Energy law and the environment /
Lyster, Rosemary.
Energy law and the environment / electronic resource Rosemary Lyster and Adrian Bradbrook. - Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xxii, 239 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of energy production and use in Australia -- Energy technologies and sustainable development -- Energy, international environmental law, and sustainable development -- Evaluating Australian government initiatives relating to energy, climate change, and the environment -- Sustainable energy in the Australian electricity and gas sectors -- State government initiatives relating to energy and the environment -- A sustainable energy law future for Australia.
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. This book was first published in 2006.
0521843685 (alk. paper) 0521833841 (alk. paper)
2006002119
Energy industries--Law and legislation--Environmental aspects--Australia.
Energy policy--Australia.
Environmental policy--Australia.
Sustainable development--Australia.
KU1034 / .L97 2006
346.9404/679
Energy law and the environment / electronic resource Rosemary Lyster and Adrian Bradbrook. - Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xxii, 239 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of energy production and use in Australia -- Energy technologies and sustainable development -- Energy, international environmental law, and sustainable development -- Evaluating Australian government initiatives relating to energy, climate change, and the environment -- Sustainable energy in the Australian electricity and gas sectors -- State government initiatives relating to energy and the environment -- A sustainable energy law future for Australia.
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. This book was first published in 2006.
0521843685 (alk. paper) 0521833841 (alk. paper)
2006002119
Energy industries--Law and legislation--Environmental aspects--Australia.
Energy policy--Australia.
Environmental policy--Australia.
Sustainable development--Australia.
KU1034 / .L97 2006
346.9404/679