Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 5 (2011), Issue 1, Page 124 - 131

Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees by Laura Westra. London, UK: Earthscan, 2009. 302 pp., £65.00, hardback. Environmental problems such as climate change are increasingly posing severe challenges for vulnerable communities of the Global South. As a result, millions of people are forced to flee the deteriorating living circumstances. Meanwhile, their rights are not adequately protected through international law.

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 5 (2011), Issue 2, Page 295 - 303

Review Essay: Ethics and International Adaptation Funding Justice in Funding Adaptation under the International Climate Change Regime by Marco Grasso. Berlin: Springer, 2010. 184 pp., £90.00, hardback.

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 4 (2010), Issue 4, Page 404 - 412

With its multiplicity of causes and consequences, its potential for causing damage and harming individuals on a large scale, and its borderless character, it was only a matter of time before climate change made its way into court. And like other major social issues, the appeal of litigation not only resulted from the urgency and importance of climate change, but also from the inadequate or inexistent legal and policy responses to it. In a context where inaction, whether in Washington, Brussels or Copenhagen, can only lead to more

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 4 (2010), Issue 3, Page 304 - 314

At a moment when international negotiations have run into stalemate and the international community procrastinates concluding an urgently needed climate agreement, this book is an important reminder that tackling climate change is not just a matter for states and world leaders. Bringing about effective mitigation and adaptation action depends largely on the capabilities of the private sector and the appropriateness of corporate responses. With Corporate Responses to Climate Change, Rory Sullivan, editor and co-author of this book, presents an informed, well-researched and neatly-written analytical study on the state of play and the merits of corporate self-regulation as part of the regulatory framework of climate change policy.

Harro van Asselt, Michael Mehling

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 4 (2010), Issue 3, Page 215 - 218

Does the European Union still matter when it comes to mitigating global climate change? While this question may appear overly dramatized, observers of the international climate change debate have started to wonder whether the EU is still able to influence the course of negotiations on a post-2012 climate regime. Contrary to a wide misperception, the EU did have a seat at the table when the Copenhagen Accord was being drafted in December 2009. Yet the final agreement is seen primarily as a deal brokered between the United States and China. On crucial issues, the Accord does not reflect the official negotiating stance of the EU. Among many other elements, it does not provide an indication of how – let alone when – to arrive at a legally binding agreement, nor does it set out specific levels of greenhouse gas emissions that major emitters should achieve in coming years.

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 4 (2010), Issue 2, Page 13

he Climate Change Realm? A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change: The Role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by Bert Bolin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 277 pp., £ 20.99, paperback. “During the first week of November 1993 (…) I was invited back to the Netherlands to give the Huygens Lecture (…). It was interesting that the theme of global warming had been chosen and also that the podium for my presentation was the pulpit of a big church. This was undoubtedly an interesting experience,

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 2 (2008), Issue 4, Page 5

o World, edited by Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 408 pp., £18.99, paperback Architectures for Agreement is an edited collection of papers by a number of highly qualified authors which canvasses options for international cooperation in addressing global climate change. The book takes an interesting approach to the collective action problem in a post-2012 world by considering not only possible top-down international frameworks based on national or private sector company targets, but al

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 3 (2009), Issue 4, Page 7

, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2008, 282 pp., $49.95, hardcover. The most recent scientific evidence makes it clear that human activity has noticeably contributed to the increased concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, thickening the greenhouse gas layer around the globe, altering the carbon cycle and, ultimately, changing climatic patterns. These dynamics are expected to generate an array of impacts on our planet, especially on poorer countries. However, this evidence has not yet prompted adequate

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 3 (2009), Issue 1, Page 8

ntation, by Jon Birger Skjærseth and Jørgen Wettestad. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2008. 230 pp., USD 99.95, hardback. Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme: Rights, Rents and Fairness, edited by A. Denny Ellerman, Barbara K. Buchner and Carlo Carraro. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 442 pp., USD 128, hardback. EU Energy Law, Volume IV EU Environmental Law: The EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme, edited by Jos Delbeke. Leuven, Belgium: Claeys & Casteels, 2006. 470 pp., € 240,00, hardback.

Harro van Asselt

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 3 (2009), Issue 3, Page 6

lman, Catherine Redgwell, Yinka O Omorogbe, and Lila K Barrera–Hernández Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2008. 562 pp., £89.95, hardback, The starting point of this edited book is the observation, derived from the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2006, that the world is currently facing a significant transition away from the traditional energy model based on the burning of fossil fuels. This transition “beyond the carbon economy” is a consequence of overwhelming scientific evidence regarding climate change and o