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Book SynopsisClimate change has thrust us into a ''no-analog'' future in which climate disasters threaten to cause extraordinary damage, with little precedent to guide policymakers and private actors. Addressing such risks requires a firm grounding in disaster risk reduction, climate change policy, and environmental law. This
Research Handbook provides readers with that integrated foundation, investigating topics in international law as well as domestic programs from countries around the world. Because climate disasters affect both government and non-government actors, the
Research Handbook covers issues of both public and private law.
We know from the scientific literature and recent experience that the laws addressing natural disasters are insufficient to confront disasters amplified by climate change. The Research Handbook acknowledges that the majority of disasters are susceptible in some way to changes in the earth's climate and explores the barriers to, and opportunities for, finding legal solutions to the risks posed by such disasters. It shows that climate change must be considered in order to fully understand disaster risk and the respective legal and policy responses.
The Research Handbook also emphasizes the moral responsibility we have to move as quickly as possible to create a carbon-free economy.
This work will be of great appeal to legal scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in environmental law or climate change as it relates to international and domestic law and policy.
Contributors include: C.A. Arnold, C. Bakker, M. Burkett, S. Donald, J.D. Echeverria, D.A. Farber, M. Faure, M.B. Gerrard, Q. He, R. Kundis Craig, S. Kuo, D.A. Kysar, R. Lyster, T. Parejo-Navajas, J. Peel, L. Rajamani, S. Shapiro, T. Stephens, L.G. Sun, K. Tracy, R.R.M. Verchick, J. Verschuuren
Trade Review'As the global community struggles to reduce emissions to avoid the worst impacts of human induced climate change, climate disaster law is emerging as a new area of climate law that demands the attention of academics, policymakers and practicing lawyers alike. This book offers critical insights on the key climate issues we will have to contend with in years to come; the scale of which will largely depend on our collective effort to mitigate those issues today!' --Meinhard Doelle, Dalhousie University, Canada
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Climate Disaster Law Rosemary Lyster and Robert R. M. Verchick PART I INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CLIMATE DISASTERS 1. Wishful Thinking? The Governance of Climate Change-Related Disasters in the Anthropocene Tim Stephens 2. The Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities In the International Climate Change Regime Lavanya Rajamani 3. The Evolving Nature of Sovereignty in the Context of Climate Change Christine Bakker 4. International Environmental Law and Climate Disasters Jacqueline Peel 5. Climate-induced displacement and climate disaster law: Barriers and Opportunities Rosemary Lyster and Maxine Burkett PART II PUBLIC LAW AND CLIMATE DISASTERS 6. Governance Principles and Climate Disasters: Constitutional and Administrative Law Issues Daniel A. Farber 7. Disaster Law and Order Lisa Grow Sun 8. Occupational Health and Safety Law Sidney Shapiro and Katherine Tracy PART III ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND CLIMATE DISASTERS 9. Adaptive Law Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold 10. Planning for Climate Change Disaster Robert R. M. Verchick 11. Building and Construction Law Teresa Parejo-Navajas and Michael B. Gerrard 12. The Uneasy Case for Disaster Buyouts Susan S. Kuo 13. Water Law and Climate Disasters Robin Kundis Craig 14. Protecting the Power Grid from Climate Disasters Rosemary Lyster and Robert R. M. Verchick 15. The Law of the Polar Bear John Copeland Nagle 16. Agriculture, Climate disasters, and the Law Jonathan Verschuuren PART IV PRIVATE LAW AND CLIMATE DISASTERS 17. Tort Law and Normative Rupture R. Henry Weaver and Douglas A. Kysar 18. Climate Change and Property Law John D. Echeverria 19. Private Law and Climate Disasters: Insurance Law Michael Faure and Qihao He 20. Climate Change and Fiduciary Investors: Weathering a Disaster Scenario M. Scott Donald Index
