1st Edition

Climate and Energy Law Building Sustainable Global Governance for the 21st Century

By Rafael Leal-Arcas Copyright 2027
240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a bold and timely rethinking of how sustainable energy transitions can be achieved in an era of climate urgency and geopolitical uncertainty. Challenging the traditional top-down model of governance, the volume advances a compelling argument for a bottom-up transformation driven by citizens, prosumers, cities, and new market actors. The book locates this shift within a broader... Read more

Introduction

 

1. Decentralization and Citizen Agency in Energy Governance

2. Smart Grids and the Reconfiguration of Citizen Participation

3. Decentralized Energy Systems in the European Union: Empirical Insights and Policy Implications

4. Innovation, Research, and Technological Transformation in the Energy Transition

 

Conclusion and a Future Research Agenda

 

Biography

Rafael Leal-Arcas is a distinguished scholar in European and international economic law, international trade, climate change law, energy governance, and public policy. He holds advanced degrees from the European University Institute, Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and the London School of Economics, and is qualified as a barrister and solicitor in Madrid. He has held senior roles including Jean Monnet Chair, LLM Program Director, and Director of Research at Queen Mary University of London, and currently serves as Professor at Alfaisal University College of Law and International Relations. He has published extensively and led major EU-funded research projects.