David Victor on Policy Impact and Greenhouse Gas
Piecemeal Energy Policy Will Still cut Greenhouse Emissions
12/14/2010
Kevin Bullis,
Technology Review, MIT
It appears unlikely that the newly elected U.S. Congress will fare any better than the last in passing comprehensive, long-term climate and energy legislation. Without this kind of legislation, investors and utilities will find it difficult to make decisions about such things as what types of new power plants to build. But that doesn't mean that progress on energy policy will necessarily grind to a halt. Smaller, more focused legislation, along with EPA regulations, could have a big impact on greenhouse-gas emissions. And yet these efforts may be too limited to spark the international agreements needed to limit climate change.
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David Victor is Director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation (ILAR). Looking across a wide array of issues from environment and energy to human rights, trade and security, the Laboratory explores when (and why) international laws actually work.
