Trends in Climate Change Legislation

Alina Averchenkova, Sam Fankhauser, Michal Nachmany (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2017
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78643-577-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Contributors include: A. Abeysinghe, A. Averchenkova, M. Bangalore, S. Barakat, A. Bowen, A. Clare, S. Fankhauser, J. França, I. Galarraga, C. Gennaioli, F. Green, S. Matikainen, M. Nachmany, I. Neuweg, E. Sainz de Murieta, J. Setzer

Edited by Alina Averchenkova, Principal Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy, University of Oxford and Michal Nachmany, Research Officer, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Contents:

1. Introduction
Alina Averchenkova, Sam Fankhauser and Michal Nachmany

PART I How Climate Change Legislation Comes About
2. The national and international drivers of climate change legislation
Abbie Clare, Sam Fankhauser and Caterina Gennaioli

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

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

PART II What Climate Change Legislation Should Contain
5. The normative foundations of climate legislation
Fergus Green

6. Institutional aspects of climate legislation
Alina Averchenkova and Michal Nachmany

7. Good practice in low-carbon policy
Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser

PART III Climate Change Legislation in the Wider Context
8. Climate policy at the sub-national level
Ibon Galarraga, Elisa Sainz de Murieta and Joan França

9. Regulating climate change in the courts
Joana Setzer and Mook Bangalore

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

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Erscheinungsdatum	25.02.2018
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-78643-577-2 / 1786435772
ISBN-13	978-1-78643-577-4 / 9781786435774
Zustand	Neuware