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Climate law in EU member states : towards national legislation for climate protection / edited by Marjan Peeters, Mark Stallworthy, Javier de Cendra de Larragan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law Series
- New horizons in environmental and energy law series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental protection--Europe.
- Environmental protection.
- Climatic changes--Government policy--Europe.
- Climatic changes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The complex and multifaceted nature of EU climate legislation poses a major challenge for EU member states. This timely book focuses on national climate action, addressing the regulatory responses required for the purposes of meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives for 2020 (and beyond). The book seeks to answer such questions as: what kind of legislative approaches should be developed to comply with EU climate law? What room for national discretion should remain? What opportunities exist to go beyond EU ambitions? In addition, distinguished authors analyse national regulatory de
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; PART I Introduction; 1. The rationale for a focus onmitigation law at EU member state level; PART II The meaning of EU law for national climate legislation; 2. Legal consequences of the Effort Sharing Decision for member state action; 3. EU climate and energy law: challenges for member states; 4. Regulating greenhouse gas emissions from EU ETS installations: what room is left for the member states?; 5. EU state aid law and national climate regulation; PART III The emergence of climate protection legislation within member states
- 6. Prospects for the UK's national approach to climate law-making7. Scotland: constraints and opportunities in a devolved system; 8. The paradoxical nature of French climate change law in the light of the Grenelle Environmental Round Table; 9. German climate and energy legislation: an ambitious but fragmented framework; 10. Spanish climate change policy: an ambitious bet on renewable energies; 11. Climate law in Poland: towards an overall regulation; PART IV Typical choices by national governments for climate protection
- 12. Implementing the carbon capture and storage regime in the UK: experiences from a front-runner country13. Biomass or the story of an unfinished coming together of energy and waste: observations on the EU and French legal approach; 14. The need for a consistent renewable energy policy in Italy; 15. The Dutch focus: a Delta Act for climate adaptation; PART V Conclusion and prospect; 16. Concluding observations and forward look; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-91320-8
- 1-78100-278-9
- OCLC:
- 818882043
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