Climate change litigation : : global perspectives / / edited by Ivano Alogna, Christine Bakker and Jean-Pierre Gauci.

• TeilnehmendeR: Alogna, Ivano,; Bakker, Christine,; Gauci, Jean-Pierre,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Climate change litigation in the United States high volume of cases, mostly about statutes /; Climate change litigation in Australia law and practice in the sunburnt country /; Climate change litigation in the United Kingdom planning, energy and protest /; Litigating climate change in India and Pakistan analysing opportunities and challenges /; Climate change litigation in France new perspectives and trends /; Climate change litigation in Brazil will green courts become greener? /; Climate change litigation in South Africa firmly out of the starting blocks /; Climate litigation in the Netherlands the Urgenda Case and beyond /; Prospects for climate change litigation in Russia /; Prospects for climate change litigation in China /; Climate change litigation in Africa a multi-level perspective /; Climate change litigation in European courts jumping procedural hurdles to hold states to account? /; Climate change as a human rights issue litigating climate change in the inter-American system of human rights and the United Nations Human Rights Committee /; Intergenerational climate change litigation the first climate communication to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child /; Inter-state climate change litigation 'neither a chimera nor a panacea' /; Bringing climate change before the international court of justice prospects for contentious cases and advisory opinions /; Litigation under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Opportunities to support and supplement the climate change regime /; Trade and climate disputes before the WTO blocking or driving climate action? /; International arbitration of climate-related disputes prospects for alternative dispute resolution /; Climate change litigation before the international criminal court prospects in theory and practice /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 900444761X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ivano Alogna, Christine Bakker and Jean-Pierre Gauci.

This ground-breaking volume provides analyses from experts around the globe on the part played by national and international law, through legislation and the courts, in advancing efforts to tackle climate change, and what needs to be done in the future. Published under the auspices of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), the volume builds on an event convened at BIICL, which brought together academics, legal practitioners and NGO representatives. The volume offers not only the insights from that event, but also additional materials, sollicited to offer the reader a more complete picture of how climate change litigation is evolving in a global perspective, highlighting both opportunities, and constraints. The contributions span a wide range of national jurisdictions with examples from both the Global South and the Global North. In addition, the potentialities and limitations for climate change-related cases at the regional and international levels are addressed, ranging from regional human rights courts and United Nations Treaty Bodies to the International Court of Justice, the World Trade Organization, the International Criminal Court and international arbitration. The volume will be of interest to legal scholars and legal practitioners, policy makers as well as activists and all those who are seeking to achieve change for the better in this field.