Innovation and experimentation in the international climate change regime / / by Lavanya Rajamani.

• VerfasserIn: Rajamani, Lavanya,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: The Pocket Books of the Hague Academy of International Law / les Livres de Poche de l'Académie de Droit International de la Haye
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)

This course titled, Innovation and Experimentation in the International Climate Change Regime takes a critical lens to humanity’s collective regulatory response to the existential threat of climate change. It explores, in particular, those aspects of the international climate change regime that, albeit born of political dysfunction, demonstrate ingenuity, innovation, and experimentation. This includes aspects relating to: • the negotiating process and procedures adopted in the regime; • the legal form of instruments in the regime, the legal character of its provisions, as well as norm hybridity and mutation; • the nature, extent, and evolution of differential treatment in the regime; and, • the unique challenges of compliance and effectiveness that arise in the context of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This course seeks to demonstrate that innovations and experiments in the international climate change regime have resulted in a highly sophisticated and nuanced legal regime – one that challenges the conceptual boundaries of international law, enriches the core of treaty law and practice, and is likely to have an enduring impact on international law, legal practice, and diplomatic intercourse.

Table of Contents

Chapter I. An introduction to the international climate change regime : issues, instruments, institutions, actors A. Climate change as the defining issue of our age B. The science C. The politics D. The response E. The thesis : innovation and experimentation in the international climate change regime Chapter II. Process and procedure in the international climate change regime : tools, techniques, and tricks A. Introduction B. Agenda setting C. Negotiation management Chapter III. Legal instruments and obligations in the international climate change regime : nature, type, spread, functions, and interplay A. Introduction B. To bind or not to bind ? C. Treaties and amendments in the international climate change regime.. D. Decisions taken by Conferences of Parties. E. Supplementary instruments F. Political agreements G. Unilateral instruments H. Betwixt and beyond : the normative framework of the emerging climate change regime.. Chapter IV. Differentiation in the international climate change regime A. Introduction B. Principled basis for differentiation C. Forms of differentiation D. Extent of differentiation. E. Evolution of the CBDRRC principle and differentiation F. Prospects G. Conclusion : the principle and praxis Chapter V. Delivering on the promise of the international climate change regime A. Introduction B. Concretizing nationally determined contributions C. Securing nationally determined contributions D. Implementing nationally determined contributions E. Ensuring adequacy of nationally determined contributions F. The effectiveness of the climate change regime Bibliography