As the threats posed by changing weather patterns are becoming more apparent, climate change law has emerged as an important area of law in its own right. This Handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of this growing subject, setting out the key institutions and processes, and featuring interdisciplinary insights from leading experts.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part I - Introduction
- 1: Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray and Richard G. Tarasofsky: International Climate Change Law - Mapping the Field
- 2: Alan Boyle and Navraj Singh Ghaleigh: Climate Change and International Law beyond the UNFCCC
- 3: Navraj Singh Ghaleigh: Science and Climate Change Law - The Role of the IPPC in International Decision-Making
- 4: Navraj Singh Ghaleigh: Economics and International Climate Change Law
- Part II - Institutional
- 5: David Freestone: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - The Basis for the Climate Change Regime
- 6: Sebastian Oberthÿr: Compliance under the Evolving Climate Regime
- 7: Alexander Thompson: The Global Regime for Climate Finance: Political and Legal Challenges
- Part III - Climate Change - Principles and Emerging Norms Concepts in International Law
- 8: Jonathan B. Wiener: Precaution and Climate Change
- 9: Catherine Redgwell: Principles and Emerging Norms in International Law - Intra- and Inter-generational Equity
- 10: Friedrich Soltau: Common Concern of Humankind
- 11: John H. Knox: Human Rights Principles and Climate Change
- Part IV - Setting Up the International Mitigation Regime: Contents and Consequences
- 12: Shi-Ling Hsu: International Market Mechanisms
- 13: Michael A. Mehling: Legal Frameworks for Linking National Emissions Trading Systems
- 14: Andrew Shoyer, Jung-ui Sul and Colette van der Ven: Carbon Leakage and the Migration of Private CO2 Emitters to other Jurisdictions
- 15: Francesco Sindico: National Measures and WTO Consistency - Border Measures and other Instruments to Prevent Carbon Leakage and Level the Carbon Playing Field
- 16: Harro van Asselt: The Design and Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Emmissions Trading
- 17: Martijn Wilder Am and Lauren Drake: International Law and the Renewable Energy Sector
- 18: Joshua D. Sarnoff: Intellectual Property and Climate Change, with an Emphasis on Patents and Technology Transfer
- Part V - Climate Change Litigation
- 19: Roda Verheyen and Cathrin Zengerling: International Dispute Settlement
- 20: Timothy Meyer: Institutions and Expertise: The Role of Science in Climate Change Lawmaking
- 21: Christina Voigt: Climate Change and Damages
- 22: Philippe Cullet: Human Rights and Climate Change - Broadening the Right to Environment
- Part VI - Living with Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptation Measures
- 23: Jane McAdam: Climate Change-related Displacement of Persons
- 24: Josh Eagle and U. Rashid Sumaila: Climate, Oceans, and the Law of Special and General Adaptation
- 25: Charlotte Streck and Darragh Conway: Forestry and Agriculture under the UNFCCC: A Jigsaw Waiting to be Assembled?
- 26: Daniel Farber: Climate Change and Disaster Law
- Part VII - Regional and Country-Specific Perspectives
- 27: Michael B. Gerrard: United States Climate Change Law
- 28: Alex L. Wang: Climate Change Policy and Law in China
- 29: Sanja Bogojevi¿: Climate Change Law and Policy in the European Union
- 30: Deepa Badrinarayana: Climate Change Law and Policy in India
- 31: Anna Korppoo, Max Gutbrod, and Sergei Sitnikov: Russian Law on Climate Change
- 32: Karen Alvarenga de Oliveira: Brazilian Climate Change Law
- 33: Joyeeta Gupta: The Least Developed Countries and Climate Change Law
- 34: Espen Ronneberg: Small Islands and the Big Issue: Climate Change and the Role of the Alliance of Small Island States