Lakshman Guruswamy is Nicholas Doman Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.

• Part 1 The Phenomenon of the Energy Poor 1. The Critical Significance of Energy 2. The Predicament of Women 3. Indigenous People: From Energy Poverty to Energy Empowerment Part 2 Conceptual Foundations 4. Energy Justice 5. Reflections on the Moral Foundations of A Right to Energy 6. Sustainable Development 7. Energy Security 8. Energy Poverty and the Environment Part 3 Assessing the Various Challenges 9. Assessing Challenges to Development 10. Behavioral Challenges 11. Measuring Access for Differing Needs Part 4 The Way Forward 12. Decentralized Power in the ECOWAS region 13. Green Climate Fund, Sustainable Development Goals, and Energy Access: A New Opportunity for Climate Change and Development 14. Using Appropriate Sustainable Energy Technologies (ASETs) To Promote Access To Energy For All 15. Globalization of Markets for ASETs 16. Energy for Rural Women: Beyond Energy Access 17. Lessons Learned from Selling Six years of Solar in Africa 18. Energy Use and Motive Power in South Asian Energy Production 19. Information and Communication Technologies 20. Model Laws as Blueprints

"The pieces collected in this volume reflect an ambitious, wide-ranging undertaking. Editor Lakshman Guruswamy has amassed a body of literature addressed to the subject of “energy poverty,” its role in economic development,its effect on lives in less developed nations, and a survey of international efforts aimed at addressing it.Kudos to Professor Guruswamy and his colleagues for this highly informed and thought-provoking collection. It should prove to be a valuable addition to the academic literature in this developing area, and a good read for interested minds elsewhere."Jonathan D. Schneider, Energy Law Journal