Energy Law and Sustainable Development, IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No 47, 2003
Article from: OGEL 4 (2003), in Environment
Adrian J Bradbrook and Richard L Ottinger (eds), Energy Law and Sustainable Development, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, 2003 (xxi + 231 pp) ISBN 2-8317-0726-9
The IUCN has just released a wide-ranging publication investigating the role of energy law in promoting sustainable development on both a national and international basis. As stated by John Scanlon, Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, in his Preface to the book: 'Energy has recently emerged at the forefront of sustainable development. The United Nations Development Programme's World Energy Assessment (2000) linked energy and most of the ills of modern society in both developed and developing countries. The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) selected energy as one ...