Sumário:The energy perspective: energetic relevance. Renewable energy -- International law and energy: international energy law. The energy charter treaty -- Case studies dispute settlement involving the environment: whaling in the Antarctic Australia v. Japan. New Zealand intervening: the case of T?n?soaica v Romania. Case of vattenfall-I coal-fired power plant in Hamburg versus Germany: The arbitration case of the trail smelter plant USA vs Canada. The arbitration case du lac lanoux Spain vs France : corfu channel UK vs Albania -- Climate conflicts: shaping the idea of climate conflicts. Climate conflicts and dispute settlement.