The Paris Agreement fundamentally alters the reach and scope of the international climate change regime. This book provides the first legal commentary to the Agreement's articles, putting them in context and detailing how they are to be understood and put into action.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Foreword
- Part I: Introductory Chapters
- 1: Introduction: Scientific and Political Drivers for the Agreement
- A. Background and the Role of Science
- B. Politics, Economics, and Society
- 2: Foundations for the Paris Agreement
- A. The Legal and Policy Framework of the United Nations Climate Change Regime
- B. Pre-2020 Climate Action and teh Emergent Role of Non-party Stakeholders
- 3: Jane Bulmer, Meinhard Doelle, and Daniel Klein: The Negotiating History of the Paris Agreement
- 4: Lavanya Rajamani and Emmanuel Guérin: Central Concepts in the Paris Agreement and How They Evolved
- 5: Ralph Bodle and Sebastian Oberthür: The Legal Form of the Paris Agreement and Nature of its Obligations
- Part II: Analysis of the Provisions of the Agreement
- 6: María Pía Carazo: Contextual Provisions (Preamble and Article 1)
- 7: Halldór Thorgeirsson: Objective (Article 2.1)
- 8: Lavanya Rajamani: Guiding Principles and General Obligation (Article 2.2 and Article 3)
- 9: Harald Winkler: Mitigation (Article 4)
- 10: Antonio La Viña and Alaya de Leon: Conserving and Enhancing Sinks and Reservoirs of Greenhouse Gases, including Forests (Article 5)
- 11: Andrew Howard: Voluntary Cooperation (Article 6)
- 12: Irene Suárez and Angela Churie: Adaptation (Article 7)
- 13: Linda Siegele: Loss and Damage (Article 8)
- 14: Jorge Gastelumendi and Inka Gnittke: Climate Finance (Article 9)
- 15: Heleen de Coninck and Ambuj Sagar: Technology Development and Transfer (Article 10)
- 16: Crispin D Auvergne and Matti Nummelin: Capacity-Building (Article 11)
- 17: Jeniffer Hanna Collado: Education, Training, Public Awareness, Participation and Access to Information (Article 12)
- 18: Yamide Dagnet and Kelly Levin: Transparency (Article 13)
- 19: Jürgen Friedrich: Global Stocktake (Article 14)
- 20: Yamide Dagnet and Eliza Northrop: Facilitating Implementation of and Promoting Compliance (Article 15)
- 21: Christina Voigt: Institutional Arrangements and Final Clauses (Articles 16-29)
- Part III: Concluding Reflections
- 22: Meinhard Doelle: Assessment of Strengths and Weaknesses
- 23: María Pía Carazo and Daniel Klein: Implications for Public International Law
- 24: Andrew Higham: Epilogue
- Selected BibliographyIndex
