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Pioneers in an emergent field, the authors of Climate Change Law
and Policy have created a modular and accessible text with
extensive web resources. Designed for 2- and 3-credit courses,
discussion, commentary, and exercises are integrated into every
chapter. Tracing key legal developments, the scope of this landmark
text spans international, United States, foreign, state and local,
and nongovernmental efforts to address climate change. A concise
text that takes a global view, Climate Change Law and Policy
features: accessible and modular format that can adapt to a variety
of teaching objectives timely coverage of key legal developments in
climate change control around the world discussion of the role of
non-nation-state actors in forming climate change policy, including
cities, corporations, NGO's, and individuals draws from commentary
of leading experts on each topic exercises in each chapter based on
major law and policy issues extensive web resources, including
updates and links
Courts have emerged as a crucial battleground in efforts to
regulate climate change. Over the past several years, tribunals at
every level of government around the world have seen claims
regarding greenhouse gas emissions and impacts. These cases rely on
diverse legal theories, but all focus on government regulation of
climate change or the actions of major corporate emitters. This
book explores climate actions in state and national courts, as well
as international tribunals, in order to explain their regulatory
significance. It demonstrates the role that these cases play in
broader debates over climate policy and argues that they serve as
an important force in pressuring governments and emitters to
address this crucial problem. As law firms and public interest
organizations increasingly develop climate practice areas, the book
serves as a crucial resource for practitioners, policymakers, and
academics.
New book purchase includes complimentary digital access to the
eBook. This casebook serves as a guide to energy law and policy for
students who seek to practice in the field and anyone interested in
better understanding this critical area of law. It introduces the
key federal, state, and local government actors shaping energy
issues and explores the multi-jurisdictional approach to energy
regulation pervasive in the United States. The book explains the
foundations of the laws and policies governing energy extraction,
use, markets, and disposal. It covers how we make energy from
renewable and non-renewable resources and examines the future of
the energy sector in light of new technologies, market trends,
emerging risks, and the need for greater equality. The authors use
a systemic approach that allows for a deeper exploration of the
linkages between the resources, technologies, law, policy, and
markets that make up our core energy systems, including electricity
and transportation. Energy Law and Policy contains cases, sample
statutes and regulations, and pertinent excerpts from experts.
These policy-oriented, often empirical materials offer the
necessary building blocks for a public law course, particularly one
covering a rapidly transitioning field. The book is organized into
three parts that introduce students to the fundamental aspects of
the energy sector, energy law, and the most pressing energy topics
of the 21st century. The third edition expands and deepens coverage
in important ways: Updated treatment of state and federal policy
initiatives such as community solar, 100% clean energy laws, energy
transition and energy markets. An entirely new chapter on how
climate change risks and initiatives are shaping the energy sector,
including domestic and international net zero energy goals and
widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Integration of energy and
environmental justice concerns throughout the book. Expanded
discussion of energy leasing and extraction on private and federal
lands, including solar, geothermal, and onshore and offshore wind
energy, and the critical role of energy efficiency. In-depth
coverage of new energy-related executive orders, regulations, and
policy shifts since the start of the Biden Administration. Enhanced
attention to controversial energy transport projects, including oil
and natural gas pipelines, fossil fuel export terminals, and
long-distance electric transmission lines.
This examination of the role of litigation in addressing the
problem of climate change focuses not only on how the massive and
growing number of lawsuits influences regulation directly, but also
on how the lawsuits shape corporate behaviour and public opinion.
It provides readers with an understanding of how these lawsuits
have shaped approaches to mitigation and adaptation, and have been
used to try to force and to block regulation. There is a particular
emphasis on lawsuits in the United States and Australia, the two
jurisdictions which have had the most climate change litigation in
the world, and the lessons provide broader insights into the role
of courts in addressing climate change.
This examination of the role of litigation in addressing the
problem of climate change focuses not only on how the massive and
growing number of lawsuits influences regulation directly, but also
on how the lawsuits shape corporate behaviour and public opinion.
It provides readers with an understanding of how these lawsuits
have shaped approaches to mitigation and adaptation, and have been
used to try to force and to block regulation. There is a particular
emphasis on lawsuits in the United States and Australia, the two
jurisdictions which have had the most climate change litigation in
the world, and the lessons provide broader insights into the role
of courts in addressing climate change.
Courts have emerged as a crucial battleground in efforts to
regulate climate change. Over the past several years, tribunals at
every level of government around the world have seen claims
regarding greenhouse gas emissions and impacts. These cases rely on
diverse legal theories, but all focus on government regulation of
climate change or the actions of major corporate emitters. This
book explores climate actions in state and national courts, as well
as international tribunals, in order to explain their regulatory
significance. It demonstrates the role that these cases play in
broader debates over climate policy and argues that they serve as
an important force in pressuring governments and emitters to
address this crucial problem. As law firms and public interest
organizations increasingly develop climate practice areas, the book
serves as a crucial resource for practitioners, policymakers and
academics.
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