scholarly journals International Law and Policy Considerations for Shipping's Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldo Chircop ◽  
Meinhard Doelle ◽  
Ryan Gauvin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International Law ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ON FORESTRY BASED ON REED+ IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INDONESIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 490
Author(s):  
Sukanda Husin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Law ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Carbon Sinks ◽  
Forestry Sector ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Carbon Project ◽  
Change Mitigation

The Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol are designated to restrict and reduce the emissions of GHG through three mechanisms, i.e., carbon sinks, bubbling schemes and flexibility mechanisms. All mechanisms are designed for developed countries Parties. The developing countries Parties do not have such obligations. However, the developing countries are given chance to participate in achieving the Protocol’s objectives through REDD+, especially to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide in forestry sector. Indonesia has enacted several regulations for implementing REDD+ Program. To this date, Indonesia has had carbon project mechanisms and succeeded to realize 40 projects in the period of 2008-2012.Keywords: climate change, mitigation, REDD+. Konvensi Perubahan Iklim dan Protokol Kyoto dirancang untuk membatasi dan mengurangi emisi GRK melalui 3 (tiga) mekanisme, yaitu carbon sinks, bubbling schemesdan flexibility  mechanisms. Semua mekanisme tersebut ditujukan untuk Pihak negara maju. Negara berkembang tidak dibebani kewajiban seperti itu. Tapi negara berkembang diberi kesempatan untuk berpartisipasi mencapai tujuan Protokol melalui REDD+, yang secara khusus dibuat untuk mengurangi emisi karbon dioksida di sektor kehutanan. Indonesia telah membuat beberapa peraturan untuk menerapkan Program REDD+. Sampai saat ini, Indonesia telah membuat mekanisme proyek karbon dan berhasil mendapatkan 40 proyek dalam kurun waktu 2008-2012.

Climate Change Triage

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah M. Sachs
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
International Law ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Climate Policies ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Change Mitigation

Climate change is the first global triage crisis. It is caused by the overuse of a severely limited natural resource—the atmosphere’s capacity to absorb greenhouse gases—and millions of lives depend on how international law allocates this resource among nations.This Article is the first to explore solutions for climate change mitigation through the lens of triage ethics, drawing on law, philosophy, moral theory, and economics. The literature on triage ethics—developed in contexts such as battlefield trauma, organ donation, emergency medicine, and distribution of food and shelter—has direct implications for climate change policy and law, yet it has been overlooked by climate change scholars. The triage lens rules out climate policies—including the current emissions path—that will lead to catastrophic warming, and it puts options on the table that are marginalized in the current United Nations negotiations on a climate change agreement.This Article examines three allocation principles that could potentially apply in climate change triage—utilitarianism, egalitarianism, and a market-based distribution—and it concludes that egalitarianism is the preferable allocation principle from the standpoint of ethics and international law. This Article ends by exploring four major policy implications that emerge from viewing climate change through the lens of triage.

Mediated versus Cumulative Environmental Damage and the International Law Association’s Legal Principles on Climate Change

Climate Law ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 217-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Zahar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International Law ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Legal Principle ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Change Mitigation

The content of international climate change law is being subjected to investigation and critical analysis after twenty years of international policy on climate change. The ila’s Legal Principles Relating to Climate Change are a contribution to this discussion. The ila has put forth a ‘principle of prevention’ as being not just relevant to, but at the very foundation of, climate change law—in particular mitigation law. In their article in this issue of the journal, Schwarte and Frank focus on the ila’s reliance on the prevention principle, endorsing the ila’s approach in this respect. However, as I argue in this comment, the principle of prevention is neither applicable nor of relevance to the problem of climate change, and thus cannot be an element of climate change mitigation law. I also question the ila’s utilization of another legal principle—the precautionary principle—as a basis for the development of an international law of adaptation.

scholarly journals A survey of ASEAN instruments relating to peatlands, mangroves and other wetlands: The REDD+ context

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Kheng-Lian Koh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Selection Of

Since the 13th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in November 2007, held in Singapore, ASEAN has accelerated its response to climate change issues, including REDD+ as a mechanism for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to enhance conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. There are many wetlands in ASEAN including more than 25 million ha of peatlands spread over Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Philippines, Vietnam and Lao PDR. The peatlands account for 60 per cent of global tropical peatland resources. They are of significance for sequestration of carbon. However, degraded wetlands, including peatlands, are also a major source of greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. Of the types of wetlands, ASEAN has focused attention predominantly on peatlands in relation to REDD+, mainly because of the ‘Indonesian Haze’. The Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) organised a Workshop titled, REDD+ and Legal Regimes of Mangroves, Peatland and Other Wetlands: ASEAN and the World, in Singapore from 15-16 November 2012. The articles contained in this special themed edition of the International Journal of Rural Law and Policy (IJRLP) contains a selection of the papers presented. This editorial will provide a brief background to some aspects of REDD+. Included in this issue of IJRLP is a summary of the proceedings of the workshop as interpreted by the assigned rapporteur and editors of APCEL. These summaries were reviewed and approved by the presenters.

scholarly journals Geoengineering : ocean iron fertilisation and the law of the sea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Saadi Radcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International Law ◽  
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Current State ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
The Law ◽  
Change Mitigation

<p>Climate change mitigation is one the greatest challenges facing humankind. Recent attempts at reducing carbon emissions have stalled. Various proposals have been made that aim to reduce the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide through geoengineering. One such technique is ocean iron fertilisation. This paper examines the current state of international law surrounding geoengineering practices involving the sea, with a predominant focus on ocean iron fertilisation, to evaluate the law’s appropriateness and effectiveness at regulating this conduct. This paper concludes that the current law lacks certainty and clarity. It proposes that the law would be more effective through a legally binding amendment to the London Convention and Protocol, stronger domestic legislation and the removal of economic incentives.</p>

CLIMATE ASSESSMENT AS AN EMERGING OBLIGATION UNDER CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-308
Author(s):  
Benoit Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International Law ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Climate Assessment ◽  
The Law ◽  
Change Mitigation

AbstractEnvironmental assessment (EA) is established in most countries as a procedure to ensure that administrative authorities are aware of the environmental impacts likely to result from the activities they approve. Many jurisdictions have moved towards including consideration for climate change mitigation in EA. Through a review of the law and practice of various States, this article suggests that such Climate Assessment is now emerging as a norm of customary international law.

Climate Change Mitigation Law and Policy of the BRICs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Leal-Arcas ◽  
Mariam Al Zarkani ◽  
Lina Jbara ◽  
Marianna Margaritidou ◽  
Ruqaya Mohamed Mubwana
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
Change Mitigation
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