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 the 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 Devi Nowbuth, civil engineer and Associate Professor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius and Nadia Ameli, Principal Research Fellow, University College London Institute for Sustainable Resources, UK

• ContentsEnergy and the Sustainable Development Goals: a need for transformative change 1Catalina Spataru, Xiaojing Lv, Priscila Carvalho, Manta Nowbuth and Nadia AmeliPART I ENERGY AND BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY1 Measuring, reporting and facilitating a sustainable future in business 19Catalina Spataru2 Barriers and limitations to effective measurement of business sustainability 39Nikolas C. Kakogiannis3 Sustainability business practices and reporting in Africa 57Galila Khougali and Catalina Spataru4 Venture capital reimagined: financing sustainability and resilience 73Bruna Constantino, Fabio Kestenbaum and Priscila Carvalho5 The role of big data and digitalization in energy transition and businesssustainability 90Selman SevindikPART II ENERGY AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES6 The potential and challenges of disruptive energy technologies 109Xiaojing Lv, Xicong Mi, Ruikang Yan, Mashamba Takudzwa Martin andYiwu Weng7 Energy system flexibility 124Wei Sun, Yifan Wang, Pengyu Ren and Gareth Harrison8 Disruptive low-carbon innovations 137Shu Zheng9 Intelligent control technology for a smart power plant 151Lei Pan10 Energy systems transition and net zero 170Chris MatthewPART III ENERGY AND LAW11 Comparing energy transitions in the Global South and Global North 183Priscila Carvalho, Emily Webster and Robert Amos12 Energy regulatory sandboxes: harnessing global innovations andcontextual differences for sustainable energy futures 198Alexandra Schneiders, Priscila Carvalho and Catalina Spataru13 Understanding the developments in legislation and regulations fordisruptive technologies and storage in the European Union 212Silvia Cesa-Bianchi and Ella Jollands14 Energy justice to address energy poverty 227Rárisson Jardiel Santos Sampaio and Caroline Dihl Prolo15 Energy and sustainability: a balanced energy transition strategy 239Svitlana Kolosok, Iuliia Myroshnychenko and Thomas GriesPART IV ENERGY AND HEALTH16 Environmental health impacts 259Manta Nowbuth, Susheela Devi Biranjia-Hurdoyal, Bhavna Umrikar,Asish Seeboo and Jogee Deejaysing17 Strengthening health services with quality in a net zero transition 271Yatindra Kumar Ramgolam, Kaviraj Bangarigadu, Tavish Hookoom andRamiah Chandrika18 Climate change and mental health 283Marie Emmanuelle Mars-Kallee, Koobhiraj Kallee, Manta Nowbuth,Chemen Sambaladevi, Masengo Ilunga and Lusiwe Maduna19 Building capacity on climate change and human health across stakeholders 295Yashwaree Baguant-Moonshiram, Dooshanveer Nuckchady andMansi Sevita Baguant20 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 308Vimi Dookhun, Simron Jeet Singh and Adam Luigi FenechPART V ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE21 Financial institutions in the face of the environmental emergency 319Hugues Chenet22 Complexity in low-carbon finance markets 339Nadia Ameli, Sumit Kothari, Francesca Larosa, Jamie Rickman andCarla Sciarra23 Policies to mobilize finance for low-carbon transition 355Paola D’Orazio, Marco Amendola and Marco Valente24 Low-carbon transition, stranded assets, financial stability, and the roleof central banks 371Louison Cahen-Fourot25 Pathways to green finance: what models tells us 383Étienne Espagne

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