Climate Change Law has been written by the team of UK Government lawyers who negotiated the relevant EU legislation, drafted the UK domestic legislation and advised on the UK implementation of the EU emissions trading scheme. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the regulatory framework for carbon trading in Europe. It brings together in one volume the first full legal analysis of EU and UK law relating to the EU emissions trading scheme and all the legislative materials necessary to understand this innovative and complex area of enironmental law. It is an essential companion for any professional advising carbon trading in the UK or EU and a userfriendly reference tool for lawyers, carbon traders and those working in regulated industries and financial institutions with in carbon finance.
A perfect introduction to climate change law, this textbook offers students and scholars an overview of the international law governing this fundamental issue.
Local Climate Change Law examines the role of local government, especially within cities, in addressing climate change through legal, policy, planning and other tools.This timely study offers a multi-jurisdictional perspective, featuring ...
This comprehensive, current examination of U.S. law as it relates to global climate change begins with a summary of the factual and scientific background of climate change based on governmental statistics and other official sources.
Offering a guide to key terms, concepts, and legal principles in the field, this book will help readers develop a sophisticated perspective on issues central to climate change law and policy.
Climate Change and the Law
The following years produced significant policy documents,3 and significant reductions in emissions, although these were the result ... A separate Climate Change (Scotland) Act followed in 2009, called for both by the division of legal ...
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 ...
These are just a few examples of how states are adopting measures to address global climate change by curbing greenhouse gas emissions; numerous other states have adopted or plan to adopt greenhouse gas emission regulations, ...
Climate Change Law, the first volume of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law, provides a guide to the rapidly evolving body of legal scholarship relating to climate change.
This book addresses the major legal dimensions of the problems caused by climate change: including questions ranging from how to implement international legal frameworks at the national level, to how carbon trading systems can be used as a ...