Chapter 16: International Law in Times of Climate Change

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Peter H. Sand & Jonathan B. Wiener, “Towards a New International Law of the Atmosphere?” (2016) 7:2 Göttingen Journal of International Law 195

Chris Hilson, “It’s All about Climate Change, Stupid! Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Law and Climate Law” (2013) 25:3 Journal of Environmental Law 359

ECJ judgment (Grand Chamber), Case C-366/10, ATA v. Secretary of State for Energy, judgment of 21 December 2011, doc. 62010CJ0366

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Rosemary Rayfuse & Shirley V. Scott (eds.), International Law in the Era of Climate Change (Edward Elgar, 2012)

Harro van Asselt, The Fragmentation of Global Climate Governance: Consequences and Management of Regime Interactions (Edward Elgar, 2014)

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CBD decision X/33, “Biodiversity and climate change” (Nagoya, 18-29 October 2010)

Decision 21/CP.22, “Gender and climate change” (17 November 2016)

HRC, 35/20, “Human rights and climate change” (22 June 2017)

HRC, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau (13 August 2012), doc. A/67/299

Benoit Mayer, The Concept of Climate Migration: Advocacy and its Prospects (Edward Elgar, 2016)

Benoit Mayer, “Human Rights in the Paris Agreement” (2016) 6 Climate Law 109

Burns H. Weston & David Bollier, Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Deok-Young Park (ed.), Legal Issues on Climate Change and International Trade Law (Springer, 2016)

Andrea Gattini, “Between Splendid Isolation and Tentative Imperialism: The EU’s Extension of its Emission Trading Scheme to International Aviation and the ECJ’s Judgment in the ATA Case” (2012) 61:4 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 977

Duncan French & Lavanya Rajamani, “Climate Change and International Environmental Law: Musings on a Journey to Somewhere” (2013) 25:3 Journal of Environmental Law 437

Edward Cameron & Marc Limon, “Restoring the Climate by Realizing Rights: The Role of the International Human Rights System” (2012) 21:3 Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 204

James W. Coleman, “Unilateral Climate Regulation” (2014) 38:1 Harvard Environmental Law Review 87

Joanne Scott, “The Geographical Scope of the EU’s Climate Responsibilities” (2015) 17 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 92

Margaret A. Young, “Trade Measures to Address Environmental Concerns in Faraway Places: Jurisdictional Issues” (2014) 23:3 Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 302

Navraj Singh Ghaleigh & David Rossati, “The spectre of carbon border-adjustment measures” (2011) 2:1 Climate Law 63

Rafael Leal-Arcas, “Climate Change Mitigation from the Bottom Up: Using Preferential Trade Agreements to Promote Climate Change Mitigation” (2013) 88:2 Carbon & Climate Law Review 34

Siri H, Eriksen, Andrea J. Nightingale & Hallie Eakin, “Reframing adaptation: The political nature of climate change adaptation” (2015) 35 Global Environmental Change 523

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