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The Irish National Climate Change Strategy: New Laws, Future Policies?

2004

This paper is an overview of climate change law and policy in Ireland. It sketches the background to the international agreements covering climate change emissions. It also gives a brief summary of relevant European legislation. It then looks at the two Irish National Climate Change Strategy documents and summarises the relevant Irish legislation. Finally, it points to some possible developments in national policy in the future, looking particularly at initiatives in Scotland and New Zealand.

Climate change Law: from the Kyoto Protocol to present days and beyond

Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on Modern Approach in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021

Climate change today occupies an important place in international politics as one of the strange phenomena happening to the environment and as one of the phenomena that can cause many problems if awareness and care are not increased. To properly assess climate change, one must also look at the legal aspect of international law, as this issue has a global character and affects all countries in their way. What has been done in legal terms is not enough, although there is an orientation towards improving the legal aspect by trying to create legal conditions to control climate change and not be allowed to go out of the projections that have been made by science. This research could help us understand how abovementioned agreements made a huge impact on creating a legal regulation and policies which tries to protect the environment and natural resources affected, endangered or impacted by human activities. In this research the topic bound to make a combination of methods and approaches th...

The Copenhagen Accord and the future of the international climate change regime

Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental, 2010

This paper analyses the environmental integrity, the nature and the political relevance of the Copenhagen Accord. According to the first two parameters, the Copenhagen Accord is not satisfactory. From a political point of view the conclusion is slightly different, albeit not positive. This paper concludes arguing that after the Copenhagen Conference the future of the international climate change legal regime is likely to be more fragmented, the Accord being one further piece of the global carbon puzzle.

Climate Change Law and Policy in Ireland

2011

The Irish response to climate change seems to have gone through four distinct stages. The first stage, commencing with the first Government Strategy in 2000, included a mix of proposed policies in an attempt to reduce our carbon emissions across the economy. The second stage, unsurprisingly not officially acknowledged, seems to have been a retreat from this strategy and a return to 'business as usual'. The third stage began with a new National Strategy document issued in 2007.

Mitigation of Climate Change: Law, Policy and Governance

Proceedings Book of the International Conference on "Mitigation of Climate Change: Law, Policy and Governance" April 2014. CONTENTS 1. From the Desk of P.I.C. & Conference Director 2. Sponsor's Note 3. Delegates' Column 4. Inaugural Session Welcome Address and Introductory Remarks Professor (Dr.) Usha Tandon Professor-in-Charge & Conference Director Address by Guest of Honour Ms. Pinky Anand Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India Inaugural Address Hon'ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar Chairperson, National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Presidential Address Hon'ble Professor (Dr.) Dinesh Singh Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi Vote of Thanks Professor (Dr.) S.C. Raina Professor, CLC 5. Valedictory Session Welcome Address and Closing Remarks Professor (Dr.) Usha Tandon Professor-in-Charge &Conference Director Presentation of Conference Report Mr. Moatoshi Ao Assistant Professor & Conference Coordinator Address by Guest of Honour Mr. Sidharth Luthra Additional Solicitor General of India Address by Guest of Honour Professor (Dr.) J.L. Kaul Professor, CLC; Currently Vice-Chancellor, Vikram Univesity, Ujjain Valedictory Address Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri Judge, Supreme Court of India Presidential Address Mr. Mohan Parasaran Ld. Solicitor General of India Vote of Thanks Mr. S.K. Gupta Associate Professor, CLC 6. Welcome Dinner 7. Working Sessions Working Session – I Understanding Climate Change Causes Working Session – II Impact of Climate Change: Key Concerns Working Session – III UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and Beyond: Key Legal Issues Working Session – IV UNFCCC and International Environmental Principles Working Session – V The Climate Change and International Trade Law and Impact of Climate Change : Key Concerns Working Session – VI The Climate Change and Human Rights Law Working Session – VII Comparative / Domestic Climate Change Law and Policy &The Climate Change and Human Rights Law Working Session – VIII Comparative / Domestic Climate Change Law and Policy Working Session – IX Comparative / Domestic Climate Change Law and Policy 8. Summary of Discussions 9. Cultural Event 10. List of Participants 11. Organising Committee 12. Program Details 13. Glimpses of the Conference