| Description |
1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Series |
International Environmental Law Series ; v.20 |
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International environmental law series.
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acronyms -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Reducing Emissions of Short- Lived Climate Pollutants: Perspectives on Law and Governance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background, Purpose and Scope of the Book -- 3 What Are SLCPs? -- 4 Global Perspectives on Law and Governance of SLCPs -- 5 Case Studies on SLCP Mitigation -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 Scientific Overview on SLCPs: Characteristics, Impacts and Uncertainties -- 1 Introduction |
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2 Radiative Forcing and Surface Air Temperature -- 2.1 The Radiative Balance of the Earth System -- 2.2 Climate Feedbacks and Climate Response -- 3 Short- Lived Climate Pollutants -- 3.1 Carbon Dioxide -- 3.2 Ozone (O3) -- 3.3 Methane -- 3.4 Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) -- 3.5 Aerosols and Black Carbon -- 3.5.1 Black Carbon and Albedo Effects -- 3.6 Present- Day and Historical Effects of SLCPs -- 3.6.1 Present- Day Health Effects Due to SLCFs -- 4 Climate Modelling of SLCFs -- 4.1 Structure of Climate Models -- 4.2 Simulating the SLCFs in Climate Models |
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4.3 Estimating Radiative Forcing from Climate Model Simulations -- 5 Future Effects of SLCFs -- 6 Uncertainties -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part 1 Global Perspectives on Law and Policy of SLCP s -- Chapter 2 A Conceptual History of SLCP s -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Theoretical Background -- 1.2 Methodology -- 2 Linking Climate Change and Air Pollution: 1990s-2000s -- 2.1 Early Discoveries: Black Carbon and the Asian Brown Cloud -- 2.2 Taking a Closer Look at Trace Gases: Methane and HFCs Re-examined -- 2.3 Reframing Climate Change for the 21st Century |
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3 The Concept's Arctic Origins: 2007-9 -- 3.1 AMAP's Contributions to the SLCP Debate -- 3.2 Wider Political Impact of Arctic Research -- 4 Concept Launch through UNEP and the CCAC: 2011-12 -- 4.1 Conceptual Development in UNEP's Assessments -- 4.2 Emergence of an Epistemic Community for slcp s and the ccac -- 5 Reception and Diffusion in the Policy Sphere since 2012 -- 5.1 The "Paris Effect" on the SLCP Debate and Scientific Progress -- 5.2 Recent Developments: Shifting the Focus from Black Carbon to Methane -- 6 Conclusion -- Annex: List of Interviews -- Bibliography |
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Chapter 3 The International Climate Change Regime: Right Home for SLCPs? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 UNFCCC -- 3 Kyoto Protocol -- 4 Paris Agreement -- 4.1 Mitigation Action in the Paris Agreement -- 4.2 NDC Experiences to Date -- 4.3 What Are the Opportunities for Strengthening SLCP Mitigation Action under the Paris Agreement? -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Strengthening the Global Regulation of Hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol -- 1 Introduction -- 2 HFC s -- 3 The Global Regulation of HFC s under the Ozone Regime |
| Summary |
This book provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the global law and governance of mitigating emissions of short-lived climate pollutants |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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3.1 Events Leading to the Development of the Ozone Regime |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kulovesi, Kati
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Recio, Eugenia
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| ISBN |
9789004684089 |
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9004684085 |
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