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Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Energy Markets

Regulating Energy

Transitions and Security

Research charting the legal and regulatory pathways that will influence the transition to a more sustainable energy regime . Notably , the choice of technology and its impact on climate , water , food and society , and how the competing goals of energy security and environmental sustainability will be managed .

Competitive Advantage

• Expertise in natural resources , environmental and energy law
• Advanced skills in applying quantitative surveys , qualitative interviews and legal analysis to enhance the implementation of energy law and regulation
• Global networks and expertise in regulating the food-energy-water nexus

Impact

• Ensuring energy transitions achieve more optimal social and environmental outcomes
• More sustainable , efficient and integrated regulatory frameworks for energy developments
• Governance pathways for better management of contested environment , social and economic goals

Capabilities and Facilities

• Law and policy design optimisation for governing energy and its impacts on food , water and the environmental system
• Access to leading energy law and regulatory scholars in the UK and USA through the PLuS Alliance

More Information

Professor Cameron Holley
School of Law
T : + 61 2 9385 7476
E : c . holley @ unsw . edu . au

Successful Applications

• Identifying international reforms to balance energy security and sustainability
• Development of more integrated legal frameworks for managing unconventional gas and its impacts on food and water

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