Key environmental issues, such as biodiversity and climate change, have in recent years become more pressing than ever. Where the critical papers in the early 1990s explained the difficulties of cooperation in tackling transboundary environmental problems, later works have analyzed the various...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Robert M. Solow (1974), 'The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 64(2), May,1-14 2. Partha Dasgupta and Geoffrey Heal (1974), 'The Optimal Depletion of Exhaustible Resources', Review...

Regulating Utilities and Promoting Competition continues the series of annual books, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically review the state of utility regulation and competition policy

Instruments for Climate Policy focuses on economic and political aspects related to the recent proposals and the debate on limits in flexibility, and discusses EU and US perspectives on climate policy instruments and strategies. This is followed by chapters on economic efficiency and the use of...

Major contemporary issues and debates relating to the sustainable use of energy are addressed in this far-reaching Handbook. The contributing authors discuss the ongoing debates about sustainability and energy use, energy economics, renewable energy, efficiency and climate policy

pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Energy security issues -- pt. III. Security of energy supply -- pt. IV. Security of energy demand -- pt. V. Energy, the environment and security -- pt. VI. Energy and human security -- pt. VII. Conclusions.

In economic, technical and political terms, the security of energy supply is of the utmost importance for Europe. Alongside competition and sustainability, supply security represents a cornerstone of the EU's energy policy, and in times of rising geopolitical conflict plays an increasingly...