Climate change and the law /

Climate change and the law / Erkki J. Hollo, Kati Kulovesi, Michael Mehling, editors. - Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013. - xxi, 693 p. ; 24 cm. - Ius gentium : comparative perspectives on law and justice ; v. 21 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Climate change and the law / Implementing climate governance : instrument choice and interaction / Exploring the landscape of climate law and scholarship : two emerging trends / Climate change and justice : perspectives of legal theory / Foundations of international climate law : objectives, principles and methods / Alternative venues of climate cooperation : an institutional perspective / Analyzing soft law and hard law in climate change / Compliance and enforcement in the climate change regime / The new framework for climate finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : a breakthrough or an empty promise? / Climate justice : the clean development of mechanism as a case study / Legal aspects of climate change adaptation / Climate change and human rights / Managing the fragmentation of international climate law / No need to reinvent the wheel for a human rights-based approach to tackling climate change : the contribution of international biodiversity law / The role of REDD in the harmonisation of overlapping international obligations / Climate change and trade : at the intersection of two international legal regimes / Climate law and geoengineering / Climate law in the United States : facing structural and procedural limitations / Canada and the Kyoto Protocol : an Aesop fable / Climate law and policy in the European Union : accidental success or deliberate leadership? / Climate law in Germany / Climate law in the United Kingdom / Climate law and policy in Russia : a peasant needs thunder to cross himself and wonder / Australia : from "no regrets" to a clean energy future? / Climate law and policy in Japan / Sustainable development and climate policy and law in China / India's evolving climate change strategy / Climate change responses in South Africa / Climate change policy and legislation in Brazil / Climate law in Latin American countries / Kati Kulovesi, Michael Mehling, and Erkki J. Hollo -- Michael Mehling -- Kati Kulovesi -- Felix Ekardt -- Rowena Maguire -- Camilla Bausch and Michael Mehling -- Antto Vihma -- Meinhard Doelle -- Yulia Yamineva and Kati Kulovesi -- Tomilola Eni-ibukun -- Jonathan Verschuuren -- Timo Koivurova, Sébastien Duyck, and Leena Heinämäki -- Harro van Asselt -- Elisa Morgera -- Annalisa Savaresi -- Kati Kulovesi -- Ralph Bodle -- Michael Mehling and David John Frenkil -- Jane Matthews Glenn and José Otero -- Michael Mehling, Kati Kulovesi, and Javier de Cendra -- Felix Ekardt -- Colin T. Reid -- Yulia Yamineva -- Sharon Mascher and David Hodgkinson -- Hitomi Kimura -- Christopher Tung -- Patodia Rastogi -- Michael Kidd and Ed Couzens -- Haroldo Machado-Filho -- Soledad Aguilar and Eugenia Recio. Introduction.



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Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

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