Transnational Climate Law

• Published in: Transnational environmental law Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 191 - 200
• Main Authors: Etty, Thijs, Heyvaert, Veerle, Carlarne, Cinnamon, Farber, Dan, Huber, Bruce, van Zeben, Josephine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Agreements; Air pollution; Biodiversity; Carbon; Climate change; Cooperation; Councils; Deforestation; Editorial; Emissions; Energy industry; Environmental impact; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Fossil fuels; Greenhouse effect; International; International law; International organizations; Pollutants; Regulation; Tobacco industry; Transnationalism; Water pollution; United States > US; Arctic region
• ISSN: 2047-1025; 2047-1033
• DOI: 10.1017/S2047102518000183

Climate change has been a prime arena for the development of transnational environmental law. Because climate change involves global systems with complex local linkages, the governance regime mixes the local and the global. National governments have taken action unilaterally and have been joined by non-state actors, which include subnational governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Subnational governments have also entered into cooperation agreements with each other and with foreign nations. Thus, climate change law has broken through the traditional boundaries of international law, requiring a shift to the new paradigm of transnational law.