Home | Databases | WorldLII | Search | Feedback Edited Legal Collections Data

Peeters, Marjan; Deketelaere, Kurt --- "EU Climate Change Policy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006) [2006] ELECD 421

Editor(s): Peeters, Marjan; Deketelaere, Kurt

Title: EU Climate Change Policy

Sub-title: The Challenge of New Regulatory Initiatives

Series: New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series

Topics: Climate Change; Environmental Law; European Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 27 September 2006

Number of pages: 352

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845426057

EISBN: 9781847203090

Abstract/Description:

This book explores the current policy measures adopted by the EU in order to realize its Kyoto Protocol commitment and to prepare for further emission reductions after 2012.

EU Climate Change Policy focuses on legal instruments, with emissions trading at the forefront of the policy package, accompanied by directives on energy taxation, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Distinguished authors provide a commentary on each aspect of the policy measures, discussing both theoretical and practical aspects. Overall, it is concluded that whilst EU policy is very ‘green’, it needs to be developed further in a comprehensive and meaningful way.

With discussions on the current state of affairs of EU climate change policy, and on the issues that may shape its future agenda, this book will be of great interest to academics, civil servants, students and stakeholders.