International Energy Law and Environmental Issues in a Globalized World : an International Public Law and a WTO Perspective

Key note Speech at the "ECO-Logical - Ninth Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Asia-Europe Foundation University Alumni Network" organized by the Keio University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan, European Union Delegation in Japan, European Study Institute in Japan, European Environmental Agency (EEA), British Council in Japan and the Japan Foundation. At the same round table there were the following speakers: Ambassador Prof. Takayuki Kimura (Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Professor at the International Christian University), Prof. Toshiro Tanaka (Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, Keio University), Prof. Hironori Hamanaka (Professor of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University- Former Vice Minister for Global Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of the Environment), Professor Jacqueline McGlade (Executive Director of the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen, Denmark – Professor of Environmental Informatics in the Department of Mathematics at University College of London), Dr. Takejiro Sueyoshi (Special Advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and Member of the Council for Japan's Prime Minister on Climate Change Policy), Tokyo, Japan, 3rd August 2010