Outline
   • Introduction
   • The Push towards Renewable Energy
         -Energy Security
         -Climate Change and other environmental concerns
   • International Regimes Relevant to Renewable Energy
         -Soft Laws
         -Treaties
   • Post-2012 Climate Change Negotiations
   • Statute of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
   • The Emergence of a Treaty on Renewable Energy
   • Conclusion
                                                  
    Introduction
    • Renewable energy has the potential of contributing 
       to energy security and climate change mitigation.
    • International  environmental  law  instruments  give 
       credence to the promotion of Renewable Energy for 
       climate change mitigation.
    • Existing  international  law  instruments  relevant  to 
       renewable energy are inadequate.
    • A need for a multilateral treaty on the promotion of 
       renewable energy is important.
                                            
          Push Towards Renewable Energy
    • Energy Security 
    • Climate  change  and  other  environmental 
      concerns
                                       
   Soft Laws
   •Clearly  articulated  in  Soft  laws  are  steps  to  promote 
    renewable energy:
        -Rio Declaration 
        -Agenda 21
        -Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
        -The Group of Eight (G8) Gleneagles 2005 Plan of Action
        -Beijing Declaration on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development.
   •The  documents  call  for  measures  promoting  renewable 
    energy and transfer of environmentally sound technologies.
   •Soft laws are not binding in international law.
                                                 
    Treaties 
    • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 
      1982
            -Recognition  of  the  sovereign  rights  of  nation  states  to  the 
      economic  exploitation  and  exploration  of  natural  resources 
      within their exclusive territorial and economic zones.
          -The rights include the production of energy from renewable 
      energy  sources  wind  and  ocean;  and  the  right  to  construct 
      turbines, subject to the obligation to respect the rights of other 
      states and the safe removal of installations when abandoned.
        -  A  need  for  a  caveat  in  decommissioning  in  relation  to 
      renewable energy technology installations.