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Climate change and the law / Erkki J. Hollo, Kati Kulovesi, Michael Mehling, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013.Description: xxi, 693 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789400754393 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9400754396 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 632.95492 22
Contents:
Introduction. Climate change and the law / Kati Kulovesi, Michael Mehling, and Erkki J. Hollo -- 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 -- Foundations of international climate law : objectives, principles and methods / Rowena Maguire -- Alternative venues of climate cooperation : an institutional perspective / Camilla Bausch and Michael Mehling -- Analyzing soft law and hard law in climate change / Antto Vihma -- Compliance and enforcement in the climate change regime / Meinhard Doelle -- The new framework for climate finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : a breakthrough or an empty promise? / Yulia Yamineva and Kati Kulovesi -- Climate justice : the clean development of 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, and Leena Heinämäki -- 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 -- Climate law in the United States : facing structural and procedural limitations / Michael Mehling and David John Frenkil -- Canada and the Kyoto Protocol : an Aesop fable / Jane Matthews Glenn and José Otero -- Climate law and policy in the European Union : accidental success or deliberate leadership? / Michael Mehling, Kati Kulovesi, and 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 and 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 and Ed Couzens -- Climate change policy and legislation in Brazil / Haroldo Machado-Filho -- Climate law in Latin American countries / Soledad Aguilar and Eugenia Recio.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Climate change and the law / Kati Kulovesi, Michael Mehling, and Erkki J. Hollo -- 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 -- Foundations of international climate law : objectives, principles and methods / Rowena Maguire -- Alternative venues of climate cooperation : an institutional perspective / Camilla Bausch and Michael Mehling -- Analyzing soft law and hard law in climate change / Antto Vihma -- Compliance and enforcement in the climate change regime / Meinhard Doelle -- The new framework for climate finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : a breakthrough or an empty promise? / Yulia Yamineva and Kati Kulovesi -- Climate justice : the clean development of 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, and Leena Heinämäki -- 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 -- Climate law in the United States : facing structural and procedural limitations / Michael Mehling and David John Frenkil -- Canada and the Kyoto Protocol : an Aesop fable / Jane Matthews Glenn and José Otero -- Climate law and policy in the European Union : accidental success or deliberate leadership? / Michael Mehling, Kati Kulovesi, and 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 and 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 and Ed Couzens -- Climate change policy and legislation in Brazil / Haroldo Machado-Filho -- Climate law in Latin American countries / Soledad Aguilar and Eugenia Recio.

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