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Trends in climate change legislation
Title
Trends in climate change legislation [electronic resource] / edited by Alina Averchenkova, Sam Fankhauser, Michal Nachmany.
ISBN
9781786435781 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2017.
Physical Description
1 online resource (232 p.) ; cm
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Includes index.
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Summary
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.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 21, 2017
Contents
Contents: 1. Introduction / A. Averchenkova, S. Fankhauser and M. Nachmany
Part I
How climate change legislation comes about
2. The national and international drivers of climate change legislation / A. Clare, S. Fankhauser and C. Gennaioli
3. Climate change legislation and policy in China, the European Union and the United States / I. Neuweg and A. Averchenkova
4. Climate legislation in the least developing countries / M. Nachmany, A. Abeysinghe and S. Barakat
Part II
What climate change legislation should contain
5. The normative foundations of climate legislation / F. Green
6. Institutional aspects of climate legislation / A. Averchenkova and M. Nachmany
7. Good practice in low-carbon policy / A. Bowen and S. Fankhauser
Part III
Climate change legislation in the wider context
8. Climate policy at the sub-national level / I. Galarraga, E. Sainz de Murieta and Joan França
9. Regulating climate change in the courts / J. Setzer and M. Bangalore
10. Climate legislation and international commitments / A. Averchenkova and S. Matikainen
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