Coordinating public and private sustainability : green energy policy, international trade law, and economic mechanisms / Prof. Roy A. Partain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Partain, Roy, author.

Series:

Routledge research in energy law and regulation.

Routledge research in energy law and regulation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Law and legislation.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"This book demonstrates the need to coordinate private and corporate actors with national and global sustainable climate policies, with conventions in the spheres of green energy laws, as well as from the spheres of commercial, trade, and other private law. While many states have joined together in the Paris Agreements in support of green energy policies, it remains a stark reality that most of the efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions remain with private actors who operate the various industries, vehicles, and vessels that emit the gases in target. The risks of anthropogenic climate change cannot be solved by environmental law alone and will need complementary support from commercial, corporate, and private law. However, aspects of commercial law, securities law, and trade law can be shown to frustrate certain aspects of green energy policies, resulting in damaging "green paradoxes". It raises issues associated with corporate social responsibility and green paradoxes, with international trade laws, and with liability risks for misrepresenting the state of feasible green energy technologies. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of energy law, environmental law, and corporate law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Detailed table of contents

Acknowledgements and notes of appreciation

List of abbreviations

1 Introduction

1.1 Why this book should be read

1.2 The central purpose of this book

1.3 On choice of corporate actors and corporate entities

1.4 Readership

1.5 Synopsis and structure

2 Survey of green paradox models

2.1 The problem of anthropogenic climate change

2.2 Sources of green paradox phenomena

2.3 Sinn's carbon tax green paradox models

2.3.1 Background to models of green paradox policy frustration

2.3.2 Increased carbon emissions from policy mismatch

2.3.3 Rising carbon taxes could induce green paradox effects

2.4 Previous taxonomies of green paradoxes

2.4.1 Sinn's original taxonomies of green paradox models

2.4.2 Mainstream taxonomies of green paradox models

2.4.3 Alternative taxonomies of green paradox models

2.5 Summary and conclusions

3 Internal mechanisms of green paradox models

3.1 Models of rising carbon taxes

3.2 Models of backstop technologies

3.3 Models of delayed implementation after green policy announcements

3.4 Models of international carbon leakage

3.5 Michielsen's integrated model of intertemporal and interspatial leakages

3.6 Summary and conclusions

4 Misplaced reliance on economic models of exhaustible resources

4.1 Background of Hotelling's models

4.2 Hotelling's model: optimal depletion pathways

4.3 Caveats on Hotelling's depletion models

4.3.1 Assumption of free market/monopoly conditions

4.3.2 Complete information on reserves and depletion schedules

4.3.3 Conflagration of full depletion and profit maximization

4.3.4 Hotelling's rule part i - compound interest and value of resource.

4.3.5 Hotelling's rule part ii - flexible schedule of extraction

4.3.6 Rising extraction costs

4.3.7 Secure property rights

4.4 Caveats on Dasgupta and Heal's 1974 green energy backstop model

4.5 Caveats on Heal's 1976 dirty energy backstop model

4.6 Conclusions

5 Complexity in energy policies can lead to greater emissions

5.1 Introduction to uncoordinated energy policies

5.2 Jevons paradox and similar effects of energy efficiency gains

5.3 Pathways for climate change mitigation technology

5.3.1 Technology sharing or 'transfer'

5.3.2 Common but differentiated obligations

5.4 UNFCCC requires and supports energy innovation

5.5 Summary and conclusions

6 Impact of domestic energy security policy laws

6.1 Federal research programs

6.2 United States Department of Defense and energy innovations

6.3 Federal income tax incentives

6.3.1 Tax incentives for hydrocarbon energy production

6.3.2 Tax incentives for alternative energy production

6.4 Summary and conclusions

7 Impact of international energy conventions

7.1 The Energy Charter Treaty

7.2 Conventions of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

7.2.1 The OPEC Statute

7.2.2 OPEC Solemn Declaration II of 2000

7.2.3 OPEC Solemn Declaration III of 2007

7.3 Summary and conclusions

8 International trade laws could frustrate green policies

8.1 General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT)

8.1.1 The GATT attempts to achieve the free flow and free trade of goods

8.1.2 The GATT particularly promotes exports of fossil fuels from developing parties

8.1.3 Exceptions for other situations

8.2 General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

8.3 Summary and tentative conclusions

8.3.1 International energy laws are driving a cornucopia of energy innovations.

8.3.2 International trade laws and market forces could result in higher consumption

8.3.3 Higher energy consumption could lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions

8.3.4 Gains in efficiency might not help

9 Choosing better policies

9.1 Sinn's proposals to mitigate carbon emissions

9.1.1 Command and control of emitted carbon quantities

9.1.2 Subsidies to fossil fuel producers

9.1.3 Alternative tax mechanisms

9.1.4 Rescued by technology

9.2 Could international trade law govern green paradox phenomena?

9.2.1 Competitive pressure on fossil fuels

9.2.2 Improve on transboundary and cross-temporal policy coordination

9.2.3 Cautious implementation of energy efficiency

9.3 Green paradox models bowed but not broken

9.4 Conclusion - better choices in innovation

10 References

10.1 A

10.2 B

10.3 C

10.4 D

10.5 E

10.6 F

10.7 G

10.8 H

10.10 J

10.11 K

10.12 L

10.13 M

10.14 N

10.16 P

10.18 R

10.19 S

10.20 T

10.21 U

10.22 V

10.23 W

10.27 Legal Instruments

10.28 Governmental Documents and Archives

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-37057-X

1-351-37058-8

1-315-14941-9

9781315149417

OCLC:

1121423337