Local climate change law
Subtitle: environmental regulation in cities and other localities
By: edited by Benjamin J. Richardson
Series: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series; IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780857937476
Subjects: Climatic changes; Law and legislation; Local government; Local government and environmental policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I.; title: Framework for local climate change law --; title: Local climate change law  -- Benjamin J. Richardson; title: Transnational voluntary climate change initiatives for local governments : key variables, drivers and likely effects  -- Stepan Wood and Kevin Thompson -- Pt. II.; title: Local climate action in North America --; title: Local climate change and multi-level governance in North America  -- Scott Pasternack; title: Suburban climate change efforts in Minnesota : implications for multi-level mitigation strategies  -- Hari M. Osofsky; title: US municipal climate plans : what role will cities play in climate change mitigation?  -- Melissa Powers; title: Local solutions to a global problem? : climate change policy-making in Vancouver  -- Elizaeth Schwartz; title: Climate governance at the municipal level in Canada : a case study of mitigation efforts in Halifax  -- Meinhard Doelle and Kaija Belfry Munroe; title: Measuring climate action in Vancouver : comparing a city's greenhouse gas emissions inventory protocol to the inventory of consumption  -- Jennie Moore; title: Indigenous peoples and climate change policies : a comparative assessment of indigenous governance models in Canada  -- Sophie Thériault -- Pt. III.; title: Local climate action in global perspective --; title: Local climate action in the European Union  -- Marjan Peeters; title: Climate governance in China : using the 'iron hand'  -- Jolene Lin; title: Legal frameworks for local adaptation in Australia : the role of local government in water governance in a climate change era  -- Lee Godden; title: Climate governance in South African municipalities : opportunities and obstacles for local government -- Anél du Plessis.