Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation Law

Edited by Leonie Reins, Erasmus Law School, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Jonathan Verschuuren, Tilburg Law School, the Netherlands

• ContentsPART I CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION LAW –ARCHITECTURE AND GOVERNANCE1 Climate change mitigation and the role of law 2Leonie Reins and Jonathan Verschuuren2 The evolving architecture of global climate law 17Harro van Asselt, Michael Mehling and Kati Kulovesi3 Climate change mitigation and the precautionary principle 43Nicolas de SadeleerPART II CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION LAW AND POLICY INTHE REGIONS4 The European Union and its rule-creating force on the Europeancontinent for moving to climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest 58Marjan Peeters and Delphine Misonne5 Climate change mitigation law and policy in the United States and Canada 102Katrina Fischer Kuh and Michael Charles Leach6 Climate change mitigation law and policy in Central and South America 137Juliana Zuluaga Madrid7 Climate change mitigation law and policy in the Asia-Pacific 155Alexander Zahar8 Climate change mitigation law and policy in the Middle East 178Mehdi Piri9 Climate change mitigation law and policy in the BRICS 195Rafael Leal-Arcas, Mariam Al Zarkani, Lina Jbara, Ruqaya MohamedMubwana, Marianna Margaritidou and Angela van der Berg10 Climate change mitigation law and policy in Africa 239Olivia Rumble and Andrew GilderPART III OVERARCHING LEGAL TOOLS FOR CLIMATE CHANGEMITIGATION11 Climate finance after Paris 262David Driesen and Cinnamon Carlarne12 Incentivizing carbon transition – a comparison of carbon trading in theEU and China 282Stefan E. Weishaar, Kateryna Holzer and Bingyu Liu13 Climate litigation in the context of mitigation: an evolving jurisprudence 306Patrick ParenteauPART IV SECTORS14 Regulatory and policy instruments to promote decarbonization in theenergy sector 337Sirja-Leena Penttinen15 Transportation’s trinity and climate change mitigation 362Tanveer Ahmad, Paul Fitzgerald and Jeffrey J. Smith16 Cities and climate change mitigation law from a polycentric andcomparative perspective 398Cathrin Zengerling, Debora Sotto and Oliver Fuo17 Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) 432Jonathan Verschuuren18 Carbon majors, social choice, and anticommons: addressing climate change mitigation policy formation in the industrial sector 456Roy Andrew Partain19 Waste management 481Geert Van Calster and Luna Aristei20 Greenhouse gas removal 501Tracy Hester and Kirsten WilliamsIndex

‘This book is unique in its kind as it brings together an amazing amount of experts in the field and at the same time it provides up-to-date and relevant information on climate change mitigation law. A must for every scholar and policymaker interested in climate change law and policy.’