Governing Climate Change: Global Cities and Transnational Lawmaking

✍ Scribed by Jolene Lin

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 223
• Series: Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cities are no longer just places to live in. They are significant actors on the global stage, and nowhere is this trend more prominent than in the world of transnational climate change governance (TCCG). Through transnational networks that form links between cities, states, international organizations, corporations, and civil society, cities are developing and implementing norms, practices, and voluntary standards across national boundaries. In introducing cities as transnational lawmakers, Jolene Lin provides an exciting new perspective on climate change law and policy, offering novel insights about the reconfiguration of the state and the nature of international lawmaking as the involvement of cities in TCCG blurs the public/private divide and the traditional strictures of 'domestic' versus 'international'. This illuminating book should be read by anyone interested in understanding how cities - in many cases, more than the countries in which they're located - are addressing the causes and consequences of climate change.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1 Global Cities, Climate Change, and Transnational Lawmaking
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Subject Matter of This Book: The Lawmaking Role of Five Cities in Transnational Climate Change Governance
1.3 Chapter Outline
2 Theoretical Framework
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theoretical Overview
2.3 Conclusion
3 The Rise of the City in International Affairs
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Urban Participation in International Legal and Political Processes
3.3 The Global Urban Agenda
3.4 Conclusion
4 City Action on Climate Change
4.1 Introduction
4.2 London
4.3 Mexico City
4.4 New York City
4.5 Rotterdam
4.6 Seoul
4.7 Conclusion
5 Transnational Urban Climate Governance via Networks: The Case of C40
5.1 Introduction
5.2 A Brief Introduction to Transnational Municipal Networks in the Area of Climate Change
5.3 C40
5.4 Conclusion
6 Cities as Transnational Lawmakers
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Soft Law and Voluntary Standards
6.3 The Workings of Urban Climate Law
6.4 The Interaction between Urban Climate Law and the UNFCCC Regime
6.5 Conclusion
7 A Normative Assessment of Urban Climate Law
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Evaluating Urban Climate Law in the Transnational Regime Complex Context
7.3 Reflecting on the Significance of Cities for the Study of International Law
7.4 Conclusion
8 Conclusion
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Research Findings
8.3 Implications of the Research
8.4 Avenues for Future Research
8.5 Final Remarks
Select Bibliography
Interviews
Index