The International Law on Climate Change

A synthesis of the relevant agreements, customary norms and ongoing discussions on the international law on climate change.

Benoit Mayer (Author)

9781108419871, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 June 2018

332 pages
25.3 x 19.5 x 2 cm, 0.78 kg

'Offering an informed and engaged perspective on the international law that governs humanity's crucial efforts to address global climate change, this book is essential reading for policy-makers, practitioners and scholars interested in securing a sustainable future for themselves and for generations to come.' Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, University of Waterloo, Canada

Global climate change is a topic of continuously growing interest. As more international treaties come into force, media coverage has increased and many universities are now starting to conduct courses specifically on climate change laws and policies. This textbook provides a survey of the international law on climate change, explaining how significant international agreements have sought to promote compliance with general norms of international law. Benoit Mayer provides an account of the rules agreed upon through lengthy negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and multiple other forums on mitigation, geoengineering, adaptation, loss and damage, and international support. The International Law on Climate Change is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students studying climate, environmental or international law. It is supported by a suite of online resources, available at www.internationalclimatelaw.com, featuring regularly updated lists of complementary materials, weblinks and regular updates for each chapter.

1. Introduction
2. The rationale for international action on climate change
3. The UNFCCC regime, from Rio to Paris
4. Relevant developments in other regimes
5. Relevant norms of general international law
6. Differentiation
7. International action on climate change mitigation
8. Flexibility mechanisms
9. Geoengineering
10. International action on climate change adaptation
11. Loss and damage
12. International support
13. Ambition and compliance
14. Adjudication
15. Non-state actors
16. International law in times of climate change.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Environment law [LNKJ], Environment, transport & planning law [LNK], Energy & natural resources law [LNCR], Public international law [LBB], International law [LB]