Burger / Turner Urban Climate Law

An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55405-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers

Aimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burger, Michael

Turner, Amy E.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Note on Terminology and Glossary
Introduction
1. Cross-Cutting Legal Concepts
2. Equity
3. Buildings
4. Reducing Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
5. Scaling Up Renewable Energy
6. Decarbonizing a City’s Waste
Conclusion
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Burger is the executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and a senior research scholar at Columbia Law School. His previous books include Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (third edition, 2023). He is also of counsel at Sher Edling LLP.

Amy E. Turner is the director of the Cities Climate Law Initiative at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and an associate research scholar at Columbia Law School. She previously cofounded a climate nonprofit and practiced environmental law in New York City.