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Book SynopsisClimate change is causing a geological transition, defining a new era in which the Earth System is configured through human action. The emergence of a global polity through physical, economic and social interaction demands a global response to this phenomenon which cannot be modelled on traditional political and legal concepts centred around the nation-state. This Research Handbook explores the implementation of climate constitutionalism on a global scale, considering both language and substance in order to design adequate normative patterns for addressing climate change.
Against the narrative of the Anthropocene and its implications for the law, carefully curated chapters provide a critical approach to global environmental constitutionalism, analysing the problems of sustainability and global equity that are so necessarily intertwined with the causes and consequences of climate change. Recognising the adaptation and mitigation demands implied by climate change, this astute Handbook explores how to develop constitutional discourses and strategies to address these issues, and thereby tackle the negative effects of climate change whilst also advancing a more sustainable, equitable and responsible global society.
Timely and engaging, this Research Handbook will prove vital reading for students and scholars of environmental, constitutional and administrative law and policy. Climate change practitioners, policy makers and activists will also find its insights highly informative.
Contributors include: S. Atapattu, S. Borràs, K. Bosselmann, E. Cocciolo, G.M. Cuadros, E. Daly, P. de Araujo Ayala, B.H. Desai, R.J. Heffron, A. Hornborg, J. Jaria-Manzano, L.J. Kotzé, J.R. May, D. McCauley, K. Morrow, M. Powers, J.M. Pureza, B.K. Sidhu, A. Sinden
Trade Review'Anyone concerned about an orderly and principled human response to the planetary consequences of climate change will find guidance and insight in this collection of engaged essays ranging from conceptual perspectives on global governance and justice through to practical and institutional analysis of the ongoing transition in energy systems.' --Jamie Benidickson, University of Ottawa, Canada
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Global Climate Constitutionalism Jordi Jaria-Manzano and Susana Borràs 2. The Anthropocene Challenge to our Worldview Alf Hornborg 3. Law in the Anthropocene Jordi Jaria-Manzano 4. A global environmental constitution for the Anthropocene’s climate crisis Louis J. Kotzé 5. The Atmosphere as a Global Commons Klaus Bosselmann 6. Global environmental constitutionalism as a constitutionalism of the Earth José Rubens Morato Leite and Patryck de Araujo Ayala 7. Global Constitutionalism as an Ambivalent Script José Manuel Pureza 8. The Fragility of Climate, Human Responsibility and Finding the Impetus to Act Decisively―Investigating the Potential of the Ethics of Care Karen Morrow 9. A Human Rights Framework for the Anthropocene Amy Sinden 10. Climate Change as a Common Concern of Humankind. Some Reflections on International Law-making Process Bharat H. Desai and Balraj K. Sidhu 11. Environmental Rights, Responsibility and Care: A New Constitutional Paradigm Gregorio Mesa Cuadros 12. Environmental Justice, Climate Justice and Constitutionalism: Protecting Vulnerable States and Communities Sumudu Attapatu 13. Climate Migration, Gender and Poverty Susana Borràs 14. Global Climate Constitutionalism and Justice in the Courts James R. May and Erin Daly 15. Energy Transition: Reforming Social Metabolism Melissa Powers 16. Capitalocene, Thermocene and the Earth System: Global law and Connectivity in the Anthropocene Age Endrius Cocciolo 17. Beyond Energy Justice: Towards a Just Transition Raphael Heffron and Darren McCauley 18. Conclusion: Exploring a Constitution for the Climate Jordi Jaria-Manzano Index
