The Elgar Companion to Energy and Sustainability

Edited by Catalina Spataru, Professor in Global Energy and Resources, Director of the Energy Institute and Founder and Director of Islands and Coastal Research Lab, University College London, UK, Xiaojing Lv, Associate Professor, China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Priscila Carvalho, Lecturer in Environmental Law and Sustainability, University College London Energy Institute, UK, Manta Nowbuth, civil engineer and Associate Professor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius and Nadia Ameli, Principal Research Fellow, University College London Institute for Sustainable Resources, UK

Contents
Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals: a need for transformative change 1
Catalina Spataru, Xiaojing Lv, Priscila Carvalho, Manta Nowbuth and Nadia Ameli
PART I ENERGY AND BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY
1 Measuring, reporting and facilitating a sustainable future in business 19
Catalina Spataru
2 Barriers and limitations to effective measurement of business sustainability 39
Nikolas C. Kakogiannis
3 Sustainability business practices and reporting in Africa 57
Galila Khougali and Catalina Spataru
4 Venture capital reimagined: financing sustainability and resilience 73
Bruna Constantino, Fabio Kestenbaum and Priscila Carvalho
5 The role of big data and digitalization in energy transition and business
sustainability 90
Selman Sevindik
PART II ENERGY AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
6 The potential and challenges of disruptive energy technologies 109
Xiaojing Lv, Xicong Mi, Ruikang Yan, Mashamba Takudzwa Martin and
Yiwu Weng
7 Energy system flexibility 124
Wei Sun, Yifan Wang, Pengyu Ren and Gareth Harrison
8 Disruptive low-carbon innovations 137
Shu Zheng
9 Intelligent control technology for a smart power plant 151
Lei Pan
10 Energy systems transition and net zero 170
Chris Matthew
PART III ENERGY AND LAW
11 Comparing energy transitions in the Global South and Global North 183
Priscila Carvalho, Emily Webster and Robert Amos
12 Energy regulatory sandboxes: harnessing global innovations and
contextual differences for sustainable energy futures 198
Alexandra Schneiders, Priscila Carvalho and Catalina Spataru
13 Understanding the developments in legislation and regulations for
disruptive technologies and storage in the European Union 212
Silvia Cesa-Bianchi and Ella Jollands
14 Energy justice to address energy poverty 227
Rárisson Jardiel Santos Sampaio and Caroline Dihl Prolo
15 Energy and sustainability: a balanced energy transition strategy 239
Svitlana Kolosok, Iuliia Myroshnychenko and Thomas Gries
PART IV ENERGY AND HEALTH
16 Environmental health impacts 259
Manta Nowbuth, Susheela Devi Biranjia-Hurdoyal, Bhavna Umrikar,
Asish Seeboo and Jogee Deejaysing
17 Strengthening health services with quality in a net zero transition 271
Yatindra Kumar Ramgolam, Kaviraj Bangarigadu, Tavish Hookoom and
Ramiah Chandrika
18 Climate change and mental health 283
Marie Emmanuelle Mars-Kallee, Koobhiraj Kallee, Manta Nowbuth,
Chemen Sambaladevi, Masengo Ilunga and Lusiwe Maduna
19 Building capacity on climate change and human health across stakeholders 295
Yashwaree Baguant-Moonshiram, Dooshanveer Nuckchady and
Mansi Sevita Baguant
20 The role of a low-carbon economy and its impact on health and society:
the case for the Republic of Mauritius and Rodrigues Island as SIDS 308
Vimi Dookhun, Simron Jeet Singh and Adam Luigi Fenech
PART V ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
21 Financial institutions in the face of the environmental emergency 319
Hugues Chenet
22 Complexity in low-carbon finance markets 339
Nadia Ameli, Sumit Kothari, Francesca Larosa, Jamie Rickman and
Carla Sciarra
23 Policies to mobilize finance for low-carbon transition 355
Paola D’Orazio, Marco Amendola and Marco Valente
24 Low-carbon transition, stranded assets, financial stability, and the role
of central banks 371
Louison Cahen-Fourot
25 Pathways to green finance: what models tells us 383
Étienne Espagne