Chapter 21: Fighting a hard battle with a soft weapon: is international climate change law softening?

• Auteur principal: Kulovesi, Kati (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Recio, María Eugenia (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2023
• Sujets: LB; Climate change; International law; Softening of international law; Paris Agreement; Bottom-up; Top-down
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Is international climate change law softening? We take issue with the widely shared perception that the Paris Agreement constitutes a substantial step towards the softening of international climate change law, marking a shift from legally-binding climate change mitigation obligations under the Kyoto...