This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Turning Oil and Gas Wealth into Sustainable and Equitable Development -- 2 Managing the Extractive Resource -- 3 Revenue Management in the Oil...

We offer a framework to assign quantitative allocations of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), across countries, one budget period at a time. Under the two-part plan: (i) China, India, and other developing countries accept targets at Business as Usual (BAU) in the coming budget period, the...

pt. 1. Turning oil and gas wealth into sustainable and equitable development -- pt. 2. Entrenching transparency and stakeholder engagement -- pt. 3. Effective management of the oil and gas sector -- pt. 4. Safeguarding security and the environment -- pt. 5. Country-specific models and lessons...