Professor Dr. Hans-Joachim Koch is Professor at Hamburg University (em. 2010) and is a founder of the Research Centre for Environmental Law. From 2002-2008 he was chairman of the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), and, since 2005 has been Chairman of the Association for Envrionmental Law (Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht).Dr. Doris König, M.C.L. is President of Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and holds the Claussen-Simon-Foundation Chair of International Law.Professor Dr. Joachim Sanden is Head of Directorate in the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Extraordinary Professor at Leuphana University Lueneburg. His main research interests are in the fields of International, European and German Environmental Law.Dr. Roda Verheyen is an attorney in private pracice with a focus on environmental and planning law. Her academic interest is in climate change law and the connext between development, finance and environment. She has an extensive background in international law and the making of international agreements.

• Foreword by the EditorsList of ParticipantsA. Welcoming AddressesWelcome SpeechDieter LenzenOpening SpeechHans-Joachim KochB. Climate ChangeI. PresentationsThe Budget Approach- A Framework for a global Transformation towards a Low Carbon EconomyDirk Messner et al.A Tale of Two Architectures: The Once and Future U.N. Climate Change RegimeDaniel BodanskyEnergy Switch in Germany: 100% Renewable Electricity by 2050Heidi Foth and Sönke BohmII. Working Groups 1. International Climate Policy before COP 17Legal Options for Regime Evolution in the Climate Change Regime: Some CommentsMarc PallemaertsInternational Climate Change Policy: An Indian PerspectiveLavanya RajamaniInternational Climate Law and Policy: An Australian PerspectiveJacqueline PeelDiscussion SummarySebastian Oberthür2. EU and National Initiatives Climate Protection: A South American PerspectiveJorge CaillauxClimate Protection and Sustainability in Japan – Tasks following March 11th 2011Masanori OkadaDiscussion SummaryAstrid EpineyC. Environmental Hazards Caused by ShippingI. PresentationsIntegrating Shipping into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?Tim BäuerleA Cooperative Compliance Strategy: The Voluntary IMO Member State Audit SchemeLawrence D. Barchue Sr.The ‘Erika III’ Package: Progress or Breach of International Law?Alexander ProelssII. Working Groups 1. Emissions Reduction and Emissions Trading Systems in ShippingEmissions Reduction and Emissions Trading Systems in Shipping: A BIMCO PerspectiveTorben Skaanild 2. The Prevention of Shipping AccidentsSome Comments on the Role of Industry in the Prevention of Environmental Hazards Caused by ShippingAldo ChircopDiscussion SummaryHenrik RingbomD. Protection of the Marine Environment and Climate ChangeThe Impact of Global Warming on the OceansMojib LatifUse and Protection of the Seas in Times of Climate ChangeJochen FlasbarthDiscussion SummaryLilly WeidemannE. Offshore Wind EnergyWind Energy and Marine Environment ProtectionUrsula PrallWind Energy and Maritime Spatial PlanningMonika Breuch-Moritz and Nico NolteDiscussion SummaryRonán LongF. Cities’ Contributions to Environmental ProtectionIntroductory Remarks on Opportunities of the Cities in the Field of Local Climate Change GovernanceJoachim SandenConclusions of FORUM II: Cities’ Contributions to Environmental ProtectionMartin Huber and Joachim SandenG. ResultsResults: Climate ChangeHans-Joachim KochResults: Environmental Hazards Caused by ShippingDoris König

Professor Dr. Hans-Joachim Koch is Professor at Hamburg University (em. 2010) and is a founder of the Research Centre for Environmental Law. From 2002-2008 he was chairman of the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), and, since 2005 has been Chairman of the Association for Envrionmental Law (Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht).Dr. Doris König, M.C.L. is President of Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and holds the Claussen-Simon-Foundation Chair of International Law.Professor Dr. Joachim Sanden is Head of Directorate in the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Extraordinary Professor at Leuphana University Lueneburg. His main research interests are in the fields of International, European and German Environmental Law.Dr. Roda Verheyen is an attorney in private pracice with a focus on environmental and planning law. Her academic interest is in climate change law and the connext between development, finance and environment. She has an extensive background in international law and the making of international agreements.

• Foreword by the EditorsList of ParticipantsA. Welcoming AddressesWelcome SpeechDieter LenzenOpening SpeechHans-Joachim KochB. Climate ChangeI. PresentationsThe Budget Approach- A Framework for a global Transformation towards a Low Carbon EconomyDirk Messner et al.A Tale of Two Architectures: The Once and Future U.N. Climate Change RegimeDaniel BodanskyEnergy Switch in Germany: 100% Renewable Electricity by 2050Heidi Foth and Sönke BohmII. Working Groups 1. International Climate Policy before COP 17Legal Options for Regime Evolution in the Climate Change Regime: Some CommentsMarc PallemaertsInternational Climate Change Policy: An Indian PerspectiveLavanya RajamaniInternational Climate Law and Policy: An Australian PerspectiveJacqueline PeelDiscussion SummarySebastian Oberthür2. EU and National Initiatives Climate Protection: A South American PerspectiveJorge CaillauxClimate Protection and Sustainability in Japan – Tasks following March 11th 2011Masanori OkadaDiscussion SummaryAstrid EpineyC. Environmental Hazards Caused by ShippingI. PresentationsIntegrating Shipping into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?Tim BäuerleA Cooperative Compliance Strategy: The Voluntary IMO Member State Audit SchemeLawrence D. Barchue Sr.The ‘Erika III’ Package: Progress or Breach of International Law?Alexander ProelssII. Working Groups 1. Emissions Reduction and Emissions Trading Systems in ShippingEmissions Reduction and Emissions Trading Systems in Shipping: A BIMCO PerspectiveTorben Skaanild 2. The Prevention of Shipping AccidentsSome Comments on the Role of Industry in the Prevention of Environmental Hazards Caused by ShippingAldo ChircopDiscussion SummaryHenrik RingbomD. Protection of the Marine Environment and Climate ChangeThe Impact of Global Warming on the OceansMojib LatifUse and Protection of the Seas in Times of Climate ChangeJochen FlasbarthDiscussion SummaryLilly WeidemannE. Offshore Wind EnergyWind Energy and Marine Environment ProtectionUrsula PrallWind Energy and Maritime Spatial PlanningMonika Breuch-Moritz and Nico NolteDiscussion SummaryRonán LongF. Cities’ Contributions to Environmental ProtectionIntroductory Remarks on Opportunities of the Cities in the Field of Local Climate Change GovernanceJoachim SandenConclusions of FORUM II: Cities’ Contributions to Environmental ProtectionMartin Huber and Joachim SandenG. ResultsResults: Climate ChangeHans-Joachim KochResults: Environmental Hazards Caused by ShippingDoris König