Research Handbook on Energy, Law and Ethics

Edited by Malik R. Dahlan, Emeritus Professor of International Law and Public Policy, Rosa M. Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Gustavo Rochette, Legal and Compliance Officer, Movhera, Portugal, and Teaching Associate, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Contents:

Foreword: In search of radical hope xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy, Law and Ethics 1
Malik R. Dahlan, Rosa M. Lastra and Gustavo Rochette

PART I GOVERNING DYNAMICS OF ENERGY, LAW AND ETHICS
1 The decade of the energy transition 8
Howard Covington
2 Distributive justice and the global governance of energy 15
Arthur Feitosa and Jorge E. Viñuales
3 Moral drivers and lenses: Policy, economy, faith and climate change 28
Michael G. Pollitt
4 Energy between justice and ethics: A re-classification of theoretical
lenses for a forward-looking epistemology 43
Malik R. Dahlan and Gustavo Rochette
5 Energy law and geopolitics: Oil and the struggle for the Middle East 59
Malik R. Dahlan
6 Climate change and ethics 96
James Dallas
7 The emergence of ethics in global climate litigation 110
Michael B. Gerrard

PART II ETHICS, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT
8 Introductory comments: Ethical finance? 124
Rosa M. Lastra and Michael Tsang
9 Finance and development: Net-zero aligned environmental, social and
governance standards 140
Simona Marinescu
10 How international financial institutions help deliver the sustainable
development goals 153
Marie-Anne Birken and Katherine Meighan
11 Sovereign wealth funds and ethical investment: The case of Norway 162
Rosa M. Lastra, Tom Fearnley and Lucia Satragno
12 The Equator Principles and standards applicable to the financing of
energy sector projects 194
John L. Taylor and Theodora A. Christou
13 Knowledge sharing as ethics of development: The Asian Development
Bank as a case study 207
Daniele Quaggiotto
14 Energy investment redefined: Will ethics become a criterion? 221
Norah Gallagher

PART III ENERGY, LAW AND ETHICS IN TRANSITION
15 Ethical drivers and challenges of energy efficiency law 243
Gabriela Prata Dias
16 The law of gravitas: The energy transition, renewable energy and ethics 256
Tedd Moya Mose
17 Ethical drivers for the renewable energy transition 266
Uma Outka
18 The ethical contribution of the EU’s ESG disclosure regime 280
Silke Goldberg and Jannis Bille
19 China’s energy in transition: Ethical considerations in the energy
policies and legislation for the 21st century 293
Libin Zhang
20 Ethical issues associated with multi-customer microgrids 308
Richard T. Stuebi
21 Is there a human right to energy? 319
Estela B. Sacristán
22 Governing water ethically – A shifting waterscape 338
Erum Sattar
23 Ethics, energy technology transfer and international law 407
Victoria Sutton

PART IV ENERGY, LAW AND ETHICS POLICY IN PRACTICE
24 The Scotia Process Report 423
Gustavo Rochette and Krystel von Kumberg
25 Statement of Urgency addressed to the United Nations
Secretary-General declaring an international diplomatic emergency on climate 478
Scotia Group Inception Commission
26 Climate20+ – Pathways to success at COP26: an unprecedented
challenge, requiring an urgent G20 climate diplomatic agenda 483
Scotia Group Inception Commission
27 A proposal to achieve a Glasgow Agreement: Core Commitments for
states on climate action to reach net zero by 2050 488
Scotia Group Inception Commission
28 Policy Proposal 2 – Guiding propositions on binding climate commitments 494
Howard Covington
29 Policy Proposal 3 – Community action 495
Andrew Kerr
30 Policy Proposal 4 – Engaging the young 497
James Wright
31 Policy Proposal 5 – Framework climate laws 500
Maria-Krystyna Duval
32 Policy Proposal 6: Greening dispute resolution 502
Wolf von Kumberg and Annette Magnusson
33 Policy Proposal 7 – Communications 508
Katherine Stewart
34 Policy Proposal 8 – The Model Statute for proceedings challenging
government failure to act on climate change 510
International Bar Association
PART V EPILOGUE
The Scotia Communique: An Intergenerational Contract 514
Delivered by Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan

Index 517