International Standards and Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

• Autor(a) principal: Brandão, Gabriela da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
• Texto Completo: https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2135/tde-06052021-005534/
• topic: Access to Energy; Comércio internacional; Desenvolvimento sustentável; Direito internacional de desenvolvimento; Fontes renováveis de energia; IEC; International Economic Law; International Standards; International Trade; ISO; Legitimacy of International Standards; Renewable Energy; SDG 17; SDG 7; Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Goals

The main purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between international standards with Sustainable Development Goal 7 - ensure access to affordable, sustainable and modern energy for all, especially investigating if the compliance with elements of plural participation and legitimacy, such as engagement, transparency and accessibility, in the process of international standards\' issuance can contribute to the achievement of the SDG 7 and to the dissemination of renewable energies in developing countries. It addresses the evolution of the concept of sustainable development at international level and the implications of sustainable development on international trade, as well as the emergence of the Sustainable Development Goals and specifically the interrelationship between SDG 7 and SDG 17 - partnerships for the goals, which considers the necessary engagement of both public and private actors towards Sustainable Development. Therefore, seeing energy is an important vector for Sustainable Development and taking into account the context of fragmentation of international law and of growing international standardization, the essay discusses the pursuit of international regulatory coherence and analyzes the legitimacy of international standards, focusing primarily in the following elements: engagement, transparency and accessibility. Examining the role of international standards particularly in renewable energy, the research addresses IEC procedures for the development of such standards, providing practical examples of technical committees and standards issued, with a view to analyze to what extent the greater legitimacy of these standards can contribute for the achievement of the SDG 7.