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 xiAcknowledgements xiiiIntroduction to Research Handbook on Energy, Law and Ethics 1Malik R. Dahlan, Rosa M. Lastra and Gustavo RochettePART I GOVERNING DYNAMICS OF ENERGY, LAW AND ETHICS1 The decade of the energy transition 8Howard Covington2 Distributive justice and the global governance of energy 15Arthur Feitosa and Jorge E. Viñuales3 Moral drivers and lenses: Policy, economy, faith and climate change 28Michael G. Pollitt4 Energy between justice and ethics: A re-classification of theoreticallenses for a forward-looking epistemology 43Malik R. Dahlan and Gustavo Rochette5 Energy law and geopolitics: Oil and the struggle for the Middle East 59Malik R. Dahlan6 Climate change and ethics 96James Dallas7 The emergence of ethics in global climate litigation 110Michael B. GerrardPART II ETHICS, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT8 Introductory comments: Ethical finance? 124Rosa M. Lastra and Michael Tsang9 Finance and development: Net-zero aligned environmental, social andgovernance standards 140Simona Marinescu10 How international financial institutions help deliver the sustainabledevelopment goals 153Marie-Anne Birken and Katherine Meighan11 Sovereign wealth funds and ethical investment: The case of Norway 162Rosa M. Lastra, Tom Fearnley and Lucia Satragno12 The Equator Principles and standards applicable to the financing ofenergy sector projects 194John L. Taylor and Theodora A. Christou13 Knowledge sharing as ethics of development: The Asian DevelopmentBank as a case study 207Daniele Quaggiotto14 Energy investment redefined: Will ethics become a criterion? 221Norah GallagherPART III ENERGY, LAW AND ETHICS IN TRANSITION15 Ethical drivers and challenges of energy efficiency law 243Gabriela Prata Dias16 The law of gravitas: The energy transition, renewable energy and ethics 256Tedd Moya Mose17 Ethical drivers for the renewable energy transition 266Uma Outka18 The ethical contribution of the EU’s ESG disclosure regime 280Silke Goldberg and Jannis Bille19 China’s energy in transition: Ethical considerations in the energypolicies and legislation for the 21st century 293Libin Zhang20 Ethical issues associated with multi-customer microgrids 308Richard T. Stuebi21 Is there a human right to energy? 319Estela B. Sacristán22 Governing water ethically – A shifting waterscape 338Erum Sattar23 Ethics, energy technology transfer and international law 407Victoria SuttonPART IV ENERGY, LAW AND ETHICS POLICY IN PRACTICE24 The Scotia Process Report 423Gustavo Rochette and Krystel von Kumberg25 Statement of Urgency addressed to the United NationsSecretary-General declaring an international diplomatic emergency on climate 478Scotia Group Inception Commission26 Climate20+ – Pathways to success at COP26: an unprecedentedchallenge, requiring an urgent G20 climate diplomatic agenda 483Scotia Group Inception Commission27 A proposal to achieve a Glasgow Agreement: Core Commitments forstates on climate action to reach net zero by 2050 488Scotia Group Inception Commission28 Policy Proposal 2 – Guiding propositions on binding climate commitments 494Howard Covington29 Policy Proposal 3 – Community action 495Andrew Kerr30 Policy Proposal 4 – Engaging the young 497James Wright31 Policy Proposal 5 – Framework climate laws 500Maria-Krystyna Duval32 Policy Proposal 6: Greening dispute resolution 502Wolf von Kumberg and Annette Magnusson33 Policy Proposal 7 – Communications 508Katherine Stewart34 Policy Proposal 8 – The Model Statute for proceedings challenginggovernment failure to act on climate change 510International Bar AssociationPART V EPILOGUEThe Scotia Communique: An Intergenerational Contract 514Delivered by Her Majesty Queen Noor of JordanIndex 517