Climate Change Liability

Edited by Michael Faure, Professor, Maastricht University and Erasmus School of Law, the Netherlands and Chairman of the Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement (VHRM), Brussels, Belgium and Marjan Peeters, Professor of Environmental Policy and Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters

PART II: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES
2. Liability with and Liability from the Precautionary Principle in Climate Change Cases
Miriam Haritz

3. High Noon: Prevention of Climate Damage as the Primary Goal of Liability?
Jaap Spier

PART III: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
4. Liability of Member States and the EU in View of the International Climate Change Framework: Between Solidarity and Responsibility
Javier de Cendra de Larragán

5. The Regulatory Approach of the EU in View of Liability for Climate Change Damage
Marjan Peeters

6. Potential Liability of European States Under the ECHR for Failure to Take Appropriate Measures with a View on Adaptation to Climate Change
Armelle Gouritin

PART IV: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CIVIL LIABILITY
7. Climate Change Litigation in the UK: Its Feasibility and Prospects
Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters

8. Liability for Climate Change-Related Damage in Domestic Courts: Claims for Compensation in the USA
Elena Kosolapova

9. Civil Liability for Global Warming in the Netherlands
Chris van Dijk

10. Will Civil Society Take Climate Changers to Court? A Perspective from Dutch Law
Phon van den Biesen

11. Governmental Liability: An Incentive for Appropriate Adaptation?
Ben Schueler

PART V: CONCLUSION
12. Concluding Remarks
Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters

Index