Climate Change Law in China in Global Context

ISBN-13: 9781138742536 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 226 str.

Alexander Zahar; Hao Zhang; Xiangbai He

Opis

This book explains how China’s legal system is gradually being mobilized to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in China and achieve adaptation to climate change. This will be an important resource for scholars of international law, environmental law, and Chinese law.

Spis treści

1. China’s Legal System : Sources of LAw and Institutions Related to Climate Change 2.Scholarship and Running Debates on Climate Law and Policy in China 3. China in Global Context: Continuity and Discontinuity in International and Domestic Climate Change Law and Policy 4. Renewable Energy Laws and Policies in China in the Context of Climate Change 5. China’s Legal Framework for Emission Trading and Other Market Initiatives 6. Regulation of Sources and Sinks in China’s Domestic Offset Scheme 7. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China 8. China’s Legal and Policy Framework for Adaptation: Challenges and Reponses 9. Towards a Breakthrough in China’s Climate Change Litigation: Environmental Public-Interest Litigation Filed by NGOs