Energy, governance and sustainability / edited by Arnis Sauka, Friedrich Schneider, Colin C. Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaria i Manzano, Jordi.

Chalifour, Nathalie J.

Kotzé, Louis J.

Series:

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series.

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy--Environmental aspects.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

This book makes an in-depth and timely contribution to the debate about how to transform our energy governance systems into ones that support a fair, safe and sustainable society. It combines perspectives from leading scholars around the world to provide a global outlook on alternative approaches to energy governance and innovative experiences. Taken as a whole, it offers a unique snapshot of some of the innovative and novel ways in which law can support the shift to sustainable and equitable energy systems.

Contents:

1. Energy governance: a key challenge in the era of globalization / Jordi Jaria i Manzano, Nathalie J. Chalifour and Louis Kotzé

2. Germany's 'Energiewende': what can environmental law scholarship learn from it? / Klaus Bosselmann

3. How good practices in environmental constitutionalism can improve sustainable development of unconventional shale gas / James R. May and Erin Daly

4. Human rights versus human needs: debating the language for universal access to modern energy services / Manuel Peter Samonte Solis

5. Using social science perspectives on risk to implement an environmental justice analysis: is this the right way forward to mitigate the social risks of low carbon energy technologies and help policy-makers achieve renewable energy targets worldwide? / Elodie Le Gal

6. Scaling up local solutions: creating an enabling legal environment for the deployment of community-based renewable microgrids / Jessica Wentz and Chiara Pappalardo

7. Innovative financing for renewable energy Richard L. Ottinger and John Bowie

8. Energy and smart cities: perspectives from a city-state, Singapore / Lin-Heng Lye and Melissa Low

9. Judicial perspectives on renewable energy and climate change governance / Trevor Daya-Winterbottom

10. A reflection on some legal aspects of decision control in the energy transition process: a comparison of France and Germany / Anaïs Guerry

11. Learning from Europe: some ideas for the energy improvement of the US existing building stock / Teresa Parejo-Navajas

12. Sustainable sewage / Melissa K. Scanlan

13. Environmentally displaced persons in the Niger Delta: challenges and prospects / Eloamaka Carol Okonkwo

14. Agriculture, energy and development: an uneasy relationship / Cristiane Derani.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78536-846-X