The international climate regime and its driving-forces [[electronic resource] ] : obstacles and chances on the way to a global response to the problem of climate change / / Ben Witthaus

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461955603321
• Autore: Witthaus Ben
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2012
• ISBN: 3-8428-2383-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (142 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.2404; 344.2404/6342
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Government policy; Climatic changes - International cooperation; Environmental policy - Government policy; Environmental policy - International cooperation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: The International Climate Regimeand its Driving-Forces: Obstacles and Chances on the Way to a Global Response to the Problem of Climate Change; Table of content; Table of figures; Appendixes; 1. Introduction; 2. Scientific and economical consequences of anthropogenic climate change; 2.1. The natural and anthropogenic greenhouse effect; 2.1.1. The IPCC and its 4th Assessment Report; 2.1.2. The Stern Review and the economics of climate change; 3. The regime theory; 3.1. Three schools of thought within the theory of international regime; 3.1.1. The interest-based approach; 3.1.1.1. Two-level games3.1.2. The power-based approach; 3.1.3. The knowledge-based approach; 3.2. Application of the three approaches to the issue area of climate change; 4. The issue area of climate change current climate regime; 4.1. The current climate change regime; 4.1.1. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; 4.1.2. The Kyoto-Protocol; 4.1.2.1. The exit of the USA from the Kyoto Protocol; 4.1.2.2. Basic weaknesses of the Kyoto Protocol; 4.1.3. The Bali roadmap; 4.2. Priorities of the main actors; 4.2.1. The United States ; of America; 4.2.1.1. Obama's New Climate Policy4.2.2. China; 4.2.2.1. China's plead for consumption-based inventories; 4.3. International negotiations for a post-2012 agreement in Copenhagen and Cancún; 5. Analysis of the driving-forces of the climate regime; 5.1. The effectiveness and robustness of regimes; 5.2. The driving-forces of the international climate regime and its consequences for the effectiveness of the regime; 5.2.1. Analysis of the current climate regime; 5.2.2. Analysis of the negotiations for a post-2012 agreement; 5.2.3. Outlook regarding the regime's potential future driving-forces; 5.2.3.1. A shift in Obama's political priority setting5.2.3.2. Developments at the state level in the US; 5.3. Conclusion; References; Monographs; Scientific papers in omnibus volumes; Articles in refereed journals; Scientific publications; Newspaper and magazine articles; Internet sources (chronological after usage in the text); Appendixes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; Appendix 9; Appendix 10; Appendix 11; Appendix 12
• Sommario/riassunto: Hauptbeschreibung The greenhouse effect is a vital process which is responsible for the heat on the earth's surface. By consuming fossil fuels, clearing forests etc. humans aggravate this natural process. As additionally trapped heat exceeds the earth's intake capacity this consequently leads to global warming. The current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is already 30% higher compared to pre-industrial levels and unmanaged this development is likely to result in an increase of up to 6.4° C towards the end of the century. Especially the poorest regions of the world are facing

Complex equality and the Court of Justice of the European Union : reconciling diversity and harmonization / / Richard Lang ; with foreword by Mark Bell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964660503321
• Autore: Lang Richard (Richard A.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : Brill, , 2018
• ISBN: 9789004354265; 9004354263
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 376 pages)
• Collana: Nijhoff studies in European Union law, , 2210-9765 ; ; v. 14
• Altri autori (Persone): BellMark <1974->
• Disciplina: 342.2408/5
• Soggetti: Equality before the law - European Union countries; Discrimination - Law and legislation - European Union countries; Equality - Philosophy; Distributive justice; Cultural pluralism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- Michael Walzer and Complex Equality / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- The Principle of Equal Treatment of Persons Irrespective of Gender / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- The ‘Article 19’ grounds: Racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- Nationality Discrimination / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- Semi-Suspect and Non-Suspect Grounds / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- Reflections / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- Presenting a Theory of Mediated Complexity / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- Evaluation / Richard Lang and Mark Bell -- Conclusion / Richard Lang and Mark Bell.
• Sommario/riassunto: The equality jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union has long drawn criticism for its almost total reliance on Aristotle’s doctrine that likes should be treated like, and unlikes unlike. As has often been shown, this is a blunt tool, entrenching assumptions and promoting difference-blindness: the symptoms of simplicity. In this book, Richard Lang proposes that the EU’s judges complement the Aristotelian test with a new one based on Michael Walzer’s theory of ; Complex Equality, and illustrates how analysing allegedly discriminatory acts, not in terms of comparisons of the actors involved, but rather in terms of distributions and meanings of goods, would enable them to reach decisions with new dexterity and to resolve conflicts without sacrificing diversity.