Trends in climate change legislation / edited by Alina Averchenkova, Samuel Fankhauser, Michal Nachmany.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Averchenkova, Alina, editor.

Fankhauser, Samuel, editor.

Nachmany, Michal, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations, charts, tables

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"A deepening understanding of the importance of climate change has caused a recent and rapid increase in the number of climate change or climate-related laws. Trends in Climate Change Legislation offers an astute analysis of the political, institutional and economic factors that have motivated this surge, placing it into context. By focusing the analysis on both developed and developing countries, the contributors offer an extensive exploration of climate change legislation, and how it has been enacted on a global scale. Vitally, they make the link between the international commitments under the Paris Agreement and their delivery at national level. Concluding that strong climate legislation is essential to give credibility to the pledges that countries made in Paris, this book identifies the key provisions that good climate laws should contain, and addresses factors that influence the passing of climate laws. This stimulating and informative book will be of particular interest to parliamentarians, policy makers and lawyers involved in areas of climate policy and environmental law. It will also appeal to students and researchers with an interest in climate change legislation"--Back cover.

Contents:

National and international drivers of climate change legislation / Abbie Clare, Sam Fankhauser, and Caterina Gennaioli

Climate change legislation and policy in China, the European Union, and the United States / Isabella Neuweg and Alina Averchenkova

Climate legislation in the Least Developing Countries / Michal Nachmany, Achala Abeysinghe and Subhi Barakat

Normative foundations of climate legislation / Fergus Green

Institutional aspects of climate legislation / Alina Averchenkova and Michal Nachmany

Good practice in low carbon policy / Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser

Climate policy at the sub-national level / Ibon Galarraga, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, and Joan Franca

Regulating climate change in the courts / Joana Setzer and Mook Bangalore

Climate legislation and international commitments / Alina Averchenkova and Sini Matikainen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78643-578-0