Governing Climate Change
Global Cities and Transnational Lawmaking

First systematic study of global cities as lawmakers in the world of transnational climate change governance.

Jolene Lin (Author)

9781108424851, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 June 2018

222 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.48 kg

'In this compelling book, Professor Lin demonstrates the rise of global cities as forces in the generation of transnational legal norms. As she demonstrates, global cities are not merely engaging in action that suggests the inadequacy of classical accounts of international lawmaking; they are doing so self-consciously. This is truly a new phase in the field of international law, and its recognition and demonstration by Lin is profound.' Douglas A. Kysar, Yale Law School, Connecticut

Cities are no longer just places to live in. They are significant actors on the global stage, and nowhere is this trend more prominent than in the world of transnational climate change governance (TCCG). Through transnational networks that form links between cities, states, international organizations, corporations, and civil society, cities are developing and implementing norms, practices, and voluntary standards across national boundaries. In introducing cities as transnational lawmakers, Jolene Lin provides an exciting new perspective on climate change law and policy, offering novel insights about the reconfiguration of the state and the nature of international lawmaking as the involvement of cities in TCCG blurs the public/private divide and the traditional strictures of 'domestic' versus 'international'. This illuminating book should be read by anyone interested in understanding how cities - in many cases, more than the countries in which they're located - are addressing the causes and consequences of climate change.

1. Global cities, climate change and transnational lawmaking
2. Theoretical framework
3. The rise of the city in international affairs
4. City action on climate change
5. Transnational urban climate governance via networks – the case of C40
6. Cities as transnational lawmakers
7. A normative assessment of urban climate law
8. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Environment, transport & planning law [LNK], International environmental law [LBBP], Law [L], Environmental economics [KCN]