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Title Climate change and the law / Erkki J. Hollo, Kati Kulovesi, Michael Mehling, editors
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Ius Gentium ; v. 21
Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 21.
Contents Climate Law as an Emerging Discipline -- Implementing Climate Governance: Instrument Choice and Interaction / Michael Mehling -- Exploring the Landscape of Climate Law and Scholarship: Two Emerging Trends / Kati Kulovesi -- Climate Change and Justice: Perspectives of Legal Theory / Felix Ekardt -- International Climate Law -- Architecture and Institutions -- Foundations of International Climate Law: Objectives, Principles and Methods / Rowena Maguire -- Alternative Venues of Climate Cooperation: An Institutional Perspective / Camilla Bausch, Michael Mehling -- Analyzing Soft Law and Hard Law in Climate Change / Antto Vihma -- Compliance and Enforcement in the Climate Change Regime / Meinhard Doelle -- International Climate Law -- Cross-Cutting Issues -- The New Framework for Climate Finance Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: A Breakthrough or an Empty Promise? / Yulia Yamineva, Kati Kulovesi
Climate Justice: The Clean Development Mechanism as a Case Study / Tomilola Eni-ibukun -- Legal Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation / Jonathan Verschuuren -- Climate Change and Human Rights / Timo Koivurova, Sébastien Duyck, Leena Heinämäki -- International Climate Law -- Sectoral Issues -- Managing the Fragmentation of International Climate Law / Harro van Asselt -- No Need to Reinvent the Wheel for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Tackling Climate Change: The Contribution of International Biodiversity Law / Elisa Morgera -- The Role of REDD in the Harmonisation of Overlapping International Obligations / Annalisa Savaresi -- Climate Change and Trade: At the Intersection of Two International Legal Regimes / Kati Kulovesi -- Climate Law and Geoengineering / Ralph Bodle -- Comparative Climate Law -- Climate Law in the United States: Facing Structural and Procedural Limitations / Michael Mehling, David John Frenkil
Canada and the Kyoto Protocol: An Aesop Fable / Jane Matthews Glenn, José Otero -- Climate Law and Policy in the European Union: Accidental Success or Deliberate Leadership? / Michael Mehling, Kati Kulovesi, Javier de Cendra Climate Law in Germany / Felix Ekardt -- Climate Law in the United Kingdom / Colin T. Reid -- Climate Law and Policy in Russia: A Peasant Needs Thunder to Cross Himself and Wonder / Yulia Yamineva -- Australia: From "No Regrets" to a Clean Energy Future? / Sharon Mascher, David Hodgkinson -- Climate Law and Policy in Japan / Hitomi Kimura -- Sustainable Development and Climate Policy and Law in China / Christopher Tung -- India's Evolving Climate Change Strategy / Patodia Rastogi -- Climate Change Responses in South Africa / Michael Kidd, Ed Couzens -- Climate Change Policy and Legislation in Brazil / Haroldo Machado-Filho -- Climate Law in Latin American Countries / Soledad Aguilar, Eugenia Recio
Summary This text offers a comprehensive and up to date presentation of climate and related energy law. It systematically addresses doctrinal issues related to climate law as an emergent legal discipline, and assembles some of the most recognized experts in the field to identify relevant trends and common themes from a variety of geographic and professional perspectives
Analysis Law
Renewable energy sources
Economics
Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law
Climate Change
Renewable and Green Energy
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Climatic changes -- Law and legislation.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Changement climatique.
Droit de l'environnement.
Contrôle d'émission.
Conventions internationales.
Droit international.
Droit comparé.
UE/CE Droit.
Climatic changes -- Law and legislation
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 9 May 1992)
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, 11 December 1997)
Climate change.
Sustainable development.
Renewable energy resources.
Environmental protection.
Environmental law.
International environmental law.
Form Electronic book
Author Hollo, Erkki J. (Erkki Johannes), 1940-
Kulovesi, Kati.
Mehling, Michael.
ISBN 9789400754409
940075440X