Climate change legislation in the least developing countries

Michal Nachmany, Achala Abeysinghe and Subhi Barakat

Chapter 4 in Trends in Climate Change Legislation, 2017, pp 59-82 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chapter 4 describes the unique challenges of least developing countries (LDCs) in climate policy and traces their growing engagement on climate change. The motivations and challenges of LDCs are very different from those of industrialized economies, due both to their low emissions profile and their high vulnerability to climate impacts. As energy-related emissions are low, the transition to a low-carbon economy of LDCs simultaneously serves mitigation, adaptation and development objectives. However, integrating climate change into general development plans remains a challenge, and fewer than half of the LDCs have done so. Other focus areas are disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, land use change and access to international climate finance, although there is less legislative activity in these areas. A growing number of countries are contemplating dedicated climate laws, but climate action is still predominantly pursued through policies and executive instruments, rather than formal acts of parliament.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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