Climate Change Liability
Transnational Law and Practice

An objective and rigorous analysis of climate change liability law in eighteen jurisdictions around the world.

Richard Lord (Edited by), Silke Goldberg (Edited by), Lavanya Rajamani (Edited by), Jutta Brunnée (Edited by)

9781107017603, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 December 2011

690 pages, 3 b/w illus. 1 table
23.5 x 16.3 x 3.6 cm, 1.23 kg

'… the book is well written and provides an enormous amount of information concerning major policy and legal developments in relation to climate change liability in each country.' Radoslaw Stech, Journal of Environmental Law

As frustration mounts in some quarters at the perceived inadequacy or speed of international action on climate change, and as the likelihood of significant impacts grows, the focus is increasingly turning to liability for climate change damage. Actual or potential climate change liability implicates a growing range of actors, including governments, industry, businesses, non-governmental organisations, individuals and legal practitioners. Climate Change Liability provides an objective, rigorous and accessible overview of the existing law and the direction it might take in seventeen developed and developing countries and the European Union. In some jurisdictions, the applicable law is less developed and less the subject of current debate. In others, actions for various kinds of climate change liability have already been brought, including high profile cases such as Massachusetts v. EPA in the United States. Each chapter explores the potential for and barriers to climate change liability in private and public law.

Part I. Legal, Scientific and Policy Aspects: 1. Introduction Jutta Brunnée, Silke Goldberg, Richard Lord and Lavanya Rajamani
2. The scientific basis for climate change liability Myles Allen
3. Overview of legal issues relevant to climate change Jutta Brunnée, Silke Goldberg, Richard Lord and Lavanya Rajamani
4. Policy considerations Jutta Brunnée, Silke Goldberg, Richard Lord and Lavanya Rajamani
Part II. National Laws: Asia and Pacific: 5. Australia Ross Abbs, Peter Cashman and Tim Stephens
6. China Deng Haifeng
7. India Lavanya Rajamani and Shibani Ghosh
8. Indonesia Mas Achmad Santosa, Rifqi Assegaf and Josi Khatarina
9. Japan Yukari Takamura
Africa/Middle East: 10. Egypt Dalia Farouk and Lamiaa Youssef
11. Israel Issachar Rosen-Zvi
12. Kenya Patricia Kameri-Mbote and Collins Odote
13. South Africa Debbie Collier and Jan Glazewski
Europe and Eurasia: 14. European Union Ludwig Krämer
15. Germany Hans-Joachim Koch, Michael Lührs and Roda Verheyen
16. Poland Bartosz Kura?, Maciej Szewczyk, Dominik Wa?kowski, Tomasz Wardy?ski and Izabela Zieli?ska-Bar?o?ek
17. English law Silke Goldberg and Richard Lord
18. Russia Fiona Mucklow Cheremeteff, Max Gutbrod, Daria Ratsiborinskaya and Sergei Sitnikov
North America: 19. Canada Meinhard Doelle, Dennis Mahony and Alex Smith
20. United States of America Michael B. Gerrard and Gregory E. Wannier
Central and South America: 21. Brazil Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier and Pedro Lucas de Moura Soares
22. Mexico José Juan Gonzalez Marquez.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Environment law [LNKJ], International environmental law [LBBP], Law [L]