Energy governance : a key challenge in the era of globalization / Jordi Jaria i Manzano, Nathalie J. Chalifour and Louis J. Kotze -- Part I. Foundations -- Germany's `Energiewende' : what can environmental law scholarship learn from it? / Klaus Bosselmann -- Ten good practices in environmental constitutionalism that can contribute to sustainable shale gas development / James R. May and Erin Daly -- Human rights versus human needs : debating the language for universal access to modern energy services / Manuel Peter Samonte Solis -- Using social science perspectives on risk to implement an environmental justice analysis / Elodie Le Gal -- Scaling up local solutions : creating an enabling legal environment for the deployment of community-based renewable microgrids / Jessica Wentz and Chiara Pappalardo -- Innovative financing for renewable energy / Richard L. Ottinger and John Bowie --Part II. Experiences -- Energy and smart cities : perspectives from a city-state, Singapore / Lye Lin-Heng and Melissa Low -- Judicial perspectives on renewable energy and climate change governance / Trevor Daya-Winterbottom -- A reflection on some legal aspects of decision control in the energy transition process : a comparison of France and Germany / Anaïs Guerry -- Learning from Europe : some ideas for the energy improvement of the US existing building stock / Teresa Parejo-Navajas -- Sustainable sewage / Melissa K. Scanlan -- Part III. Governance gaps -- Environmentally displaced persons in the Niger Delta : challenges and prospects / Eloamaka Carol Okonkwo -- Agriculture, energy and development : an uneasy relationship / Cristiane Derani.