Essential EU Climate Law

Edwin Woerdman, Martha Roggenkamp, Marijn Holwerda (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2015
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78347-056-3 (ISBN)

Infos

EU climate law is one of the most dynamic and fastest growing areas of EU law. This exciting new textbook provides a comprehensive account of essential EU climate mitigation law. In addition, the contents cover a number of important and topical issues related to the EU's efforts to tackle climate change.Written by some of the key thinkers on EU climate law from the University of Groningen, each chapter addresses the relevant directives and regulations as well as their implementation issues, explaining how this affects current policy and academic debate. The chapters therefore not only describe but also critically reflect upon EU climate law.

Key features include:



Comprehensive introduction to EU climate mitigation law
Discussion of the climate targets and instruments of the EU
Review of the relevant climate-related directives and regulations
Analysis of their implementation problems
Relationship between climate law and broader issues including energy law
Educational design based on reviews by climate law students

The combination of educational design and analytical accuracy makes the textbook suitable for both students and professionals. This introduction is highly recommended for courses on EU climate mitigation law, also in the context of broader curricula on climate law, energy law and EU law in general.

Contributors: K. de Graaf, A. Haan-Kamminga, M. Holwerda, H. Kruimer, M. Roggenkamp, L. Squintani, F. Stangl, H. Tolsma, H. Vedder, S. Weishaar, E. Woerdman, O. Woolley

Autor

Edited by Edwin Woerdman, Professor of Markets and Regulation and Co-director, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability, Martha Roggenkamp, Professor of Energy Law and Director, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability, University of Groningen and Marijn Holwerda, Legal Counsel, NV Nederlandse Gasunie and Fellow, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Inhalt

Contents:

PART IINTRODUCTION
1. Purpose, Approach and Outline of the Book

2. EU Climate Policy

PART IIESSENTIAL EU CLIMATE LAW
3. The EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme

4. Regulation of Fluorinated Gases

5. Regulation of Emissions from the Non-EU ETS Sectors

6. Renewable Energy Consumption

7. Energy Efficiency

8. Carbon Capture and Storage

PART III OVERARCHING ISSUES IN EU CLIMATE REGULATION
9. EU Climate Regulation, Competition and Competitiveness

10. EU Climate Regulation and Energy Network Management

11. Multi-level Governance in EU Climate Law

PART IVCONCLUSION
12. The Past and Possible Future of EU Climate Law

Index

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Cheltenham
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 169 x 244 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
• ISBN-10: 1-78347-056-9 / 1783470569
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78347-056-3 / 9781783470563
• Zustand: Neuware