Climate and Energy Governance for the UK Low Carbon Transition The Climate Change Act 2008 /

• Main Author: Muinzer, Thomas L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Environmental policy.; Environmental law.; International environmental law.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environment Studies.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Policy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; International Environmental Law.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

The UK Climate Change Act was the first case of a country implementing blanket legally binding long-term emissions reduction targets in order to combat climate change. This book provides the first accessible and in-depth analysis of the UK's complex Climate Change Act framework, presenting the...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Lord Deben
• 1 Background to the Climate Change Framework
• 2 The Content of the Act
• 3 Multilevel Drivers: The International Level, and the Devolved Level (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
• 4 Conclusions.