Research Handbook on Climate Change and Trade Law

Edited by Panagiotis Delimatsis, Professor of Law, Tilburg Law School, the Netherlands

• Contents:Introduction: Climate change and trade law—challenges for governance and coordination Panagiotis DelimatsisPART I CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF THE WTO: THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS1. Common Concern and the Legitimacy of the WTO in Dealing with Climate Change Thomas Cottier and Tetyana Payosova 2. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities in Transnational Climate Change Governance and the WTO: A Tale of Two ‘Interconnected Worlds’ or a Tale of Two ‘Crossing Swords’?Anastasios Gourgourinis3. Duty to Protect, Climate Change and TradeKrista Nadakavukaren Schefer and Pablo ArnaizPART II CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: TOPICAL ISSUES4. Carbon Taxes, PPMs and the GATTErich Vranes5. WTO Law Constraints on Carbon Credit Mechanisms and Export Border Tax AdjustmentsJoel P. Trachtman6. Feed-in Tariffs and the WTO Regulation of Subsidies – A Moment of Progressive Adjudication in Canada – Renewable EnergySadeq Z. Bigdeli7. Sustainable Standard-Setting, Climate Change and the TBT AgreementPanagiotis Delimatsis8. Climate Change and Services Trade: What Role for the GATS?Michaël Alder, Aik Hoe Lim, and Ruosi Zhang9. Trade Wars in the TRIPS Council: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Climate ChangeMatthew RimmerPART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRADE IN PERSPECTIVE: CURRENT CHALLENGES10. Energy security, climate change and trade: does the WTO provide for a viable framework for sustainable energy security?Vitaliy Pogoretskyy and Sergii Melnyk 11. Food Security and Agricultural Trade: An Early Warning for Climate Change!Joseph A. McMahon12. The WTO Environmental Goods Agreement: From Multilateralism to PlurilateralismMark Wu13. Climate Change, Green Paradox Models and International Trade RulesRoy Andrew Partain PART IV CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRADE: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES14. Trade Measures to Address Climate Change: Territory and ExtraterritorialityMargaret A. Young15. EU Climate Law and the WTOEmily Reid16. EU Climate Law and Human Rights: New Prospects for Judicial Environmental Activism?Floor Fleurke17. Climate Change in the TPP and the TTIPJames MunroPART V CLIMATE CHANGE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT18. Climate Change and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Identifying the LinkagesAngelos Dimopoulos19. The Complex Relationship between International Investment Law and Climate Change Initiatives: Exploring the TensionJ. Anthony VanDuzer 20. Rules and Disputes on Foreign Investment in Renewable Energies – Exploring the Nexus of Trade and Investment TreatiesJulien ChaisseConclusion21. Climate change mitigation and the WTO frameworkLudivine Tamiotti and Daniel RamosIndex

’This is a fascinating volume in which the complicated relationship between climate change, trade and investment law is analyzed by leading scholars in this domain in an exhaustive manner. A must for anyone interested in the broad relationship between climate change and trade law.'