Principles on Climate Obligations of Enterprises 2nd Edition

Name: Principles on Climate Obligations of Enterprises 2nd Edition
Brand: Eleven International Publishing
SKU: 9789462361683
Price: 532.00 HKD
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Author: Expert Group on Climate Obligations of Enterprises
ISBN: 9789462361683

By Expert Group on Climate Obligations of Enterprises

Eleven International Publishing November 2020

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ISBN-13: 9789462361683
Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
Publication: November 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Climate change is the most important challenge humankind ever faced. GHG emissions must be reduced at great pace and to a significant extent to keep global warming below fatal thresholds. This can only be achieved if the obligations of major players are sufficiently clear.

The Principles on Climate Obligations of Enterprises’ main focus is on the obligations of enterprises. They identify the reduction obligations, and articulate a series of related obligations. The Principles aim to provide a legal basis for active investment management and engagement geared at stimulating enterprises to comply with their legal obligations.

This edition also contains obligations of accountants, credit rating agencies, (re)insurers and attorneys. An extensive commentary explains the Principles and their legal underpinning.

The members of the Expert Group are: Jaap Spier, Bastiaan Kock, Brian J. Preston, Daniël Witte, Thomas Pogge, Philip Sutherland, Yann Aguila, Jörg Fedtke, Miquel Martin Casals, Qin Tianbao, Eva Schulev-Steindl, Jim Silk, Jessica Simor, and Elisabeth Steiner.

PREFACES; TEXT OF THE PRINCIPLES; GENERAL COMMENTARY; 1.
Members of the group: 2.
Our website: 3.
Concerned, and unprepared: the known knowns: 4.
Concerned and allegedly prepared: 5.
Ignorance: 6.
From global warming to climate crisis: 7.
Why an update?: 8.
The purpose of the Principles: 9.
Promising initiatives: 10.
Why an emphasis on the corporate sector?: 11.
Key features: general observations: 12.
Key features: more emphasis on activities, products and services: 13.
Key features: obligations of players in a position to bring about; tangible change: 14.
Unwilling to take action: the costs are too high?: 15.
Vague Principles, laudable Declarations, but concretisation important: 16.
Principles as concrete as possible: 17.
A special regime for fossil fuel enterprises?; 18 Attribution of GHG emissions; 19 A circular economy?; 20 The 2050 paradigm: aligning with the Paris Agreement: hoping for a bright future: 21.
Let us focus on what needs to be done in the ten years to come: 22.
Legal basis: 23.
Not one size fits all: 24.
Not all or nothing: 25.
No bullet proof interpretation: 26.
Bold interpretation in case of doubt?: 27.
Gap filling obligations: 28.
The law as a living instrument: 29.
Role of courts: 30.
Climate change and the other sustainability goals: 31.
The temporal effect of the update: COMMENTARY TO THE PRINCIPLES; Use of the previous version of the commentary; Finally; Bibliography; Case law