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Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene


Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene


1. First Edition

von: Alexander Zahar, Leonie Reins

CHF 80.00

Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 01.05.2025
ISBN/EAN: 9781529232905
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 624

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As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing. This book explores the urgent technological and legal changes needed to keep global warming below 2°C and navigate the "Anthropocene." Revealing the controversies of rapid technological adoption and legal reform, experts provide realistic solutions for a complex future.
<p>1. Introduction – Alexander Zahar and Leonie Reins</p>
<p> 2. Legal Principles and Rules on the Regulation of Climate Technologies: Do They Exist? – Marion Lemoine-Schonne</p>
<p> 3. Using Nature As Technology Versus Nurturing Nature: Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Conservation – Felicity Deane and Justine Bell-James</p>
<p> 4. A Radical Law Reform for Critical Raw Materials? The Case of Wind and Solar Pv – Seita Romppanen</p>
<p> 5. Harnessing More Rivers for Renewable Energy and Irrigation – Alexander Zahar</p>
<p> 6. Are Renewable Energy Technologies Compatible With Rewilding? Migratory Species, Local Ecosystems, and the Controversies About Dams and Wind Turbines – Phillip Paiement and Floor Fleurke</p>
<p> 7. Between Scylla and Charybdis? Beccs, Climate Mitigation, and the Threat of Environmental and Social Harm – Emily Webster</p>
<p> 8. Law of the Sea Vis-à-Vis Ocean-Based Technological Solutions, and Risks Arising From Technology in the Context of Knowledge Gaps About the Ocean/the Deep Seas – Bjørn-Oliver Magsig</p>
<p> 9. Whither Law and Regulation on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage? – Hao Zhang</p>
<p> 10. What Are the Right Knowledge Practices for Carbon Capture and Storage? – Bettina Lange</p>
<p> 11. Is Environmentalist Opposition to Nuclear Power Misguided? – Kaisa Huhta</p>
<p> 12. Hydrogen: What Does Its Deployment at Speed and Scale Mean for Legal Systems? – Ruven Fleming</p>
<p> 13. Gene Editing: Solution for Food Security and Energy-Crop Production or Pandora’s Box? – Mirta Alessandrini and Josephine Van Zeben</p>
<p> 14. Cultured Meat: The Impact of a Game-Changing Technology on Law and Our Planet – Jonathan Verschuuren</p>
<p> 15. Case for Srm to Be Fully Researched and Raised to a State of Deployment Readiness as an Important Technology of Climate Control – Kerryn Brent, Jan McDonald, and Jeffrey McGee</p>
<p> 16. Using the Law to Encourage Experimentation and Innovation in Climate Technology – Gareth Davies</p>
<p> 17. Ban on Coal: Case for and Against Restrictions on Coal Production, Sale, and Use – Daria Shapovalova</p>
<p> 18. Should a Government Be Liable to Compensate the Owner of a Carbon-Intensive Industry That Is Required to Cease Operating Before the End of Its Expected Operational Life? – Ignacio Herrera-Anchustegui and Gunnar Eskeland</p>
<p> 19. A Just Energy Transition: The Usefulness, and Limits, of the Concept of Energy Justice From a Legal Perspective – Laura Kaschny</p>
<p> 20. Debates Over Intellectual Property and Climate Change, in a Geopolitical Context – Matthew Rimmer</p>
<p> 21. Is the Trips Debate a Distraction? – Felicity Deane</p>
<p> 22. The Interface of Climate-Related Technologies and International Trade Law: Tensions and Opportunities – Kateryna Holzer and Yulia Yamineva</p>
<p> 23. Debating the International Climate Regime’s Technology Architecture – Leonie Reins and Alberto Quintavalla</p>
<p> 24. Reimagining Technology Transfer Beyond Development – Morag Goodwin</p>
<p> 25. Conclusion – Alexander Zahar and Leonie Reins</p>
<p>Alexander Zahar is Honorary Professor at Macquarie Law School, Australia and Professor of International Law at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China. </p>
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<p> Leonie Reins is Assistant Professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society, the Netherlands.</p>
<p>• A review of the main climate technologies: The reader will benefit from an overview of the technological “solutions” that will soon dominate our world.</p>
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<p> • The friction points of technology and the law: Deployment at scale of each of the technological answers to climate change will face legal obstacles, which are explored here for the first time in full.</p>
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<p> • Wide range of expert contributors reviewing various sides of the debate on each issue, but also presenting their own view and stimulating critical debate.</p>