Climate Change Law

Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law series

Edited by Daniel A. Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, US and Marjan Peeters, Professor of Environmental Policy and Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

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 focuses on concepts that are of concern to researchers, students and policymakers rather than on the details of national legislation. It provides a comprehensive discussion, with more than 50 structured entries developed by experts from across the world. The coverage sets mitigation and adaptation issues in their wider context, using both international and national perspectives. The core topics include the difficulty of setting up a coherent international treaty approach, the importance of national and subnational legal action, the potential role of international and national courts, and the importance of human rights and environmental justice

“符合百科全书的概念,this work is a veritable treasure chest of information and perspectives on every conceivable aspect of climate law, encompassing also both developed and developing country contexts. The array of contributors is stunning, comprising a large proportion of the world’s leading experts in climate law. This will be a standard point of reference for scholars and researchers henceforth. Truly a “magnum opus” – and a great credit to its co-editors, who have assembled and also contributed to it.’
– Rob Fowler, University of South Australia and Chair of IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, 2008-13

‘Farber and Peeters have brought together a large group of renowned climate law scholars and produced this remarkably comprehensive book, which brings order to the overwhelming volume of legislation, private standard setting, judicial decisions, and legal scholarship on climate change. This book provides an incisive, solid and reliable basis for further legal research into any climate change related topic and is a ‘must-read’ for any scholar and student researching climate law.’
– Jonathan Verschuuren, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

‘In sum, the book offers an indispensable resource. The bibliographies attached to each submission are fulsome and add real value to the text. . . The the reader will find not only information
but also inspiration.’
– Environmental Liability