Climate change, cattle, and the international legal order / Rebecca Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Rebecca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal industry--Law and legislation.

Animal industry.

Climatic changes.

Food security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Hart Publishing, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Livestock food systems need to be rapidly rethought to tackle the global climate crisis. This book examines how climate concerns for the livestock sector are governed in international law and addresses the sector s inclusion (or lack thereof) across the international governance of climate change, agriculture, forests and trade. The book provides a wide-ranging analysis of legal regimes at the international level that affect emissions from cattle (and where relevant, livestock more broadly). On this basis, tensions, interactions, and common themes for livestock emissions mitigation across the international climate change, forestry, agricultural and agri-trade regime are identified. This showcases where productive synergies and damaging tensions have emerged across the cross-cutting nature of livestock governance, enabling goals of fairer and more effective emissions mitigation for the sector to be achieved. In addition to addressing issues such as food security and public health, the book highlights the problem of affluence in reducing cattle emissions from meat consumption. This key insight is significant in terms of tackling future livestock emissions trajectories, particularly in relation to securing climate justice within the agricultural sector and securing equitable and effective livestock solutions. The book is a key text for all those with an interest in the legal governance of climate change and agriculture, adding to the timely debate on the future sustainability of the global diet and the relationship between affluence and climate change.

Contents:

Introduction 1. Introduction to Climate Change and the Cattle Sector 2. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Climate Regime 3. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Agricultural Regime 4. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Forest Regime 5. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Agricultural Trade Regime 6. Conclusion: Reconciling Climate Justice in the International Legal Order for Climate Change and Cattle

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781509968596

1509968598

9781509968619

150996861X

OCLC:

1428901618