The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law

Edited by Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, and Richard Tarasofsky

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Provides an authoritative overview of all aspects of international climate change law and the cutting-edge debates in this controversial field
Investigates the processes and institutions governing climate change law, critically assessing the field's foundations and key challenges
Features contributions from international academics and practitioners with expertise in a wide range of disciplines, including economics, international relations, and the physical sciences

The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law

Edited by Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, and Richard Tarasofsky

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Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century. The radical changes which both developed and developing countries will need to make, in economic and in legal terms, to respond to climate change are unprecedented. International law, including treaty regimes, institutions, and customary international law, needs to address the myriad challenges and consequences of climate change, including variations in the weather patterns, sea level rise, and the resulting migration of peoples.

The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law provides an unprecedented and authoritative overview of all aspects of international climate change law as it currently stands, with guidance for how it should develop in the future. Over forty leading scholars and practitioners set out a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues that surround this vitally important but still emerging area of international law. This book addresses the major legal dimensions of the problems caused by climate change: not only in the content and nature of the international legal frameworks, which need implementation at the national level, but also the development of carbon trading systems as a means of reducing the costs of meeting emission reduction targets. After an introduction to the field, the Handbook assesses the relevant institutions, the key applicable principles of international law, the international mitigation regime and its consequences, and climate change litigation, before providing perspectives focused upon specific countries or regions.

The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and practitioners of international climate change law. It provides readers with diverse perspectives, bringing together interpretations from different disciplines, countries, and cultures.

The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law

Edited by Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, and Richard Tarasofsky

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Part I - Introduction
1. International Climate Change Law - Mapping An Emerging Field of International Law, Cinnamon Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, and Richard Tarasofsky
2. Climate Change and its Place in the Corpus of International Environmental Law, Alan Boyle & Navraj Singh Ghaleigh
3. Science and Climate Change Law - the Role of the IPPC in International Decision-Making, Sir Robert Watson
4. Economics and International Climate Change Law, TBC
Part II - Institutions
5. The UNFCCC - The Basis for the Climate Change Regime, David Freestone
6. The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Outcome and Ways Forward Post 2012 and Post 2020, David Freestone
8. Compliance under a post-2020 Climate Regime, Sebastian Oberthur
9. Financing and Investment on Climate Change, Alexander Thompson
11. Role of Civil Society, Elizabeth Burleson
12. State Responsibility, Don Anton
Part III - Climate Change: Principles of International Law
13. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities, Tuula Honkonen & Thomas Deleuil
14. Precaution, Jonathan Wiener
15. Intra/Intergenerational Equity, Catherine Redgwell
16. Common Concern of Humankind, Friedrich Soltau
17. Human Rights Principles and Climate Change, John Knox
Part IV - Setting up the International Mitigation Regime
18. International Market Mechanisms, Shi Ling Hsu
19. Legal Frameworks for Linking National ET Regimes, Michael Mehling
20. Carbon Leakage and the Migration of Private CO2 Emitters to Other Jurisdictions, Andrew Shoyer & Jung-ui Sol
21. National Measures and WTO Consistency Border Measures and Other Instruments to Prevent Climate Leakage and Level the Carbon Playing Field, Francesco Sindico
22. Emissions Trading and Emission Allowance Allocation, Harro van Asselt
23. International Law, the Renewable Energy Sector and the Development of a Green Economy, Martijn Wilder & Leslie Parker
24. Intellectual Property Rights and New Climate Change Technologies, Joshua Sarnoff
Part V - Climate Change Litigation
25. International Dispute Settlement, Roda Verheyen & Cathrin Zengerling
26. The Role of Science in Adducing Evidence of Climate Change, Tim Meyer
27. Climate Change and Damages, Christina Voigt
28. Human Rights and Climate Change Litigation, Philippe Cullet
Part VI - Living with Climate Change and Climate Change Measures
29. Climate Displacement of Persons, Jane McAdam
30. Climate and the Oceans, Josh Eagle
31. Loss of Biodiversity, Wil Burns
32. Role of Forests and Land Use, Charlotte Streck
33. Climate Change & Disaster Law, Dan Farber
Part VII - Regional and Country-Specific Perspectives
34. United States, Michael Gerrard
35. China, Alex Wang
36. Australia, Alexander Zahar
37. European Union, Sanja Bogojevic
38. India, Deepa Badrinarayana
39. Russia, Anna Korppoo
40. Brazil, Karen Alvarenga
41. Least Developed Countries, Joyeeta Gupta and Patricia Kameri-Mbote
42. Alliance of Small Island States, Espen Ronneberg

The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law

Edited by Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, and Richard Tarasofsky

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Associate Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University,
Kevin R. Gray, Senior Policy Analyst, Environment Canada, Richard Tarasofsky, Head of the Sustainable Development Programme, Chatham House

Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne is Professor of Law at Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University. Prior to joining the Moritz Faculty, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. From 2006-2008, Professor Carlarne was the Harold Woods Research Fellow in Environmental Law at Wadham College, Oxford, where she was a member of the law faculty and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. She previously taught at the University of Cincinnati Center for Environmental Studies. Prior to joining the University of Cincinnati, she was an associate attorney in the Energy, Land Use, and Environment section at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C. Her scholarship focuses on the evolution of system of domestic and international environmental governance.

Kevin R. Gray is currently Counsel at the Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada. He practices in the area of international trade law focussing primarily on WTO dispute settlement and free trade agreement negotiations. For over 15 years, Kevinâs work has examined the relationship between international trade obligations and environmental measures including those relating to climate change. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Ottawa and has a Masters of Laws from the London School of Economics. He currently teaches at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University and has taught courses in international law and international economic law at the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Richard G. Tarasofsky is a Canadian lawyer and diplomat, currently on posting at the Canadian Embassy to Germany. From 2009-2013, he headed the international environmental law section at Global Affairs Canada, where he was counsel on the Canadian delegation to the UN climate change negotiations. From 2007 - 2009, Mr. Tarasofsky was a counsel with the Government of Canada's Trade Law Bureau. Prior to becoming a public servant, Mr. Tarasofsky directed the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House (2004-2007). From 1998- 2004, Mr. Tarasofsky was in private practice as specialising in international law relating to sustainable development. From 1993 - 1998, Mr. Tarasofsky was a Legal Officer at the Environmental Law Centre of the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN).