Solutions for Sustainability How the International Trade, Energy and Climate Change Regimes Can Help /

• Main Author: Leal-Arcas, Rafael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Special Issue,
• Subjects: International law.; Trade.; Business.; Commerce.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Climate change.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Climate Change.

This book explores links and synergies between international trade and two of the most urgent challenges of the 21st century: achieving sustainable energy (i.e., energy that is affordable, secure, and clean) and mitigating climate change. It takes the unique approach of not only examining how intern...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I From the top down
• Cooperation on issues of Common Concern and Public Goods
• Linking International Trade to Climate Change and Energy
• Using Trade Agreements to Achieve Sustainability: A Counter-Intuitive Conundrum
• Trading Sustainable Energy
• Part II From the bottom up
• Decentralization and Empowering the Citizen
• Smart Grids and Empowering the Citizen
• Practical Applications of Decentralized Energy in the EU
• Innovation, Research, and Technology.