Bradbrook Adrian J., Lyster Rosemary, Ottinger Richard L., Xi Wang (ed.) The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development

With a Message from Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations. IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies. — Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 632 p.This book is a compilation of articles by leading world energy experts on the laws for implementing energy programs to meet the economic development needs of developing countries by environmentally sustainable means. An introduction by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan emphasizes the importance of this work – and the creation of the IUCN AcademyonEnvironmentalLawwhere the articleswere presented–for addressing the energy aspects of alleviating world poverty, health, and gender challenges. The articles include lead pieces by Professor Jose Goldemberg of Brazil and Professor Thomas Johansson of Sweden, respectively editor and coordinator of theWorld Energy Assessment, and by Dr. Zhou Dadi, Director of the China Energy Research Institute. The articles address environmentally sound
legislation for all energy media and the energy challenges of every region of the world by renowned regional authors.
Adrian J. Bradbrook is the Bonython Professor of Energy Law at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and the former Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, Energy Law, and Climate Change Working Group. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy and the International Energy Foundation. He is the author of the book Solar Energy and the Law (1984), and he has published numerous legal academic articles, primarily on environmental aspects of energy law, with particular emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energy resources.
Rosemary Lyster is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law,University of Sydney. She specializes in environmental law and administrative law. In environmental law, her primary areas of interest are energy law, water law,Asia-Pacific environmental law, and environmental dispute resolution. She is Director of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (Sydney) and editor-in-chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law. She is a member of the IUCN/World Conservation Union’s Commission on Environmental Law.
Richard L. Ottinger is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York, where he taught environmental law and was dean from 1994 to 1999. He is amember of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and Chair of its Climate and Energy Working Group. He served for 16 years in the U.S. Congress, chairing the House Subcommittee on Energy, Conservation and Power. He was a founding staff member of the U.S. Peace Corps and was an associate in theNew York law firmof Clearly, Gottlieb, Friendly & Hamilton.
Dr. Wang Xi received his B.A. degree from Wuhan Normal College in 1981. He graduated from Wuhan University in 1984 (M.L.) and from Washington University in 1987(M.J .S.). He concluded his Ph.D. at Wuhan University in 2000. He is currently Professor and Associate Deanof the School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Director of Environmental and Resources Law Institute at the same university. He is amember of the Academic Committee of Environmental Law under the Ministry of Education of China.