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Plessis, Willemien du; Powers, Melissa --- "Preface" [2012] ELECD 713; in Richardson, J. Benjamin (ed), "Local Climate Change Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Local Climate Change Law

Editor(s): Richardson, J. Benjamin

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857937476

Section Title: Preface

Author(s): Plessis, Willemien du; Powers, Melissa

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Preface

The role that local governments can and should play in addressing climate
change has become an increasingly important issue as many national govern-
ments retreat from their domestic and international commitments to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and develop adaptation strategies. While many
people may be familiar with particular local actions taken by a city or commu-
nity near them, this book provides a broad, comparative view of local actions
to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It will, we believe, serve as a template
for future collaborations in which scholars and practitioners from around the
world can learn from other governments' successes and failures in trying to
address a global environmental crisis.
This publication also serves as an important reminder of the role that
collaborative scholarship can play in advancing environmental legal knowl-
edge and skills. This book is endorsed by the Research Committee of the
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (IUCN Academy). Since its founding
in 2003, the IUCN Academy has worked to bring environmental law scholars
and teachers together to promote a greater understanding of international and
domestic environmental law. The IUCN Academy hosts an annual colloquium
in which hundreds of scholars gather to discuss their research and learn from
each other. Since 2008, the IUCN Academy has also organized workshops
focused on specific environmental issues. The IUCN Academy also publishes
an online e-journal providing readers with updates of emerging environmental
issues from around the globe and peer-edited articles focused on critical envi-
ronmental issues. ...