Governments around the world have been trying to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for decades. This detailed Handbook considers the spectrum of legal and market-based instruments as well as strategies and policies adopted around the world and suggests more effective, comprehensive and responsive ways of managing climate change mitigation. As well as taking stock of the current and proposed legal instruments, the book looks at the wider policy and economic aspects of coping with climate change. It provides a comparative overview of key issues across Europe, the United States, Asia-Pacific and the BRICS countries, and discusses domestic, regional and international law and governance. With perspectives from academia, government and private practice, the expert contributors analyse key sectors such as energy, transport, buildings, industry, land use and waste. Important issues such as carbon trading, financing and litigation are also addressed. The book demonstrates the variety of approaches taken and their challenges with a view of fostering more effective and pragmatic ways of managing climate change mitigation. This timely book will be an authoritative resource for scholars of climate change law and policy, whilst also providing a rigorous overview for upper-level students. Policymakers will gain insights from the comparative perspectives, and practitioners will appreciate the broad range of practical issues addressed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Editorial Introduction 1. The Changing Architecture of International Climate Change Law Part I: Energy 2. Development of the Sustainability Aspects of EU Energy Policy; 3. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures in the US Electric Power Industry; 4. Reflections on the Chinese Carbon Market Part II: Transport 5. The Mitigation of Transport’s CO2 Emissions in the EU: Policy Successes and Challenges; 6. Climate Change Mitigation in the Transportation Sector in the United States; 7. Climate Transport Policy and Law in the Asia-Pacific Region Part III: Buildings 8. How do the European Union and the Private Sector Pave the Way to More Sustainable Buildings?; 9. Energy Efficiency of Buildings in the United States; 10. Climate Change and Buildings – An Asia-Pacific Primer Part IV: Industry 11. Impacts of EU Climate and Energy Policies on Industry; 12. An Overview of Climate Change Mitigation in the Industrial Sector of the United States; 13. How can the Asian Industry Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation Action? Part V: Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry 14. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry - How to Enter the Climate Impact of Managing Biospheres and Wood into the EU's Greenhouse Gas Accounting; 15. Legal Regimes for Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry in the United States; 16. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry: Asia-Pacific Part VI: Waste Management 17. Waste Management in the EU; 18. Challenges for Controlling GHG Emissions from U.S. Solid Waste Management - A Summary of Federal and Exemplary US State Efforts; 19. Climate Mitigation and Waste Management in the Asia Pacific Part VII: Carbon Trading 20. Blazing Trail or Flickering Flame? Market Mechanisms under the UNFCCC; 21. The EU Emissions Trading System: Frontrunner in Trouble; 22. Carbon Trading in the United States; 23. Market Design and Maturity in the Asia Pacific Part VIII: Climate Finance 24. Climate Finance in the European Union: Domestic and International Challenges; 25. Towards Climate Compatible Development in Asia and Beyond - the Role of Official Development Assistance Part IX: Climate Change Litigation 26. EU Climate Change Litigation: All Quiet on the Luxembourgian Front?; 27. Climate Change Litigation in the United States; 28. Climate Change Litigation in Asia and the Pacific Part X: Climate Change Mitigation in the Brics Countries 29. Current Status of Mitigation Policies in Brazil; 30. Climate Change Mitigation in Russia: Foreign Policy, Environmental Action or Simple Economics?; 31. Climate Change Mitigation in India; 32. China’s Transition to Low Carbon Society: Drivers and Implementation Strategies; 33. Climate Change Mitigation in South Africa Index