Climate and Energy Law and Policy in the EU and East Asia

Edited by Stefan E. Weishaar, Professor of Law and Economics, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, Eunjung Kim, Korea Legislation Research Institute, Republic of Korea and Fitsum G. Tiche, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

‘No matter whether from the perspective of emissions and from that of carbon neutrality, the climate and energy law and policy in the EU and East Asia is vital for global climate governance. The book examines comprehensively and insightfully climate law, energy law, and transition and cooperation respectively in EU and East Asia, which provides a solid foundation and important conclusions for comparing laws and practices in different jurisdictions.’

• Contents:1 Climate and energy law and policy in the EU and East Asia 1Stefan E. Weishaar and Eunjung KimPART I CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVES2 South Korean green growth and climate change policies 13Eiji Sawada3 China’s climate change governance: a perspective fromthe development of carbon emission trading systems 31Bingyu Liu4 Three decades of learning-by-doing: the evolving climatechange mitigation policy of the European Union 47Kati Kulovesi and Harro van AsseltPART II ENERGY PERSPECTIVES5 China’s energy policy: towards energy transition 70Xiaoping Zhang6 A decade of EU energy policy 103Claudia Kettner and Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig7 The Dutch and German coal exit: an impact analysis ofpolicymaking 131Sami MadaniPART III TRANSITION AND COOPERATION8 Green deal transition and cooperation 154Stefan E. Weishaar9 Linking ETS in China, Japan and South Korea: process,alignments and future management 181Joseph Dellatte and Sven RudolphIndex