Climate change

Law and governance in South Africa

T. Humby, L. Kotze, O. Rumble, A. Gilder (Herausgeber)

Loseblattwerk

730 Seiten

2017
Juta Legal and Academic Publishers (Verlag)
9781485118824 (ISBN)

Infos

There is increasing consensus that climate change is real and that its causes and impacts must be governed to preserve the environment and life on earth. Climate change has many dimensions and root causes, several of which require concerted cross-border and supra-national strategies and action plans. This is evidenced by the burgeoning global climate law and governance regime and associated literature. While climate change has always been perceived as being a global environmental issue, the immediate impacts of climate change are decidedly localised. It is pertinent that national governments must design and implement domestic strategies and action plans to facilitate necessary adaptation measures while simultaneously taking measures towards the mitigation of climate change. Available in updateable loose-leaf format and online, Climate Change: Law and Governance in South Africa provides a comprehensive analysis of climate change, the relevant laws and policies and their intersection with international governance structures.

Inhalt

Climate change law and governance: setting the scene; Scientific aspects and their impacts in South Africa; Demystifying the global climate change regime; South Africa, climate negotiations and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Climate change and the African Union; Climate change litigation; South Africa and climate change ethics; South Africa’s climate change commitments and regulatory response potential; Water resources management and climate change; Climate change and coastal zone management; Urban adaptation; Local disaster risk reduction and management in South Africa’s response to climate change; Climate change and insurance law; Public health perspectives and climate change law and governance; Climate change and human mobility Biodiversity, protected areas and climate change; Climate change and agriculture; South Africa’s energy mix – towards a low-carbon economy; Waste management in South Africa – challenges and opportunities for climate change mitigation; Carbon pricing in South Africa; Climate change and international trade; Mining and climate change; Epilogue: the Paris Agreement and the future of international climate change governance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2017
• Verlagsort: Kenwyn
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 500 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
• ISBN-13: 9781485118824 / 9781485118824
• Zustand: Neuware