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Climate change law : an introduction / Karl S. Coplan [and five others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coplan, Karl S., author.
- Series:
- Foundations of Environmental Law
- Foundations of environmental law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Law and legislation.
- Climatic changes.
- Environmental law.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts, [2021]
- Summary:
- This timely and incisive book combines an introduction to the core legal and policy issues presented by climate change with a deeper analysis of decisions that will define the path forward. Offering a guide to key terms, concepts, and legal principles in the field, this book will help readers develop a sophisticated perspective on issues central to climate change law and policy.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- About the authors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to Climate Change Law
- 1. International climate change treaty regime
- 2. Climate law primer: mitigation approaches
- 3. Introduction to energy law
- 4. Adaption to climate change at the subnational level
- 5. Litigating government (in)action on climate change
- 6. Human rights and climate change
- 7. Legal and policy levers to prompt action by private climate change actors
- 8. Why the individual ethics of greenhouse gas emissions matters to climate law
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Coplan, Karl S. Climate Change Law
- ISBN:
- 1-83910-130-X
- OCLC:
- 1272855853
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