Legal Challenges at the End of the Fossil Fuel Era

This edited collection proposes a wide range of approaches to address the legal issues pertaining to the end of the fossil fuel era. While the fossil fuel era is coming to an end both because of the inherent limits of its resources and because of the need to prevent to further CO2 emissions in an already saturated atmosphere, the legal dispositions to ensure an ordered and rational shift toward cleaner energy still need to be developed - not only in relation to CO2 emissions themselves but also in relation to the manifold issues related to environmental justice in an era of global climate change. This book is unique in that it provides a theoretical framework but also works to address cutting edge issues through a series of case studies. Daniel Iglesias Márquez is a Lecturer and "Juan de la Cierva" Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Rovira i Virgili University, Spain. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Human Rights and Business Institute of the University of Monterrey, Mexico, and at the Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies (CEDAT), Spain. Beatriz Felipe Pérez is a Research Associate at the Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies (CEDAT) at the Rovira and Virgili University, Spain. She is also a researcher at CICrA Justicia Ambiental Clara Esteve-Jordà is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) and an associate researcher at the Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies (CEDAT), Spain