Sharing the costs and benefits of energy and resource activity : legal change and impact on communities

Content: Cover 
 Sharing the Costs and Benefits of Energy and Resource Activity
 Copyright 
 Preface
 Contents
 Table of Abbreviations
 List of Contributors
 1. Introduction
 I. A new phase in the law
 II. Drivers of change
 III. Four concepts: costs, benefits, sharing, and community
 IV. Themes and content of the book
 V. Conclusion
 PART I.THEMES AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
 2. Community and Sharing
 I. Introduction
 II. Aspects of community specific to resources, energy, and environment
 III. The community in political and legal theory
 IV. Community governance and community power
 V. The state VI. Groups of identity and cultureVII. Indigenous community
 VIII. New legal mechanisms
 IX. Conclusions
 3. Regional and Local Energy Communities-A European Union Perspective on Community Benefits
 I. Introduction-energy, societies, and communities
 II. Energy communities
 III. The EU Committee of the Regions
 IV. Investment in the energy sector and energy communities
 V. Conclusions
 4. Shared International Responsibility for TransboundaryHarm Arising from Energy Activities
 I. Introduction
 II. What is 'shared' responsibility? III. Energy contexts in which shared responsibility might ariseIV. Shared responsibility between public and private energy actors
 V. Conclusion
 5. Indigenous Peoples and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Latin America
 I. Introduction
 II. Understanding FPIC
 III. Practical implementation in Latin America-defining the 'FPIC community'
 IV. FPIC outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned in Latin America
 V. Conclusion
 6. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Industries of Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia: Choices and Consequences
 I. Introduction
 II. Concepts and motivations III. Enabling frameworksIV. Indicators of corporate social responsibility
 V. Insights and conclusions
 7. Social Licence to Operate in the Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Sector The Colorado Experience
 I. Introduction
 II. The development of unconventional oil and gas in Colorado
 III. Social licence to operate
 IV. Conclusion
 PART II.LEGAL MEASURES AND MECHANISMSTO DISTRIBUTE COSTS AND BENEFITS
 8. Agreements with Indigenous Communities The Native Title Act in Australia
 I. Introduction: The rise of agreement-making
 II. Participation of indigenous communities III. Models for managing impacts and benefits in AustraliaIV. Agreements governing impacts and benefits
 V. The case studies: A tale of two LNG projects
 VI. The role of the native title act
 VII. Conclusion: Sharing impacts and benefits as a basis for inclusion
 9. Community Benefit Agreements forWind Farm Siting in Context
 I. Introduction
 II. Concerns about wind facility siting
 III. The emergence of community benefits agreements in the United States
 IV. CBAs for wind energy siting
 V. CBAs as part of a comprehensive approach to wind facility siting
 VI. Conclusion