Climate change and the law
By: Chris Wold, Melissa Powers, David Hunter.
Contributors: Powers, Melissa.; Hunter, David.
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781422419120
Subjects: Global warming -- Law and legislature; Liability for environmental damages
Description: The science of climate change -- Responding to climate change mitigation -- Responding to climate change : adaptation -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- Introduction to the Kyoto Protocol -- Implementing the Kyoto Protocol -- Land use and forestry -- Compliance and dispute settlement -- Beyond 2012 : the post-Kyoto climate regime -- Climate change and other international law regimes -- The United States national climate change -- Climate change in the courts -- Climate change under existing federal.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The science of climate change; title: Responding to climate change mitigation; title: Responding to climate change : adaptation; title: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; title: Introduction to the Kyoto Protocol; title: Implementing the Kyoto Protocol; title: Land use and forestry; title: Compliance and dispute settlement; title: Beyond 2012 : the post-Kyoto climate regime; title: Climate change and other international law regimes; title: The United States national climate change; title: Climate change in the courts; title: Climate change under existing federal.