Overview

The issue is no longer whether climate change is happening; it is rather what we should now be doing about it. Drawing together key thinkers and policy experts, this unique volume - also a Special Issue of the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment - engages with the human dimensions of climate change, offering a timely intervention into contemporary debates about the challenging relationship between law and society in a time of climate crisis. The result is an imaginative, well-informed and provocative collection of contemporary engagements with the greatest challenge of the age, concerned not only to understand the current crisis but to offer perspectives on how it can be addressed. At the heart of this volume is the conviction that change is urgent, possible and morally imperative.

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Author:   Anna Grear ,  Conor Gearty
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.90cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781783477234

ISBN 10:   1783477237
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 June 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

EDITORIAL Choosing a Future: The Social and Legal Aspects of Climate Change Anna Grear and Conor Gearty INSIGHTS AND CONVERSATIONS: SPEAKING OF POLICY An Interview with Connie Hedegaard, European Union Commissioner for Climate Action Conor Gearty Social and Legal Aspects of Climate Change Mary Robinson An interview with Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice Conor Gearty ARTICLES Climate Ethics and Human Rights John H Knox Directional Climate Justice: The Normative Relationship Between Moral Claim Rights and Directed Obligations Marcus Hedahl Changing Images Of Climate Change: Human Rights And Future Generations Henry Shue Trade in the Service of Climate Change Mitigation: The Question of Linkage Olivier De Schutter Towards ‘Climate Justice’? A Critical Reflection on Legal Subjectivity and Climate Injustice: Warning Signals, Patterned Hierarchies, Directions for Future Law and Policy Anna Grear Climate Justice: The Claim of the Past Stephen Humphreys Index

Reviews

'Congratulations to the editors , Anna Grear and Conor Gearty, on Choosing a Future: The Social and Legal Aspects of Climate Change. It is a fine publication and a superb contribution to a growing evidence base to support climate justice. I appreciate the hard work and dedication that went into such an ambitious publication; one that will certainly inform ongoing discussions on how to remedy the climate crisis. The focus as we approach 2015 must be on how to solve the climate crisis is a way that is fair and informed by human rights. This is the only approach that will ensure that climate actions are good for the planet and for people. This publication-and the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment generally-is a great contribution to the international discourse.' -- Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, Ireland

Author Information

Edited by Anna Grear, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand and the late Conor Gearty, formerly Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Institute for Public Affairs, London School of Economics, UK

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