Despite bringing prosperity, industrialisation generally leads to increasing levels of pollution which has a detrimental impact on the environment. In response, legislation which seeks to control or prevent such impact has become common. Similarly, climate change and energy security have become major drivers for the regulatory regimes that have emerged in the energy field. Given the global or regional scope of many environmental problems, international cooperation is often necessary to ensure such legislation is effective. The EU and the UK have contributed to the development of the environmental and energy law regimes currently in force, spanning across international, transnational and national levels. At the same time, practical responses to environmental and energy problems have largely been the focus of engineers, scientists and other technical experts.
Environmental & Energy Law attempts to bridge the knowledge gap between legal developments designed to achieve environmental and/or energy-related objectives and the practical, scientific and technical considerations applicable to the same environmental problems. In particular, it attempts to convey a broad range of topical issues in environmental and energy law, from climate and energy regulation, technology innovation and transfer, to pollution control, environmental governance and enforcement. In addition the book outlines key sector specific legal regimes (including water, waste and air quality management), focusing on issues or topics that are particularly relevant to both environmental and energy lawyers, and engineering, science and technology-oriented professionals and students. In this vein, the book guides the reader on some basic practical applications of the law within scientific, engineering and other practical settings.
The book will be useful to all those working or studying in the environmental or energy arena, including law students, legal professionals, engineering and science students and professionals. By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to environmental and energy law, the book embraces all readerships and helps to address the often thorny problem of communication between scientists, engineers, lawyers and policy-makers.
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"The fact that this book is not simply aimed at legal experts in no way detracts from the value of its contents, since the authors are all profoundly knowledgeable about the topics in question. An added benefit is that, notwithstanding the complex topic of the study, it is easy to read and highly educational, especially to non-legal specialists, and provides a strong blend of depth and simplicity. This book accordingly merits praise not only for its design, aim and objectives, but also, and in equal measure, for its form and content."
Montserrat Abad Castelos, University Carlos III of Madrid, Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, 25 (1) 2016
"By delivering an extensive volume with a convincing structure and an intelligent system of cross-referencing throughout every one of its parts, Environmental and Energy Law manages to remain in a comfortable middle-ground between the legal abstraction of general principles and the details of regulations on technical standards. And this middle ground is precisely what allows the volume to be an interesting option for engineers, economists and even entrepreneurs apart from being a comprehensive source of information for legal scholars and an enjoyable textbook for students (of law or broader environmental studies alike) with exercises and case studies.?
?The introductory intention ? that stressed that lawyers would be invited to learn about engineering and scientific developments, preparing themselves for regulatory challenges of the future, is well kept: I could say that as an international lawyer, this volume indeed helped me to have a more accurate glimpse as to the links between environmental law and engineering and science. Indeed, after reaching the last page of this volume, I can affirm that Karen E. Makuch and Ricardo Pereira?s Environmental and Energy Law manages to demonstrate, with immediate and actual examples, that policy and regulation can act as major innovation-driving forces, a conclusion that is so important for engineers and investors as it is for all lawyers and students of law.?
Nelson F. Coelho, Utrecht University, European Energy and Environmental Law Review, October 2015
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Karen E. Makuch is lecturer in environmental law and energy law in the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, where she teaches postgraduate courses on Environmental Analysis & Assessment, Pollution Management and Global Environmental Change & Policy. She has a wide-range of experience in the practical application of EU Environmental Law and its implementation, including in new and potential EU Member States.
Ricardo Pereira (LLM, Ph.D.) is Lecturer in Environmental & Energy Law in the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. He also convenes and lectures in the LLM in Environmental Law in the Law School at Queen Mary, University of London, on International Natural Resources Law and the International Law of the Sea.
About the Editors ix
The Contributors ix
PART ONE INTRODUCTION 1
1 Introduction 3
Karen E. Makuch and Ricardo Pereira
Questions and activities 32
PART TWO INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE LAW 35
2 Sustainable Development and Best Available Techniques in International and European Law 37
Panos Merkouris
3 Environmental Regulation, Business Competitiveness and Corporate Responsibility 61
Ricardo Pereira
4 A Legal Framework for Clean Technology Transfer and Finance 75
Helena Wright and Ricardo Pereira
5 Technology Innovation and the Law - the Example of Climate Adaptation Technologies 92
Katrin Glatzel, Helena Wright, and Zen Makuch
Questions and activities 115
PART THREE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE LAW 117
6 Sustainable Energy Law and Policy 119
Matthew Leach and Sandip Deshmukh
7 International and EU Climate Change Law 141
Ricardo Pereira and Charlotte Jourdain
8 UK Climate Change Law and Policy 172
Karen E. Makuch, Zen Makuch, Ricardo Pereira, and Charlotte Jourdain
Questions and activities 193
PART FOUR EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES 197
9 The Exploration and Exploitation of Energy Resources in International Law 199
Ricardo Pereira
10 Occupational Health and Safety Law: the Oil and Gas Industry 225
John Paterson
11 Energy Agreements - Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses 240
Isabelle Fellrath and Frank Spoorenberg
Questions and activities 253
PART FIVE CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM 255
12 Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies - An Overview and Some Key Issues 257
Tim Cockerill
13 Carbon Capture and Storage Liability 270
Zen A. Makuch, Slavina Z. Georgieva and Behdeen Oraee-Mirzamani
14 The Clean Development Mechanism - Legal and Contractual Framework in CDM Renewable Energy Projects 288
Kenneth Aidelojie, Chuan Tze-Teo, Zen Makuch and Ricardo Pereira
Questions and activities 311
PART SIX WASTE, WATER, AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL 313
15 Solid Waste Management and Regulation 315
Arturo Castillo-Castillo
16 Water Management and Regulation 347
Dieudonne-Guy Ohandja and Alexandra Collins
17 Integrated Pollution and Control - the Industrial Emissions Directive 368
Iain MacLean
18 The Law and Practice of Air Quality Management 393
Zen Makuch and Marilena Karyampa
19 Contaminated Land and Regulation 418
Owen Lewis
PART SEVEN THE REGULATION OF CHEMICALS AND LABORATORY SAFETY 435
20 The Regulation of Nanotechnologies 437
Sekai Ngarize, Karen Makuch and Ricardo Pereira
21 Environmental Law Standards and Principles of Good Laboratory Practice for Environmental Protection 463
Elizabeth Prichard and Karen Makuch
Questions and activities 483
PART EIGHT GOVERNANCE, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 487
22 Planning, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 489
Martin Birt and Steven Smith
23 Regulating Environmental Information and Environmental Data 506
Karen E. Makuch
24 Corporate Law and the Aarhus Convention 532
Nikzad Oraee-Mirzamani and Zen Makuch
25 Compliance and Enforcement in International, European and National Environmental Law 559
Ricardo Pereira
Questions and activities 575
PART NINE CASE STUDIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IMPLEMENTATION 577
26 Case Studies 579
Karen E. Makuch
Index 589
