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Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement

Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement

Author: Alexander Zahar
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781800886735
Published In: May 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This comprehensive Research Handbook sets out a systematic analysis of the Paris Agreement taking into account developments since it entered into force in 2016. It explores the treaty’s capacity, as an instrument of international law, to compel state action to address the universal threat of climate change.

Highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the Paris Agreement in light of state practice, each chapter contains a critical examination of a separate aspect of the treaty in order to aid understanding of its legal force. Eminent scholars with experience on Paris Agreement law explore how the agreement’s efficacy relies heavily upon the good will of states, sui generis domestic initiatives, forceful climate law at the domestic level, and other contextual factors such as international peace and cooperation. Acknowledging the weak legal substance of the Paris Agreement, the expert contributors propose new avenues of scholarly inquiry as well as new directions in the fight against climate change.

The Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement will prove beneficial for scholars, researchers, and students of law, environmental studies, and politics and public policy. Legal practitioners, ministries of foreign affairs, and international NGOs concerned with environmental issues and human rights will also benefit from the book’s practical implications.

Optimism and pessimism about the Paris Agreement 1

Alexander Zahar

Operational readiness of the Paris Agreement’s institutional framework 21

Christoph Schwarte and Olivia Tattarletti

The legal principles of the Paris Agreement: familiarity in novelty 43

Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli and Mara Wendebourg

‘Collective’ state obligation to achieve the objective of the Paris Agreement: can it bridge the gap between collective ambition and individual state action? 60

Niklas S. Reetz and Sandrine Maljean-Dubois

A legal standard for state mitigation efforts: is national discretion bound to shrink over time? 82

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé

The Paris Agreement’s facilitative approach: a compliance-inducing design? 104

Imogen Forster and Anna Huggins

Ambition-raising and ambition-reducing features of the Paris Agreement 126

Rueanna Haynes and Lisa Benjamin

The Paris Agreement’s ‘nationally determined contribution’: law and practice 143

Alexander Zahar

The Paris Agreement’s contribution to the development of the law on adaptation 167

Lauren Nishimura

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