The Institute has a range of research initiatives. The focus of our research is to provide academically led analysis into both contemporary and anticipated legal issues. We ensure our research is relevant by working with stakeholders from across the energy sector and adopting an interdisciplinary approach that includes, for example, the role of economics, politics, environmental and energy science in energy law. Recent research projects have included climate change, fracking, energy ethics and governance.
Edited by Malik R. Dahlan, Rosa M. Lastra and Gustavo Rochette.
This Research Handbook offers crucial ethical perspectives on navigating the increasingly complex and contested landscape of contemporary energy law. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it brings together diverse scholarship and expertise from academia, international organizations, legal practice and the judiciary to address wide-ranging issues linking energy and law to ethical drivers such as wealth, peace and war, development, climate change, and use and abuse of natural resources.
The Research Handbook investigates first the governing dynamics of energy, law and ethics, providing a conceptual overview of key topics. It then examines the ethics of financing energy projects, renewable energy transition and climate change mitigation. The final part is a case study of energy, law and ethics in practice. Throughout, the Research Handbook draws on the vital underlying theme of intergenerational equity, offering a toolbox of arguments for framing the law and policies that will shape the future of the planet.
Find out more information about the Research Handbook of Energy Law and Ethics.
In October 2021 we published the Energy and Climate Change Law Review [PDF 1,796KB]. It has been released to coincide with the COP26 conference in Glasgow, which will bring the world’s leaders together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The Review is published twice a year by Queen Mary University of London.
The Review provides our LLM students, alumni, academics, members and supporters with the opportunity to publish articles on topics based around the research and activities of the Energy & Climate Change Law, to have articles peer reviewed and to share ideas.
Interested in contributing to The Review? Contact Maria Taylor: m.taylor@qmul.ac.uk
In the autumn we will be publishing an introductory Handbook to energy law. It will cover the principal areas of the energy and climate change law LLM. It will be a core reference book for our energy students and others engaged in the study of energy law.
Edited by Professors Malik Dahlan and Rosa Lastra
The Research Handbook of Energy Law and Ethics will provide a comprehensive analysis of the ethical implications of international and domestic laws, regulations, policies and practices in the energy and environmental sectors.
Download the Energy Law and Ethics Handbook [PDF 904KB].
Dr Tibisay Morgandi
This monograph examines an original dataset of over 600 state agreements governing a variety of cross-boundary energy activities. It looks at the interaction between these agreements and customary international law and shows the extent to which customary norms, such as the no-harm principle, are reflected in these agreements.
The dataset can be accessed via energybilaterals.org.
In May 2017, His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani donated to CCLS, the full library and research outputs of the Centre for Global Energy Studies’ (CGES).
Sheikh Yamani served as minister of Oil and Mineral Resources in Saudi Arabia from 1962 to 1986 and minister in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for 25 years.
Sheikh Yamani’s work as a statesman to balance the global energy markets is significant.
The collection includes:
Following the gift of the library to the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, a celebratory lunch event was held at The Lanesborough Hotel in London on 16 May 2017. Speeches were given by Sheikh Ali Al-Sabah (former Minister of Finance and Oil in Kuwait), Professor Simon Gaskell (Principal of Queen Mary), Lord Howell of Guildford (former UK Secretary of State for Energy) and Professor Spyros Maniatis (Head of CCLS). The event provided an excellent opportunity to celebrate the Sheikh’s diligent dedication and contribution to the energy and oil industry.
The library is a valuable part of the intellectual legacy of CGES and we are honoured to hold such a unique collection of texts. ELI is glad to make these texts available to our academics and students.
