Full Description
States, corporations, and other actors worldwide have committed to measures aimed at bringing down global emissions to net zero by the year 2060 or earlier. While the need for a clean energy transition is clear, incoherently designed transition programs can pose complex environmental, social, and governance risks, including legal liability and protracted disputes. At the same time, the rush for minerals needed to manufacture clean energy technologies raises fundamental questions–most crucially, how to ensure the exploration and development of energy transition minerals in a manner that does not exacerbate resource conflicts, resource nationalism, human rights violations, protectionism, energy insecurity, social exclusions, and inequity, especially in conflict-affected and high-risk regions.
By studying the legal and regulatory systems of Africa, Asia, Europe, Australasia, and North and South America through the themes of sovereignty, security and solidarity, Net Zero and Natural Resources Law provides an in-depth discussion of tools and techniques for addressing the legal and contract risks relating to the clean energy transition. This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the nature, scope, and guiding principles of natural resources law and policy in a net zero era. Consideration is given to the integrated resource governance roadmap that is needed to improve coherence and coordination in the design, financing, and implementation of energy transition programs across the entire natural resource value chain.
Contents
1: Damilola S. Olawuyi, José Juan González, Hanri Mostert, Milton Fernando Montoya and Catherine Banet: Introduction: The New Age of Natural Resources Law and Policy: From Resource Conservation to Net Zero
Part I Sovereignty: Introductory Context and Principles
2: Mehrnoosh Aryanpour: Sources and Principles of Natural Resources Law and Policy in a Net Zero Era
3: Tengi George-Ikoli, Aaron Sayne and Damilola S. Olawuyi: Net Zero Transition and Resource Sovereignty: Emerging Trends and Changing Landscape
4: Kim Talus, Qaraman M. Hasan and Damilola S. Olawuyi: Natural Resource Contracts and Net Zero
5: Barry Barton: Critical Minerals Strategies, Net Zero, and Natural Resources Law
Part II Security and Justice Risks in Net Zero Transition
6: Hao Zhang: Securing the Supply of Critical Minerals for Net Zero: Chinaâs Regulatory and Policy Frameworks on Lithium
7: Alastair R. Lucas and Akinbobola O. Olugbemi: Security and Intergenerational Equity in the Net Zero Transition: Lessons from Canada
8: Milton Fernando Montoya and Ana Paola Gutiérrez: Net Zero and Energy Diversification: Lessons from Colombia
9: Hanri Mostert and Lindsay Taylah Moses: Extractive Justice and the Net Zero Transition: Some African Perspectives
10: Adenike Akinsemolu and Walters Nsoh: Gender Justice and Net Zero Energy Transition: Perspectives from the United Kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa
11: Damilola S. Olawuyi and Elena I. Athwal: Net Zero, Human Rights, and ESG Risk Management
12: Nadia B. Ahmad: Net Zero and Environmental Impact Assessments: The Baseline Bar in the United States
13: LeRoy C. Paddock: Resource Efficiency and Net Zero Buildings
14: Hugo Meyer van den Berg: Hydrogen and the Net Zero Transition
15: Martha M. Roggenkamp: How Net Zero Goals Impact Electricity Systems and Supply Security: An Analysis of the EU Legal Framework
Part III Building Solidarity for Net Zero: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
16: Íñigo del Guayo and José Antonio Redondo Torres: The Role of Regional Emissions Trading Systems in the Achievement of a Net Zero Energy Economy
17: Louis de Fontenelle and Elodie Annamayer: Promoting Solidarity for Net Zero: The Potential and Limitations of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
18: José Juan González Márquez and Ana María Pacheco Ruiz: Regional Free Trade Agreements and Net Zero Transitions: Lessons from the US, Mexico, and Canada Free Trade Agreement
19: Anatole Boute and Sara Soini: Mitigating Damages in Net Zero Energy Transitions through Investment Treaty and Market Reforms
20: Donald Zillman and Anthony Moffa: Power Politics: American Law and the Challenges of Promoting Solidarity for Net Zero
21: Lee Godden: Towards Net Zero: A Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Australiaâs Energy Transition
22: Damilola S. Olawuyi, José Juan González, Hanri Mostert, Milton Fernando Montoya and Catherine Banet: Conclusion: Net Zero and the Future of Natural Resources Law
