Governing Climate Change - Global Cities and Transnational Lawmaking

Informationen zum Autor Jolene Lin is Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law. She has published widely in leading international journals such as the European Journal of International Law, Legal Studies, and Journal of Environmental Law. Jolene Lin is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Environmental Law, Climate Law, and the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, as well as a member of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Committee. She has also served as a consultant to the Hong Kong Department of Justice, international NGOs, the UNEP, and global law firms. Klappentext First systematic study of global cities as lawmakers in the world of transnational climate change governance. Zusammenfassung This book will be of interest to students of transnational law! climate change law and policy! environmental policy! and urban policy. Written in an engaging manner! it offers novel insights on how cities are beginning to play a meaningful role in climate change law and transnational governance more broadly. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Global cities, climate change and transnational lawmaking; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. The rise of the city in international affairs; 4. City action on climate change; 5. Transnational urban climate governance via networks - the case of C40; 6. Cities as transnational lawmakers; 7. A normative assessment of urban climate law; 8. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Jolene Lin, Jolene (National University of Singapore) Lin, Lin Jolene
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781108424851
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42485-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance; Cambridge Studies on Environme; Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / Environmental, Environmental Economics, Environmental policy & protocols, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Environmental policy and protocols