Climate law and developing countries : legal and policy changes for the world economy / edited by Benjamin J. Richardson ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richardson, Benjamin J.

Series:

New horizons in environmental and energy law.

New horizons in environmental and energy law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Developing countries.

Climatic changes.

Global warming--Law and legislation--Developing countries.

Global warming.

Developing countries--Environmental conditions.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the legal and policy challenges in international, regional and national settings, faced by developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change. This work is suitable for legal academics, undergraduate and graduate law students and policymakers interested in the role of developing countries in climate change law.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: climate law and developing countries; PART 1 Climate justice; 2. Climate change, differentiated responsibilities and state responsibility: devising novel legal strategies for damage caused by climate change; 3. India's constitutional challenge: a less visible climate change catastrophe; 4. Promoting justice within the international legal system: prospects for climate refugees; 5. Climate change and indigenous peoples in the South Pacific: the need for regional and local strategies

PART 2 Expanding the scope of the climate change legal regimes6. Supporting adaptation in developing countries at the national and global levels; 7. Designing a REDD mechanism: the TDERM triptych; 8. The role of marine 'forests' and soils as carbon sinks: enhanced bio-sequestration as a mitigation strategy to help avoid dangerous climate change; 9. Adaptation to climate change to save biodiversity: lessons learned from African and European experiences; PART 3 The Clean Development Mechanism and mitigation strategies

10. The deadlock of the Clean Development Mechanism: caught between sustainability, environmental integrity and economic efficiency11. Beautifying Africa for the Clean Development Mechanism: legal and institutional issues considered; 12. Policy and legal dimensions of CDM projects in the forestry sector: implications for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Uganda; 13. Brazilian policy on biodiesels: a sound means of mitigating climate change?; PART 4 Climate policy bridging the North and South

14. Improving citizen responsibility in the North and its consequences for the South: voluntary carbon offsets and government involvement15. Climate and trade in a divided world: can measures adopted in the North end up shaping climate change legislative frameworks in the South?; 16. Climate change in the European Union development cooperation policy; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-44211-2

9786612442117

1-84980-232-7

OCLC:

505432307