Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement

Edited by Alexander Zahar

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Abstract: This comprehensive Research Handbook sets out a systematic analysis of the Paris Agreement taking into account developments since it entered into force in 2016. It explores the treaty’s capacity, as an instrument of international law, to compel state action to address the universal threat of climate change.

Keywords: Environment; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781800886735
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Optimism and pessimism about the Paris Agreement , pp 1-20

Alexander Zahar

Ch 2 Operational readiness of the Paris Agreement’s institutional framework , pp 21-42

Christoph Schwarte and Olivia Tattarletti

Ch 3 The legal principles of the Paris Agreement: familiarity in novelty , pp 43-59

Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli and Mara Wendebourg

Ch 4 ‘Collective’ state obligation to achieve the objective of the Paris Agreement: can it bridge the gap between collective ambition and individual state action? , pp 60-81

Niklas S. Reetz and Sandrine Maljean-Dubois

Ch 5 A legal standard for state mitigation efforts: is national discretion bound to shrink over time? , pp 82-103

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé

Ch 6 The Paris Agreement’s facilitative approach: a compliance-inducing design? , pp 104-125

Imogen Forster and Anna Huggins

Ch 7 Ambition-raising and ambition-reducing features of the Paris Agreement , pp 126-142

Rueanna Haynes and Lisa Benjamin

Ch 8 The Paris Agreement’s ‘Nationally Determined Contribution’: law and practice , pp 143-166

Alexander Zahar

Ch 9 The Paris Agreement’s contribution to the development of the law on adaptation , pp 167-194

Lauren Nishimura

Ch 10 The use of elements of the Paris Agreement and IPCC reports in climate litigation , pp 195-214

Meinhard Doelle, with Sara Seck and Rose Klug

Ch 11 Is the Paris Agreement a human rights treaty? , pp 215-239

Benoit Mayer

Ch 12 The market mechanisms of the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol: a legal comparison , pp 240-261

Géraud de Lassus St-Geniès

Ch 13 Constituent norms of the Enhanced Transparency Framework , pp 262-278

Daria Shapovalova

Ch 14 The Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework: state practices and compliance challenges , pp 279-295

Hao Zhang

Ch 15 Governing international climate finance and investment: the Paris Agreement and related international and transnational mechanisms , pp 296-322

David Rossati and Alexander Zahar

Ch 16 The European Union’s implementation of the Paris Agreement , pp 323-342

Gareth Davies

Ch 17 Large-scale carbon dioxide removal under the Paris Agreement: toward a principled approach , pp 343-361

Neil Craik

Ch 18 Ensuring mutual supportiveness of the Paris Agreement with other multilateral environmental agreements: a focus on ocean-based climate action , pp 362-380

Elisa Morgera and Mitchell Lennan

Ch 19 Social movements and the Paris Agreement: an imperfect vehicle for incremental change? , pp 381-402

Cinnamon P. Carlarne and Keith H. Hirokawa

Ch 20 Beyond the Paris Agreement: need for new thinking to tackle the climate crisis , pp 403-416

Philippe Cullet

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