Biofuels, the EU Renewable Energy Directive and International Regime-Toward Polycentric Approach
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Lee, Tsung-Ling
Abstract
The rate of anthropogenic climate change poses unprecedented challenges in scale and magnitude, the significance of global warming and worldwide weather anomalies signal the need to reexamine the current economic activities as the search for new alternative energies continues. Admittedly, biofuels is amongst numerous climate mitigation instruments available, yet because the environmental controversies surrounding biofuels, it makes an interesting case study to explore the dynamic interplay in the international regime. This thesis places the focus on the EU Renewable Energy Directive and biofuels, and examines the possible inconsistency with the WTO regime. This thesis attempt to argue an alternative approach for considering the current international regime as an appropriate forum to advance biofuels, by developing the argument using the example of the EU Renewable Energy Directive, and concludes on a need for a polycentric approach in light of this contemporary concern to establish a greener global environment.
Subjects
Biofuels
EU Renewable Energy Directive
WTO
GATT
UNFCCC
Kyoto Protocol
Polycentric
Climate Change
Type
thesis
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