Carbon conundrum: the dichotomy between energy security and climate change

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dc.contributor.authorUlasi, Ikenna
dc.contributor.supervisorM'Gonigle, R. Michael
dc.contributor.supervisorShaw, Karena
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-13T22:48:10Z
dc.date.available2013-06-13T22:48:10Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-06-13
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Law
dc.degree.levelMaster of Laws LL.Men_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper is a law thesis that is based on a combined theoretical framework of Green Legal Theory (GLT) and Theories of International Regimes (TIR). GLT has a broad conception of ‘law’. It is based on the argument that ‘laws’ exist at different levels and in different forms, and that ‘legal laws’ are themselves manifestations of regulatory dynamics that are embedded in institutions and processes; and cultural logics that generate and support those laws. TIR examines the negotiation, development, formation, and sustenance of international regimes. The paper is a critical analysis of, especially, the combined effects of capitalist laws and the liberal democratic system of state-based governance. This allows me to highlight the underlying factors/dynamics that are responsible for the continuing inability to address climate change because of the mandated pursuit of energy security (i.e. the regulatory imperative). The analysis revolves around four key global actors, which are the multinational corporations (MNCs), the state, civil society (Non-governmental Organizations), and global institutions. First, I discuss the growing economic and political powers of MNCs in a liberalized and deregulated system, and establish the need for a better regulatory system. Second, I criticize the territorial sovereignty principle and deconstruct the contemporary system of national governance, while highlighting the need to relax the Westphalian system for global constitutionalism. Third, I analyze two approaches to globalization, and make a case against ‘globalization from above’ while arguing for ‘globalization from below’. I also highlighted the crucial role non-governmental organizations have begun to play in global governance. Fourth, I make a critical analysis of inter-state relations in global institutions to show the underlying factors that have compromised the level of cooperation needed to address the conundrum. Finally, based on all of the issues that I analyze in the paper, I propose some foundational principles, and a specific strategy, that would help to propel the needed re-form in global governance, to help to restore its ability to address global problemsen_US
dc.description.proquestcode0398en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0616en_US
dc.description.proquestemailikulasi@yahoo.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4651
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectEnergy Securityen_US
dc.subjectGreen Legal Theoryen_US
dc.subjectTheories of International Regimesen_US
dc.subjectCivil Societyen_US
dc.subjectMultinational Corporationsen_US
dc.subjectInternational Institutionsen_US
dc.subjectCapitalismen_US
dc.subjectGlobal Governanceen_US
dc.subjectStateen_US
dc.subjectClimatic changesen_US
dc.titleCarbon conundrum: the dichotomy between energy security and climate changeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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