National Climate Change Acts
Title | National Climate Change Acts PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas L Muinzer |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2020-12-10 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 150994172X |
This groundbreaking book collects contributions from many of the world's leading climate and energy law scholars and provides the first major study of national Climate Change Acts. This cutting-edge type of legislation originated with the first Climate Change Act framework which was passed in the United Kingdom in 2008, and is intended to enable the law to grapple effectively with one of the great problems of our times, anthropogenic climate change. Since 2008, national framework climate legislation has been slowly but steadily emerging in countries across the world. This trailblazing collection employs a comparative analytical legal methodology and offers the first comprehensive study of this new, innovative form of legislative regime. In addition to containing broad internationalist chapters, deep-dive national case study chapters are included that focus on individual countries and provide analytical depth. A final chapter draws together the threads of the book's foregoing contributions to deduce generalisable conceptual insights based on current knowledge and experience. Uniquely, the book provides a conceptual model for Climate Change Acts that can usefully inform the development of national framework climate legislation in all countries.
Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
Title | Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 207 |
Release | 2018-06-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309471699 |
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the risks to society and the impacts of continued climate change can be lessened. The National Climate Assessment, coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, is a mandated report intended to inform response decisions. Required to be developed every four years, these reports provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date evaluation of climate change impacts available for the United States, making them a unique and important climate change document. The draft Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report reviewed here addresses a wide range of topics of high importance to the United States and society more broadly, extending from human health and community well-being, to the built environment, to businesses and economies, to ecosystems and natural resources. This report evaluates the draft NCA4 to determine if it meets the requirements of the federal mandate, whether it provides accurate information grounded in the scientific literature, and whether it effectively communicates climate science, impacts, and responses for general audiences including the public, decision makers, and other stakeholders.
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Title | Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | U.S. Global Change Research Program |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2009-08-24 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521144078 |
Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.
Combating Climate Change with Section 115 of the Clean Air Act
Title | Combating Climate Change with Section 115 of the Clean Air Act PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Burger |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2020-10-30 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 178643461X |
Editor Michael Burger brings together a comprehensive assessment of how one statutory provision – Section 115 of the Clean Air Act, “International Air Pollution” – provides the executive branch of the U.S. government with the authority, procedures, and mechanisms to work with the states and private sector to take national climate action.
Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act of 2001
Title | Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act of 2001 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Climatic changes |
ISBN |
Trends in Climate Change Legislation
Title | Trends in Climate Change Legislation PDF eBook |
Author | Alina Averchenkova |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2017-12-29 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1786435780 |
A deepening understanding of the importance of climate change has caused a recent and rapid increase in the number of climate change or climate-related laws. Trends in Climate Change Legislation offers an astute analysis of the political, institutional and economic factors that have motivated this surge, placing it into context.
The National Climate Program Act and Global Climate Change
Title | The National Climate Program Act and Global Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment |
Publisher | |
Pages | 800 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Climatic changes |
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