Environment, Energy and Climate Change

This textbook thoroughly covers environmental law and related energy and climate change issues, designed around the BCI syllabus. It includes:

• Major legal provisions and landmark case law
• Elementary-style chapters with detailed case summaries-facts, issues, arguments and judicial orders
• International environmental law and jurisprudence
• Constitutional provisions relevant to environmental matters
• In‑depth legal frameworks on water, air, forests, animals and biodiversity

Additionally, it examines:

• Climate change policies and international regimes
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• National Green Tribunal (NGT), including summaries of significant orders
• Aspects of energy law: economics, electricity, nuclear, renewable energy, oil & gas and energy-efficient buildings

Aimed at breadth and clarity, it appeals to law students, researchers, environmental practitioners-and even pre-law students studying environmental science or studies

1. Introduction to Environmental Law
2. International Environmental Law
3. Environment and the Indian Constitution
4. Water Law in India
5. Air Law in India
6. Environment Protection Laws
7. Forest and Biodiversity Law in India
8. Law Relating to Animals
9. The National Green Tribunal
10. Climate Change and India
11. International Climate Change Regime
12. The Economics of Energy
13. Electricity and Human Rights
14. Electricity Law in India
15. Nuclear Energy
16. Renewable Energy in India
17. Oil and Gas
18. Energy-Efficient Buildings