Climate and Energy Governance for the UK Low Carbon Transition [electronic resource] : The Climate Change Act 2008  /
Muinzer, Thomas L.author.
The UK Climate Change Act was the first case of a country implementing blanket legally binding long-term emissions reduction targets in order to combat climate change. This book provides the first accessible and in-depth analysis of the UK’s complex Climate Change Act framework, presenting the discussion in a clear and interdisciplinary manner designed to open the workings of the challenging framework to a broad audience. It discusses the political ‘story’ surrounding the framework, and its treatment in scholarly environmental literature; analyses the technical content of the Act; explores the framework’s international significance, and its internal ‘subnational’ dimensions and impact, engaging the UK’s devolved jurisdictions of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. This first, much-needed interdisciplinary treatment of the framework is both introductory and analytical in nature and will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and general readers of environmental studies, policy and governance. .
Foreword; Lord Deben -- 1 Background to the Climate Change Framework -- 2 The Content of the Act -- 3 Multilevel Drivers: The International Level, and the Devolved Level (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) -- 4 Conclusions.
The UK Climate Change Act was the first case of a country implementing blanket legally binding long-term emissions reduction targets in order to combat climate change. This book provides the first accessible and in-depth analysis of the UK’s complex Climate Change Act framework, presenting the discussion in a clear and interdisciplinary manner designed to open the workings of the challenging framework to a broad audience. It discusses the political ‘story’ surrounding the framework, and its treatment in scholarly environmental literature; analyses the technical content of the Act; explores the framework’s international significance, and its internal ‘subnational’ dimensions and impact, engaging the UK’s devolved jurisdictions of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. This first, much-needed interdisciplinary treatment of the framework is both introductory and analytical in nature and will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and general readers of environmental studies, policy and governance. .
Environment.
Climate change.
Environmental policy.
Environmental law.
International environmental law.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Environment Studies.
Climate Change Management and Policy.
Environmental Policy.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
International Environmental Law.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.