Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement

Edited by Alexander Zahar, Professor of International Law, China-ASEAN Legal Research Center, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China

• Contents:1 Optimism and pessimism about the Paris Agreement 1Alexander Zahar2 Operational readiness of the Paris Agreement’s institutional framework 21Christoph Schwarte and Olivia Tattarletti3 The legal principles of the Paris Agreement: familiarity in novelty 43Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli and Mara Wendebourg4 ‘Collective’ state obligation to achieve the objective of the ParisAgreement: can it bridge the gap between collective ambition andindividual state action? 60Niklas S. Reetz and Sandrine Maljean-Dubois5 A legal standard for state mitigation efforts: is national discretion boundto shrink over time? 82Christopher Campbell-Duruflé6 The Paris Agreement’s facilitative approach: a compliance-inducing design? 104Imogen Forster and Anna Huggins7 Ambition-raising and ambition-reducing features of the Paris Agreement 126Rueanna Haynes and Lisa Benjamin8 The Paris Agreement’s ‘nationally determined contribution’: law and practice 143Alexander Zahar9 The Paris Agreement’s contribution to the development of the law onadaptation 167Lauren Nishimura10 The use of elements of the Paris Agreement and IPCC reports in climatelitigation 195Meinhard Doelle, with Sara Seck and Rose Klug11 Is the Paris Agreement a human rights treaty? 215Benoit Mayer12 The market mechanisms of the Paris Agreement and the KyotoProtocol: a legal comparison 240Géraud de Lassus St-Geniès13 Constituent norms of the enhanced transparency framework 262Daria Shapovalova14 The Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework: statepractices and compliance challenges 279Hao Zhang15 Governing international climate finance and investment: the ParisAgreement and related international and transnational mechanisms 296David Rossati and Alexander Zahar16 The European Union’s implementation of the Paris Agreement 323Gareth Davies17 Large-scale carbon dioxide removal under the Paris Agreement: towarda principled approach 343Neil Craik18 Ensuring mutual supportiveness of the Paris Agreement with othermultilateral environmental agreements: a focus on ocean-based climateaction 362Elisa Morgera and Mitchell Lennan19 Social movements and the Paris Agreement: an imperfect vehicle forincremental change? 381Cinnamon P. Carlarne and Keith H. Hirokawa20 Beyond the Paris Agreement: need for new thinking to tackle theclimate crisis 403Philippe Cullet

‘This is a commendable and engaging work, dealing with a solid and well-chosen set of issues at the cutting edge of inquiry into the Paris Agreement’s relevance and dynamics.’