{"title":"The Role of Non-State Actors in Climate Law","authors":"Mikko Rajavuori","doi":"10.1017/9781108879064.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108879064.028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":153996,"journal":{"name":"Debating Climate Law","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126442346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Emission-Reduction Commitment Is a Plan for the Future: Developing and Using New NETs Should Be at the Heart of That Plan","authors":"Gareth Davies","doi":"10.1017/9781108879064.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108879064.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":153996,"journal":{"name":"Debating Climate Law","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133581446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate Change Law and Aesthetics: A Primer","authors":"B. Richardson","doi":"10.1017/9781108879064.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108879064.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":153996,"journal":{"name":"Debating Climate Law","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114323026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Defence of the Principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities","authors":"D. Shapovalova","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3652184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3652184","url":null,"abstract":"The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC) is the cornerstone principle of the international climate change regime, providing meaningful guidance for the development of climate change law in general. It was developed ‘from the application of equity in international law’1 to allow for differentiated treatment of States,2 reflecting the varying degree of economic, technical and financial capacity and different levels of responsibility for current and, possibly, historical emissions. The principle thus acknowledges the common goal of combating climate change while also addressing equity concerns. The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol approach to the implementation of the principle, creating two main categories of States, has proven controversial. However, the new incarnation of CDBR-RC in the Paris Agreement is more nuanced and is enjoying widespread support across States, particularly when combined with the bottom-up approach of deciding the level of ambition. Despite the lack of pre-determined division of States into groups with associated obligations, the CBDR-RC principle remains central to the climate change regime at both international and national levels. This chapter argues in defense of the relevance of the CBDR-RC principle in the international and domestic pursuit of mitigation of and adaptation to global warming and environmental change.","PeriodicalId":153996,"journal":{"name":"Debating Climate Law","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128327665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solar Geoengineering Could Be Consistent with International Law","authors":"Jesse L. Reynolds","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3639214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3639214","url":null,"abstract":"Besides emissions reductions, CDR, and adaptation, the only remaining means to limit climate change impacts is solar geoengineering. While it could greatly reduce climate change, including in ways that the other responses cannot, solar geoengineering also poses serious environmental risks and social challenges. For these reasons, it has been controversial, including with respect to international law. In this chapter, I advocate a forceful case that the global testing or deployment of solar geoengineering could be consistent with international law. I secondarily argue that international law even encourages it. To be clear, the fact that solar geoengineering could be consistent with international law does not mean that it necessarily would be. Like all other activities of significant scale, it could be conducted in ways that would be contrary to international law.","PeriodicalId":153996,"journal":{"name":"Debating Climate Law","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132165746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}