1st Edition
Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance Courage, Contributions and Compliance
Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance: Courage, Contributions and Compliance recognises UN calls for urgent action reflected in recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, Aug 2021) and convenes insights from leading legal academic experts and professionals on emerging issues in climate law.
The book explores the role of law and governance in advancing global responses to climate change and advancing sustainable development. It is based on careful study of international advances and of the full spectrum of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the global response to climate change, as submitted by Paris Agreement Parties to the UNFCCC Secretariat, and compiles a compelling, coherent and systematic topical account from across diverse legal jurisdictions. Analytical chapters written by leading experts, practitioners and emerging scholars close to ongoing climate negotiations explore recent legal and institutional innovations related to climate change which can advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They focus on examples of raising ambition through law and policy, on reforms of national legal and institutional arrangements to implement NDCs, and on the role of international law and governance in fostering effective Paris Agreement implementation.
Presenting a pathway for advancing climate ambition in the coming decades, this book will be of interest to academics, students, professionals and policy makers working in the area of climate law and governance.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Treaties
Table of Cases
List of Contributors
1 Introduction
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Christina Voigt, Lydia Young & Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala
PART I The Challenge of Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development
2 The Urgency of Global Response to Climate Change
Ayman Cherkaoui & Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala
3 Climate Change Courage, Contributions and Compliance in the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
4 The UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement and Legal Obligations for Climate Action
Christina Voigt & Lydia Young
PART II Courage in Advancing International Law on Climate Change for Sustainable Development
5 Advancing Climate Action in Trade, Investment and Financial Agreements
Markus W. Gehring & Emily Morison
6 Exploring Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change in International Law
Jorge Cabrera Medaglia & Lydia Young
7 Linking International Human Rights Law and Climate Change
Sumudu Atapattu
8 Promoting Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice on Climate Change
Valentina Durán & Ignacio Sánchez González
9 The High Seas Treaty and Interactions with Climate Change
Cassie Lumsden & Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
10 Expanding the Search on Climate-Induced Migration
Maya Prabhu & Avidan Kent
PART III Contributions to Increasing Ambition on Climate Change through Law
11 Legal Creativity and Private Financing to Implement the Paris Agreement in the United Kingdom
Megan Bowman & Emily Webster
12 Scaling up Paris Agreement Implementation through Climate Law in International Water Law Regulations with Special Focus on Europe
Alexandra Harrington & Barbara Janusz-Pawletta
13 Law and Governance Contributions to Energy Transitions in Latin America
Margarita Nieves-Zárate
14 Legal Aspects of Achieving the Just Transitions in Poland
Magdalena Stryja, Agnieszka Bielska-Brodziak & Tomasz Pietrzykowski
15 Legal and Governance Contributions to Climate Ambition through REDD+ in Francophone African Countries
Erick Kassongo
16 Legal Contributions to Climate Action through Oceans and Marine Resources Stewardship in Small Island States
Freedom-Kai Phillips, Alexandra Harrington & Elizabeth Nwarueze
17 Legal and Governance Challenges for the Implementation of NDCs in Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia
Hassan Agouzoul, Afef Hammami-Marrakchi, Abdelnaser Zeyad Hayajneh, Markus W. Gehring & Gwyneth Boone
18 Legal Contributions to Incentivising Investment for Paris Agreement Adaptation and Resilience in Ukraine
Oleksandr Diachuk, Mariia Stolbova, Markus W. Gehring & Gwyneth Boone
19 Legal and Governance Response to Loss & Damage in Bangladesh & Zambia
M. Hafijul Islam Khan & Pamela Towela Sambo
PART IV Compliance and Implementation of the Paris Agreement through International Legal Innovation
20 Operationalizing the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC)
Christina Voigt
21 Submitting Mandatory Reports under the Paris Agreement Transparency Framework
Christopher Campbell-Duruflé & Raúl Salas Reyes
22 Operationalizing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
Michael A. Mehling
23 Incentivising International Finance for Net Zero Paris Agreement Implementation
Wendy Miles KC & Douglas Leys KC
24 Advancing Paris Agreement Alignment in International Financial Institutions
Thomas M. Clark, Michael Strauss, Christina Pak & Hyfa Azeez
25 Exploring Low Carbon and Energy Efficient Procurement as a Tool for Paris Agreement Implementation
Jellie Molino
26 Regulating the Disclosure of Climate-Related Finance Risks
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Lara Douvartzidis & David Gayle
27 Examining Litigation Aspects of Nationally Determined Contributions
Amelia Burnette, Kate McKenzie & Francesco Sindico
PART V Conclusions & Future Directions for Climate Law & Governance
28 Achieving Increased Ambition through International Tribunals
Rosa M. Fernández Egea & Pau de Vilchez Moragues
29 Prioritising Gender Law & Policy Aspects of Climate Action
Anusheh Fawad
30 Exploring the Potential of the Paris Agreement to Decolonize International Law
Mrinalini Shinde
31 Addressing Human Mobility in International Law on Climate Change and Beyond
Cosmin Corendea & Chhaya Bhardwaj
32 Advancing the Legal Research, Capacity and Awareness for Climate Law and Governance
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Christina Voigt & Tejas Rao
Index
Biography
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, PhD (ad eund, Cantab), DPhil (Oxon), MEM (Yale), BCL & LLB (McGill), BA Hons (Carl/UVic) FRSC FRSA WIJA holds the Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge, where she is Law Fellow, Director of Studies and Programme Director in Lucy Cavendish College. She also serves as Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Climate Law and Governance Initiative and Vice-President of the International Law Association (ILA) of Canada, among others. As former senior legal advisor to the International Development Law Organization, other intergovernmental organizations, treaty bodies and governments, also editor/board of several law journals and book series, she has published over 25 books and 160 papers on law, policy and sustainable development including climate change, and is co-recipient of the Climate Law and Governance Global Leadership Award, also laureate of the Justicia Fundamentum Regnorum and the Weeramantry International Justice Award (WIJA) and other distinguished honours.
Christina Voigt, PhD (Oslo), LLM.Env. (Auckland), Rechtswissenschaft (Passau and Munich), is full Professor of Law at the Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo, Norway, and chair of the IUCN World Commission of Environmental Law and Member of the IUCN Council. Author of numerous academic articles, a monograph, and several edited volumes including Non-Compliance Mechanisms versus International Courts, Research Handbook on REDD+ and International Law and Rule of Law for Nature , she holds the inaugural Junior Scholarship Prize of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law among other distinguished awards and honours. She has served the Norwegian government as lead negotiator on REDD+ and as principal legal advisor in the UN climate negotiations; negotiating, inter alia, the Paris Agreement and its Rulebook. She has served co-facilitator for the negotiations on the rules for the Paris Agreement´s implementation and compliance committee (PAICC). In 2019, she was elected by the first meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement as a member of PAICC and currently serves as inaugural Co-Chair of the PAICC.
