Trends in Climate Change Legislation

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

'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

• Contents:1. IntroductionAlina Averchenkova, Sam Fankhauser and Michal NachmanyPART I How Climate Change Legislation Comes About2. The national and international drivers of climate change legislation Abbie Clare, Sam Fankhauser and Caterina Gennaioli3. Climate change legislation and policy in China, the European Union and the United StatesIsabella Neuweg and Alina Averchenkova4. Climate legislation in the Least Developing CountriesMichal Nachmany, Achala Abeysinghe and Subhi BarakatPART II What Climate Change Legislation Should Contain5. The normative foundations of climate legislationFergus Green6. Institutional aspects of climate legislationAlina Averchenkova and Michal Nachmany7. Good practice in low-carbon policyAlex Bowen and Sam FankhauserPART III Climate Change Legislation in the Wider Context8. Climate policy at the sub-national levelIbon Galarraga, Elisa Sainz de Murieta and Joan França9. Regulating climate change in the courtsJoana Setzer and Mook Bangalore10. Climate legislation and international commitmentsAlina Averchenkova and Sini Matikainenindex