International Environmental Law

The EU, US and China Tackling Climate Change by Sophia Kalantzakos

Climate Change Law by Daniel Farber; Cinnamon Carlarne

Climate Change Law and Policy EU and US Approache by Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne This text provides a comparative, socio-legal analysis of global climate change laws and policies in the European Union and the United States, shedding light on the disparate legal and political strategies being used to address climate change in these two regions and the likely successes and failures of current policy strategies.

Climate Change Science and Policy by Stephen H. Schneider (Editor); Armin Rosencranz (Editor); Michael D. Mastrandrea (Editor); Kristin Kuntz-Duriseti (Editor) This is the most comprehensive and current reference resource on climate change available today. It features 49 individual chapters by some of the world’s leading climate scientists. Its five sections address climate change in five dimensions: ecological impacts; policy analysis; international considerations; United States considerations; and mitigation options to reduce carbon emissions.   In many ways, this volume supersedes the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Many important developments too recent to be treated by the 2007 IPCC documents are covered here. This book considers not only the IPCC report, but also results of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Bali in December 2007, as well as even more recent research data. Overall, Climate Change Science and Policy paints a direr picture of the effects of climate change than do the IPCC reports. It reveals that climate change has progressed faster than the IPCC reports anticipated and that the outlook for the future is bleaker than the IPCC reported.    In his prologue, John P. Holdren writes that the widely-used term “global warming” is a misnomer. He suggests that a more accurate label would be “global climatic disruption.” This volume, he states, will equip readers with all they need to know to rebut the misrepresentations being propagated by “climate-change skeptics.” No one, he writes, will be a skeptic after reading this book.

Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy by Friedrich Soltau This work analyses fairness and equity dimensions of the climate regime. A central issue in international law and policy is how countries of the world should allocate the burden of addressing global climate change. With the link between human activities and climate change clearly established, and the first impacts of climate change being felt, there is a renewed sense of urgency in addressing the problem. Based on an overview of science and the development of the climate regime to date, this book seeks to identify the elements of a working consensus on fairness principles that could be used to solve the hitherto intractable problem of assigning responsibility for combating climate change. The book demonstrates how an analysis of fairness dimensions of climate change - grounded in practical developments and illustrated with reference to the latest developments - can add value to our understanding of current developments and future options for international climate law and policy.

The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law by Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, Richard Tarasofsky 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.

Research handbook on REDD-plus and international law by Christina Voigt Introduction: the kaleidoscopic world of REDD+ / Christina Voigt Part I REDD+ in the UN climate regime: history, design, governance and institutional architecture 1. History and future of REDD+ in the UNFCCC: issues and challenges / Antonio G. M. La Viña, Alaya De Leon and Reginald Rex Barrer 2. The Warsaw Framework for REDD+: implications for national implementation and results-based finance / Christina Voigt and Felipe Ferreira Part II REDD+ linkages to other international agreements 3. The institutional complex for REDD+: a 'benevolent jigsaw'? / Harro Van Asselt and Constance L. Mcdermott 4. REDD+ and interacting legal regimes / Margaret A. Young 5. The legal status and role of safeguards / Annalisa Savaresi 6. The human rights of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities in the complex legal framework for REDD+ / Sébastien Jodoin 7. The convention on biological diversity and REDD+ / Andrew Long Part III Global governance for REDD+ 8. Addressing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation through international law / Charlotte Streck and Michaela Schwedeler 9. REDD+, tenure and indigenous property: the promise and peril of a 'human rights-based approach' / Kirsty Gover 10. REDD+ and multilevel governance beyond the climate negotiations / Ernesto Roessing Neto and Joyeeta Gupta 11. Seeing the forest for the trees: getting post-Earth Summit forest protection back on track / Peter Horne Part IV REDD+ finance, markets and investment 12. Managing fiduciary risk in REDD+ / Paul Keenlyside, John Costenbader and Charlie Parker 13. REDD+ instruments, international investment rules and sustainable landscapes / Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Markus Gehring and Andrew Wardell Part V Future developments and legal challenges 14. Rediscovering ambition, implementation and operationalization / Patricia Elias 15. Adjudicating disputes across scales: global administrative law considerations for REDD+ / Kristen Hite.

The Role of Climate Change in Global Economic Governance by Bradly J. Condon and Tapen Sinha Climate change represents an unprecedented challenge, the effects of which require an urgent and effective international response. This book analyses its effect on both developing and developed countries from an economic, financial, and legal perspective, assessing its interaction with international economic law.