Fragmentation of global climate governance : consequences and management of regime interactions / Harro van Asselt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

van Asselt, Harro, author.

Series:

New horizons in environmental and energy law.

New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'How do the different international institutions addressing climate change interact? What are the actual and potential synergies and conflicts? What are the most effective strategies to manage institutional interplay? Harro van Asselt's expertise in both international law and international relations, as well as his intimate knowledge of the policy-making process, make him ideally equipped to address these fundamental questions. Based on detailed case studies, he provides a wide-ranging, lucid, and theoretically sophisticated study of climate change governance. Essential reading for internation

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of treaties and decisions; PART I Setting the scene; 1. Introduction; 2. The evolution of global climate governance; PART II Analytical framework; 3. The concept of fragmentation; 4. Types of regime interaction; 5. Management of regime interactions; PART III Case studies; 6. The UN climate regime and minilateral clean technology agreements; 7. The UN climate regime and the Convention on Biological Diversity; 8. The UN climate regime and the World Trade Organization; PART IV Synthesis and conclusions

9. Regime interactions in global climate governance10. Conclusions and ways forward; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78254-498-4