Trends in Climate Change Legislation

A deepening understanding of the importance of climate change has caused a recent and rapid increase in the number of climate change or climate-related laws. Trends in Climate Change Legislation offers an astute analysis of the political, institutional and economic factors that have motivated this surge, placing it into context. By focusing the analysis on both developed and developing countries, the contributors offer an extensive exploration of climate change legislation, and how it has been enacted on a global scale. Vitally, they make the link between the international commitments under the Paris Agreement and their delivery at national level. 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 passing of climate laws. This stimulating and informative book will be of particular interest to parliamentarians, policy makers and lawyers involved in areas of climate policy and environmental law. It will also appeal to students and researchers with an interest in climate change legislation. Contributors include: A. Abeysinghe, A. Averchenkova, M. Bangalore, S. Barakat, A. Bowen, A. Clare, S. Fankhauser, J. França, I. Galarraga, C. Gennaioli, F. Green, S. Matikainen, M. Nachmany, I. Neuweg, E. Sainz de Murieta, J. Setzer

Table of Contents:
Contents: 1. Introduction Alina Averchenkova, Sam Fankhauser and Michal Nachmany PART I How Climate Change Legislation Comes About 2. The national and international drivers of climate change legislation Abbie Clare, Sam Fankhauser and Caterina Gennaioli 3. Climate change legislation and policy in China, the European Union and the United States Isabella Neuweg and Alina Averchenkova 4. Climate legislation in the Least Developing Countries Michal Nachmany, Achala Abeysinghe and Subhi Barakat PART II What Climate Change Legislation Should Contain 5. The normative foundations of climate legislation Fergus Green 6. Institutional aspects of climate legislation Alina Averchenkova and Michal Nachmany 7. Good practice in low-carbon policy Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser PART III Climate Change Legislation in the Wider Context 8. Climate policy at the sub-national level Ibon Galarraga, Elisa Sainz de Murieta and Joan França 9. Regulating climate change in the courts Joana Setzer and Mook Bangalore 10. Climate legislation and international commitments Alina Averchenkova and Sini Matikainen index

About the Author :
Edited by Alina Averchenkova, Principal Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy, University of Oxford and Michal Nachmany, Research Officer, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Review :
'The Paris Climate Agreement was a landmark of international diplomacy, but it is not self-executing. Fulfilling its objectives will require domestic implementing legislation in almost all of the nearly 200 countries that are signing on, but most countries lack the needed laws. This book arrives at a crucial time. It is an essential guide to how existing climate legislation around the world should be improved and what new laws should be enacted. Its sharp analysis and exhaustive research will be invaluable to lawmakers and those advising them.' --Michael B. Gerrard, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, US'This book is an essential and timely reference tool for parliamentarians and policy makers on practical aspects of climate change legislation. Parliamentarians play a critical role in designing, adopting and implementing appropriate legislation to make the Paris Agreement effective. Trends in Climate Change Legislation provides important insights into how legislators and policy makers can close the policy gap on climate change - the most defining challenge of our time.' --Saber Hossain Chowdhury, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union 'Climate governance is adopting a more open and polycentric form. This important new book sheds new light on the unexpected proliferation of climate legislation at the national level, focusing on its adoption, legal form and unfolding effects on private actors and the judiciary. At such a critical point in the history of international climate diplomacy, when practitioners are anxiously seeking new ways to plug governance ''gaps'', this book carefully explores the promise - and the limits - to governing via national legislation.' --Andrew Jordan, University of East Anglia, UK