Intro
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction: Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World
I. A Contextual Narrative for Energy Transitions and Decarbonisation
II. A Look at Institutions and Regulation for Energy and Decarbonisation
PART I: ENHANCING SECURE AND RELIABLE ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
1. Tradeoffs and Tensions in the American Energy Transition
I. Introduction
II. The American Electricity Sector
III. The Green Transition in the United States
IV. Conclusion

2. The US Gas Supply Boom under Carbon Constraints: Examining the Role of Regulatory Institutions
I. Introduction
II. Gas Production Boom and Interconnections with Electricity Supply
III. Understanding GHG Emissions and Gas Supply Systems
IV. US Institutions and Regulatory Approaches
V. Conclusion
3. Decarbonising Gas and Electricity Systems: An Outlook on Power-to-Gas and other Technology-Based Solutions
I. Introduction
II. Climate Change Mitigation and Decarbonisation
III. Integration of Renewables in Conventional Systems
IV. US Energy Supply Systems and Operators

V. RNG and P2G Systems
VI. Removing, Storing and Utilising CO2
VII. Conclusion
4. Economic Waste and Environmental Problems: Natural Gas Flaring in Texas
I. Introduction
II. Background to Flaring in the Permian Basin
III. Environmental Protection Agency and Flaring
IV. Recent Litigation
V. Private Rights as Measures to Stop Flaring?
VI. Conclusion
5. Global Governance Networks for Climate Change and Energy Investments
I. But First, History
II. The Constitutive Processes of Decarbonisation Governance
III. The Climate Institutions

IV. Non-Climate International Governance Networks
V. Non-State Responses
VI. Conclusion
6. Investment Law and Decarbonisation
I. Introduction
II. The Investment Law Infrastructure
III. Investment and Development
IV. Investment Law as a Catalyst for Green Development
V. Investment Law as a Brake on Decarbonisation
Developmental Implications
VI. The Need for Limited but Important Reform
VII. Conclusion
7. Private Mineral Rights and Africa's Shale Gas
I. Introduction
II. The Natural Gas Rationale
III. Shale Gas Resources in Africa

IV. Impediments to Shale Development Outside the United States
V. The Sovereign Ownership Impediment
VI. Civic Shares: A Substitute to Overcome Sovereign Ownership Impediment
VII. Potential Objections to Proposals and Responses to Them
VIII. Conclusion
8. International Oil and Gas Operators and Decarbonisation
I. Introduction
II. Climate Change Issues in Exploration and Production Activities
III. Conscious Measures and Policy Push Towards Decarbonisation
IV. Regulating Oil and Gas Operations and Commitments by Host States