Unpacking the complexities of biofuel policy

Title
Unpacking the complexities of biofuel policy
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Martin, Paul
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0243-2654
Email: pmartin9@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:pmartin9
Le Gal, Elodie
Editor
Editor(s): Yves Le Bouthillier, Annette Cowie, Paul Martin, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Place of publication
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Edition
1
Series
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Series
DOI
10.4337/9781782544555.00023
UNE publication id
une:19431
Abstract
"Path dependence" is an important concept to help to understand the ways in which societies respond to new challenges. It suggests that established practices or policy traditions will generally be the basis for deciding what to do when faced with new challenges and opportunities. It can therefore be expected that policy-makers and lawyers will approach the governance of biofuels on the basis of how previous challenges involving energy industries, natural-resource-based enterprises and sustainability have been addressed. We can expect that issues will be viewed through the lens of energy security and climate change, and that strategies will involve a mixture of the command-and-control and market-based approaches that have been generally used (with varying degrees of success). While biofuels governance shares many characteristics with other natural resource management (NRM) and energy issues, contemporary biofuels raise unique governance challenges that are likely to require innovative institutional arrangements. These challenges are the focus of this chapter.
Link
Citation
The Law and Policy of Biofuels, p. 315-338
ISBN
9781782544548
9781782544555
Start page
315
End page
338

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