Climate Change Law and Practice

Dr Louise Smail has extensive experience in the field of environmental law, climate change and risk management with a wide range of organisations, including local government, police, manufacturing and many train operating companies. Louise has worked as a principal consultant and director of two international consulting groups. She works on high profile projects looking at business risk evaluation and performance at board level, as well as the impact of changes in environmental legislation in both the UK and Europe.Louise is the author of a number of books published by Bloomsbury Professional, including Water and Waste Regulation (2024), and (co-authored with Charlotte Waters and Mike Appleby) The Law of Renewable Energy (2020) and HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate (2019).

• 1. Can Legislation Change the Planet? 2. History of Recognition of Climate Change3. Climate Change Laws and Policies 4. Information to Raise Awareness 5. Climate Change Mitigation 6. UK Approach to Climate Change7. EU Approach to Climate Change8. US Approach to Climate Change9. Approaches to Climate Change outside the UK, EU and United States10. Drivers for Climate Change11. Key Areas the CC tries to Address 12. Climate Change Litigation 13. Future - What's Next? Appendices and Cases