The author has published several books and papers on climate change, trade and sustainable development; he teaches at Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA. Among the book publications are. "The Architecture of Green Economic Policies" (Heidelberg: Springer, 2010), "International Environmental Law and Economics" (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), "The World Trade Organization and the Environment" (London: Macmillan, 2000), "Sustainable Development: Economic and Policy" (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000).