Urban Climate Law - An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer

Aimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.

Sommario

A Note on Terminology and Glossary
Introduction
1. Cross-Cutting Legal Concepts
2. Equity
3. Buildings
4. Reducing Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
5. Scaling Up Renewable Energy
6. Decarbonizing a City’s Waste
Conclusion
Notes
Index

Info autore

Michael Burger is the executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and a senior research scholar at Columbia Law School. His previous books include Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (third edition, 2023). He is also of counsel at Sher Edling LLP.

Amy E. Turner is the director of the Cities Climate Law Initiative at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and an associate research scholar at Columbia Law School. She previously cofounded a climate nonprofit and practiced environmental law in New York City.

Riassunto

Aimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Burger, Michael Turner Burger, Amy E. Turner
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.10.2023
• EAN: 9780231201353
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20135-3
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Pianificazione urbanistica, territoriale e del paesaggio; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto pubblico, amministrativo, costituzionale; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Transportation, LAW / Land Use, Urban & municipal planning, United States of America, USA, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environment, transport and planning law: general, Environment, transport & planning law, law; science; political science