Research Handbook on Climate Change and Agricultural Law

Mary Jane Angelo, Anél Du Plesis (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

488 Seiten

2017
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78471-063-7 (ISBN)

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Bringing together scholars from across the globe, this timely book astutely untangles the climate-food web and critically explores the nexus between climate change, agriculture and law, upon which food security and climate resilient development depends.Focusing through the lens of various domestic and international legal systems, this book addresses conceptual notions such as 'systems thinking' and climate change governance, as well as practical matters such as payments for ecosystem services and government subsidies for biofuels. Concerning itself with the vulnerability and resilience of both people and agro-ecosystems, it shows how climate action can yield high returns for agriculture as the primary source of economic activity for poor populations. Far reaching, this book also explores under-researched areas, including the linkages between invasive species law, climate change and agricultural law and the underlying dynamics of agroecosystem vulnerability. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses in existing agricultural laws and policies, it assesses new and innovative tools for addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation in the agricultural sector, before laying out a future research agenda.

Scholars in the fields of climate change law, land use and agricultural law will find this key publication essential reading, as will practitioners desiring a deeper understanding of the agriculture and climate change nexus.

Contributors include: R.W. Adler, M.J. Angelo, R.M. Bratspies, A. Cosby, L.H. Gunderson, C. Häberli, K.H. Hirokawa, A. Kennedy, R. Kibugi, E. Le Gal, P. Martin, M. Nowlin, A. Odoemene, J.P. Pietrafesa , P.A. Pietrafesa, J.B. Ruhl, S. Sauer, E. Spiegel, J. Verschuuren

Edited by Mary Jane Angelo, Professor of Law and Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Program, University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, US and Anél du Plessis, Law Faculty Trust Chair, Department of Mercantile Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Contents:

1. Untangling the climate-food web: achieving food security and agricultural climate-resilience
Mary Jane Angelo

2. Climate change and agriculture under the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change and related documents
Jonathan Verschuuren

3. Resilience and transformation of agro-ecosystems in a changing climate
Lance H. Gunderson

4. Climate change, complexity, agriculture and challenged governance
Paul Martin

5. Climate change and water law in agriculture
Robert W. Adler

6. Climate change and invasive species law in agriculture: a southern hemisphere view of key legal and institutional issues in Australia
Elodie Le Gal

7. Genetically modified food crops in an era of climate change: an answer in search of a problem
Rebecca M. Bratspies

8. Adapting agriculture through land use controls
Keith H. Hirokawa

9. Much ado about methane: intensive animal agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions
Michelle Nowlin and Emily Spiegel

10. Adaptation of agricultural trade and investment rules to climate change
Christian Häberli

11. Agriculture and payments for ecosystem services in the era of climate change
J.B. Ruhl

12. Climate change and agrofuels: Brazilian ethanol and the Cerrado biome
Sérgio Sauer, José Paulo Pietrafesa and Pedro Araujo Pietrafesa

13. Adaptation to climate change in smallholder agriculture in Kenya: the role of law
Robert Kibugi

14. Agricultural land use conflict in the context of climate change: an Australian case study
Amanda Kennedy and Amy Cosby

15. Climate change and land grabbing
Akachi Odoemene

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Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Research Handbooks in Climate Law series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
ISBN-10	1-78471-063-6 / 1784710636
ISBN-13	978-1-78471-063-7 / 9781784710637
Zustand	Neuware