Kimarie Engerman full Professor of psychology and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands.Elizabeth A. Keenan is assistant professor of business administration in the Marketing Unit at Harvard University.Dmitry Kurochkin is senior research analyst at Harvard University. Elena V. Shabliy is center associate in the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

• Introduction: International Climate Finance and Sustainably Responsible InvestmentElena V. ShabliyChapter 1: Critical Raw Materials in the Clean Energy Transition: Evaluating Circular Economy and Investment Strategies for Mitigating Supply RiskEtem Karakaya, Sedat Alatas, and Burcu HiçyilmazChapter 2: Metaphors and Expectations for the Realization of ‘Zero Carbon’ SteelAnnika SkoglundChapter 3: Best Control Vs. Best Available Technology: A Precarious Link Towards Safeguarding Environmental JusticeFrederick D. GordonChapter 4: Moving Michigan Towards Just Building, Housing, Energy Production, Distribution and Storage: EGLE Council on Climate Solutions and the Limits of (Neo)/LiberalismMichael J. LorrChapter 5: Sustainable Electric Energy Development in BahiaLucigleide Nery NascimentoChapter 6: The Path to Balanced Decentralization of Energy Systems: Envisioning Interoperable Peer-to-Peer Energy MarketsSakshi Mishra, Roohallah Khatami, Yu Christine ChenChapter 7: The Question of Sustainable Energy in the Global South: Intertwining Investments Challenges, Innovation Questions and Policy PathwaysGz. MeeNilankco TheiventhranChapter 8: Heading Towards Net-Zero: India’s Multilateral Partnerships to Promote Renewable Energy in the Post-Pandemic WorldAditi Basu and Elena V. ShabliyChapter 9: Climate Change Education and the Sustainable Development Goals in NigeriaEdidiong Samuel Akpabio, Ifeanyi Emmanuel Uzochukwu, Chinonye Frances Kamsi Dike, and Ogunbadeniyi Adeola Oluwakemi Conclusion Elena V. Shabliy About the Contributors

Here, collected, edited, and well-composed chapters expertly elaborate on key new concepts and policy frameworks for climate-aligned investment strategies, crucial for sustainable energy development that affects all human activity. Providing valuable overviews and insights into the pathways to sustainable finance, the role of Critical Raw Materials in the energy transition, the conflation of industrial and climate policy expectations, issues of international environmental justice, just building, the innovative diffusion of renewable energy, and education, this book proves essential for understanding the global sustainability movement and our responsibility within it. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars, as well as to those interested in learning more about sustainable finance and green investment strategies.

Kimarie Engerman full Professor of psychology and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands.Elizabeth A. Keenan is assistant professor of business administration in the Marketing Unit at Harvard University.Dmitry Kurochkin is senior research analyst at Harvard University. Elena V. Shabliy is center associate in the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

• Introduction: International Climate Finance and Sustainably Responsible InvestmentElena V. ShabliyChapter 1: Critical Raw Materials in the Clean Energy Transition: Evaluating Circular Economy and Investment Strategies for Mitigating Supply RiskEtem Karakaya, Sedat Alatas, and Burcu HiçyilmazChapter 2: Metaphors and Expectations for the Realization of ‘Zero Carbon’ SteelAnnika SkoglundChapter 3: Best Control Vs. Best Available Technology: A Precarious Link Towards Safeguarding Environmental JusticeFrederick D. GordonChapter 4: Moving Michigan Towards Just Building, Housing, Energy Production, Distribution and Storage: EGLE Council on Climate Solutions and the Limits of (Neo)/LiberalismMichael J. LorrChapter 5: Sustainable Electric Energy Development in BahiaLucigleide Nery NascimentoChapter 6: The Path to Balanced Decentralization of Energy Systems: Envisioning Interoperable Peer-to-Peer Energy MarketsSakshi Mishra, Roohallah Khatami, Yu Christine ChenChapter 7: The Question of Sustainable Energy in the Global South: Intertwining Investments Challenges, Innovation Questions and Policy PathwaysGz. MeeNilankco TheiventhranChapter 8: Heading Towards Net-Zero: India’s Multilateral Partnerships to Promote Renewable Energy in the Post-Pandemic WorldAditi Basu and Elena V. ShabliyChapter 9: Climate Change Education and the Sustainable Development Goals in NigeriaEdidiong Samuel Akpabio, Ifeanyi Emmanuel Uzochukwu, Chinonye Frances Kamsi Dike, and Ogunbadeniyi Adeola Oluwakemi Conclusion Elena V. Shabliy About the Contributors

Here, collected, edited, and well-composed chapters expertly elaborate on key new concepts and policy frameworks for climate-aligned investment strategies, crucial for sustainable energy development that affects all human activity. Providing valuable overviews and insights into the pathways to sustainable finance, the role of Critical Raw Materials in the energy transition, the conflation of industrial and climate policy expectations, issues of international environmental justice, just building, the innovative diffusion of renewable energy, and education, this book proves essential for understanding the global sustainability movement and our responsibility within it. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars, as well as to those interested in learning more about sustainable finance and green investment strategies.

Kimarie Engerman full Professor of psychology and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands.Elizabeth A. Keenan is assistant professor of business administration in the Marketing Unit at Harvard University.Dmitry Kurochkin is senior research analyst at Harvard University. Elena V. Shabliy is center associate in the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

• Introduction: International Climate Finance and Sustainably Responsible InvestmentElena V. ShabliyChapter 1: Critical Raw Materials in the Clean Energy Transition: Evaluating Circular Economy and Investment Strategies for Mitigating Supply RiskEtem Karakaya, Sedat Alatas, and Burcu HiçyilmazChapter 2: Metaphors and Expectations for the Realization of ‘Zero Carbon’ SteelAnnika SkoglundChapter 3: Best Control Vs. Best Available Technology: A Precarious Link Towards Safeguarding Environmental JusticeFrederick D. GordonChapter 4: Moving Michigan Towards Just Building, Housing, Energy Production, Distribution and Storage: EGLE Council on Climate Solutions and the Limits of (Neo)/LiberalismMichael J. LorrChapter 5: Sustainable Electric Energy Development in BahiaLucigleide Nery NascimentoChapter 6: The Path to Balanced Decentralization of Energy Systems: Envisioning Interoperable Peer-to-Peer Energy MarketsSakshi Mishra, Roohallah Khatami, Yu Christine ChenChapter 7: The Question of Sustainable Energy in the Global South: Intertwining Investments Challenges, Innovation Questions and Policy PathwaysGz. MeeNilankco TheiventhranChapter 8: Heading Towards Net-Zero: India’s Multilateral Partnerships to Promote Renewable Energy in the Post-Pandemic WorldAditi Basu and Elena V. ShabliyChapter 9: Climate Change Education and the Sustainable Development Goals in NigeriaEdidiong Samuel Akpabio, Ifeanyi Emmanuel Uzochukwu, Chinonye Frances Kamsi Dike, and Ogunbadeniyi Adeola Oluwakemi Conclusion Elena V. Shabliy About the Contributors

Here, collected, edited, and well-composed chapters expertly elaborate on key new concepts and policy frameworks for climate-aligned investment strategies, crucial for sustainable energy development that affects all human activity. Providing valuable overviews and insights into the pathways to sustainable finance, the role of Critical Raw Materials in the energy transition, the conflation of industrial and climate policy expectations, issues of international environmental justice, just building, the innovative diffusion of renewable energy, and education, this book proves essential for understanding the global sustainability movement and our responsibility within it. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars, as well as to those interested in learning more about sustainable finance and green investment strategies.