss; Part I. Sustainable Development and the Role of Energy Law: 1. Development and energy Jose Goldemberg; 2. The imperatives of energy for sustainable development Thomas B. Johansson; 3. 2020 energy demand of China and energy conservation Zhou Dadi; 4. Sustainable development and the Marrakech accords David Hodas; 5. Ethical implications Klaus Bosselmann; 6. Technological implications William Chandler; Part II. Legal Issues in Contemporary Energy Law: 7. Legal frameworks for energy for sustainable development Richard Ottinger; 8. Air pollution control laws: common but differentiated responsibilities for managing the atmosphere Nicholas A. Robinson; 9. Green pricing and green power marketing: demand-side mechanisms for promoting 'green power' in deregulated energy markets Alexandra S. Wawryk; 10. Agricultural renewable energy and its management in China Zhu Jian-guo; Part III. International Energy Law: 11. International law and global sustainable energy production and consumption Adrian J. Bradbrook and Ralph D. Wahnshafft; 12. Policy options Kui-Nang (Peter) Mak and Friedrich Soltau; 13. Financing energy for sustainable development Jayarao Gururaja; 14. The Clean Development Mechanism and the UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol developments Maria Socorro Z. Manguiat; 15. The report of the World Commission on Dams: some implications for energy law Achim Steiner and Lawrence J. M. Haas; 16. International issues for sustainable development: IUCN perspective John Scanlon; 17. Enhanced implementation and enforcement of international environmental laws by the judiciary Alfred Rest; Part IV. Comparative Energy Law: 18. UNDP: China's energy portfolio Rusong Li; 19. Implementing the Kyoto Protocol beyond the WSSD at Johannesburg - the Japanese perspective Akio Morishima; 20. Strategy, policy, and law promoting renewable energy resources in China Wang Xi, Mao Runlin and Maggie Dong; 21. Energy development and utilization in Africa Ibibia Worika; 22. European energy law initiatives Bernhard Nagel; 23. The law of energy for sustainable development in Britain Andrew Warren; Part V. Electricity Restructuring: 24. Some environmental lessons from electricity restructuring Peter A. Bradford; 25. The implications of electricity restructuring for a sustainable energy framework: what's law got to do with it? Rosemary Lyster; 26. Electricity market liberalization and energy sustainability Barry Barton; Part VI. Financing for Sustainable Energy: 27. Financing clean energy for development Alan S. Miller; 28. Legal aspects of international project finance for sustainable energy development Donggen Xu; 29. Emissions trading systems Cao Ming-de; Part VII. Civil Society and the Procedural Requirements of Energy Law for Sustainable Development: 30. The role of civil society Svitlana Kravchenko; 31. Foundations in university education Michael I. Jeffery; 32. The role of the judiciary Paul Stein; 33. Access to justice and citizen enforcement John Bonine; 34. The business case and approach to sustainable energy Nick Wood; Index.