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Renewable Energy and International Law Communitarian Approaches to Energy Justice

By Chitzi C. Ogbumgbada Copyright 2026
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

This book addresses the injustices associated with renewable energy development and use within the context of the energy transition. Primarily informed by a communitarian approach to energy justice, the book draws on the philosophical concept of African communitarianism as a guiding principle. This concept emphasises harmonious or communal relationships among members of a political and social... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Renewable Energy Development: Benefits and Injustices

3. An African Communitarian Approach to Global Energy Justice

4. Operationalising Global Energy Justice: Legal Interpretation

5. Operationalising Global Energy Justice: Means of Implementation

6. Conclusion

Biography

Chitzi C. Ogbumgbada is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and a member of the Exeter Centre for Environmental Law.