E-Books →Net Zero and Natural Resources Law Sovereignty, Security, and Solidarity in the Clean Energy Transition

Free Download Damilola S. Olawuyi, "Net Zero and Natural Resources Law: Sovereignty, Security, and Solidarity in the Clean Energy Transition"
English | ISBN: 019892500X | 2024 | 400 pages | PDF | 5 MB
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.