Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene
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.
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Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene
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.
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Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene

Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene

Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene

Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781529232905
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication date: 07/01/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 624

About the Author

Alexander Zahar is Honorary Professor at Macquarie Law School, Australia and Professor of International Law at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China.

Leonie Reins is Assistant Professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction – Alexander Zahar and Leonie Reins

2. Legal Principles and Rules on the Regulation of Climate Technologies: Do They Exist? – Marion Lemoine-Schonne

3. Using Nature As Technology Versus Nurturing Nature: Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Conservation – Felicity Deane and Justine Bell-James

4. A Radical Law Reform for Critical Raw Materials? The Case of Wind and Solar Pv – Seita Romppanen

5. Harnessing More Rivers for Renewable Energy and Irrigation – Alexander Zahar

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

7. Between Scylla and Charybdis? Beccs, Climate Mitigation, and the Threat of Environmental and Social Harm – Emily Webster

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

9. Whither Law and Regulation on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage? – Hao Zhang

10. What Are the Right Knowledge Practices for Carbon Capture and Storage? – Bettina Lange

11. Is Environmentalist Opposition to Nuclear Power Misguided? – Kaisa Huhta

12. Hydrogen: What Does Its Deployment at Speed and Scale Mean for Legal Systems? – Ruven Fleming

13. Gene Editing: Solution for Food Security and Energy-Crop Production or Pandora’s Box? – Mirta Alessandrini and Josephine Van Zeben

14. Cultured Meat: The Impact of a Game-Changing Technology on Law and Our Planet – Jonathan Verschuuren

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

16. Using the Law to Encourage Experimentation and Innovation in Climate Technology – Gareth Davies

17. Ban on Coal: Case for and Against Restrictions on Coal Production, Sale, and Use – Daria Shapovalova

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

19. A Just Energy Transition: The Usefulness, and Limits, of the Concept of Energy Justice From a Legal Perspective – Laura Kaschny

20. Debates Over Intellectual Property and Climate Change, in a Geopolitical Context – Matthew Rimmer

21. Is the Trips Debate a Distraction? – Felicity Deane

22. The Interface of Climate-Related Technologies and International Trade Law: Tensions and Opportunities – Kateryna Holzer and Yulia Yamineva

23. Debating the International Climate Regime’s Technology Architecture – Leonie Reins and Alberto Quintavalla

24. Reimagining Technology Transfer Beyond Development – Morag Goodwin

25. Conclusion – Alexander Zahar and Leonie Reins

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