Climate law and developing countries [Book] : legal and policy challenges for the world economy / [edited by] Benjamin J. Richardson ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Introduction : climate law and developing countries / Benjamin J. Richardson, Yves Le Bouthillier, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray and Stepan Wood -- Climate change, differentiated responsibilities and state responsibility : devising novel legal strategies for damage caused by climate change / Sumudu Atapattu -- India's constitutional challenge : a less visible climate change catastrophe / Deepa Badrinarayana -- Promoting justice within the international legal system : prospects for climate refugees / Angela Williams -- Climate change and indigenous peoples in the South Pacific : the need for regional and local strategies / Eric Kwa -- Supporting adaptation in developing countries at the national and global levels / Jolene Lin -- Designing a REDD mechanism : the TDERM triptych / Claire Stockwell, William Hare and Kirsten Macey -- The role of marine 'forests' and soils as carbon sinks : enhanced bio-sequestration as a mitigation strategy to help avoid dangerous climate change / Robert Fowler -- Adaptation to climate change to save biodiversity : lessons learned from African and European experiences / Saja Erens, Jonathan Verschuuren and Kees Bastmeijer -- The deadlock of the clean development mechanism : caught between sustainability, environmental integrity and economic efficiency / Christina Voigt -- Beautifying Africa for the clean development mechanism : legal and institutional issues considered / Damilola S. Olawuyi -- Policy and legal dimensions of CDM projects in the forestry sector : implications for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Uganda / Emmanuel B. Kasimbazi -- Brazilian policy on biodiesels : a sound means of mitigating climate change? / Solange Teles da Silva and Carolina Dutra -- Improving citizen responsibility in the North and its consequences for the South : voluntary carbon offsets and government involvement / Marjan Peeters -- Climate and trade in a divided world : can measures adopted in the North end up shaping climate change legislative frameworks in the South? / Francesco Sindico -- Climate change in the European Union development cooperation policy / Marie-Pierre Lanfranchi and Sandrine Maljean-Dubois.

This timely book examines the legal and policy challenges in international, regional and national settings, faced by developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change. With contributions from over 20 international scholars from developing and developed countries, the book tackles both long-standing concerns and current controversies. It considers the positions of developing countries in the negotiation of a new international legal regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol and canvasses various domestic issues, including implementation of CDM projects, governance of adaptation measures and regulation of the biofuels industry. Through a unique focus on the developing world, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding current challenges and future directions of climate law. It will prove a stimulating read for legal academics, undergraduate and graduate law students and policymakers interested in the role of developing countries in climate change law.

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