Research handbook on climate disaster law : barriers and opportunities / edited by Rosemary Lyster, Robert R. M. Verchick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Lyster, Rosemary, editor.

Verchick, Robert R. M., editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in climate law.

Research Handbooks in Climate Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes.

Environmental disasters--Law and legislation.

Environmental disasters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., Inc., 2018.

Summary:

Climate change has thrust us into a "no-analog" future in which climate disasters threaten to cause extraordinary damage, with little precedent to guide policymakers and private actors. Addressing such risks requires a firm grounding in disaster risk reduction, climate change policy, and environmental law. This Research Handbook provides readers with that integrated foundation, investigating topics in international law as well as domestic programs from countries around the world. Because climate disasters affect both government and non-government actors, the Research Handbook covers issues of both public and private law. We know from the scientific literature and recent experience that the laws addressing natural disasters are insufficient to confront disasters amplified by climate change. The Research Handbook acknowledges that the majority of disasters are susceptible in some way to changes in the earth's climate and explores the barriers to, and opportunities for, finding legal solutions to the risks posed by such disasters. It shows that climate change must be considered in order to fully understand disaster risk and the respective legal and policy responses. The Research Handbook also emphasizes the moral responsibility we have to move as quickly as possible to create a carbon-free economy. This work will be of great appeal to legal scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in environmental law or climate change as it relates to international and domestic law and policy.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction / Rosemary Lyster and Robert R. M. Verchick

Part I International law and climate disasters

1. Wishful thinking?: the governance of climate change related disasters in the Anthropocene / Tim Stephens

2. The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capacities in the international climate change regime / Lavanya Rajamani

3. The evolving nature of sovereignty in the context of climate change / Christine Bakker

4. International environmental law and climate disasters / Jacqueline Peel

5. Climate-induced displacement and climate disaster law: barriers and opportunities / Rosemary Lyster and Maxine Burkett

Part II Public law and climate disasters

6. Governance principles and climate disasters: constitutional and administrative law issues / Daniel A. Farber

7. Disaster law and order / Lisa Grow Sun

8. Occupational health and safety law / Sid Shapiro and Katherine Tracy

Part III

Environmental law and climate disasters

9. Adaptive law / Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold

10. Planning for disaster / Robert R. M. Verchick

11. Building law and disasters / Teresa Parejo-Navajas and Michael B. Gerrard

12. The uneasy case for disaster buyouts / Susan S. Kuo

13. Water law and climate disasters / Robin Kundis Craig

14. Protecting the power grid from climate disaster / Rosemary Lyster and Robert R. M. Verchick

15. The law of the polar bear / John Copeland Nagle

16. Agriculture, climate disasters and the law / Jonathan Verschuuren

Part IV

Private law and climate disasters

17. Tort law and normative rupture / R. Henry Weaver and Douglas A. Kysar

18. CLimate change and property law / John D. Echeverria

19. Private law and climate disasters: insurance law / Michael Faure and Qihao He

20. Climate change and fiduciary investors: weathering a disaster scenario / M. Scott Donald

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78643-003-7