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Global Climate Change and U.S. Law - 3rd Edition - Michael B Gerrard

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9781639052196
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American Bar Association
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3rd Edition
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Global Climate Change and U.S. Law 3rd Edition Michael B Gerrard ISBN 9781639052196

The legal framework surrounding climate change is dynamic, complex, and rapidly evolving. As scientific research advances, policymakers introduce new regulations, and climate-related litigation expands across the United States and around the globe, practitioners need an authoritative and up-to-date resource. This fully revised Third Edition responds to that need. Most chapters are entirely new, and those carried over from the prior edition have been comprehensively updated to reflect the latest legal, regulatory, and policy developments.

This edition provides an in-depth examination of climate change law across multiple levels of governance and practice areas, including:

Overview and Context

  • Introduction to climate change law and the multilateral climate regime

U.S. Federal Regulation and Litigation

  • The evolution of U.S. climate law and policy

  • Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

  • Non-COâ‚‚ pollutants

  • Environmental impact assessment

  • Climate justice

  • The Endangered Species Act

  • Climate-related financial risk management and disclosure

  • Civil remedies

Regional, State, and Local Actions

  • State and multistate climate initiatives

  • Local climate actions

  • Energy regulation

  • Electricity regulation, markets, and governance

  • Land use and transportation policies addressing climate change

The Next Legal Frontiers

  • Carbon capture and sequestration and carbon dioxide removal

  • Agriculture and climate change

  • Public natural resources and climate impacts

  • Climate adaptation law

  • Assessing the current state of U.S. climate change law and policy

By offering a comprehensive and forward-looking analysis, this Third Edition equips legal professionals, policymakers, and scholars with the insight needed to understand current developments and anticipate the next phase of climate change law.

Global Climate Change and U.S. Law 3rd Edition Michael B Gerrard ISBN 9781639052196, 978-1639052196 & 9781639052202

Editors
Michael B Gerrard
Jody Freeman
Michael Burger