Reid, Colin --- "Scotland: constraints and opportunities in a devolved system" [2012] ELECD 1210; in Peeters, Marjan; Stallworthy, Mark; de Cendra de Larragán, Javier (eds), "Climate Law in EU Member States" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) 137

Book Title: Climate Law in EU Member States

Editor(s): Peeters, Marjan; Stallworthy, Mark; de Cendra de Larragán, Javier

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781002773

Section: Chapter 7

Section Title: Scotland: constraints and opportunities in a devolved system

Author(s): Reid, Colin

Number of pages: 19

Abstract/Description:

Climate change is an issue which tests the distribution of power between various levels of government. The measures needed to tackle the problem must operate at every level, from the global to the local, so that the interaction between mechanisms at international, regional, state and sub-state levels becomes a crucial issue. The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 provides a focus for considering the constraints on and opportunities for action by sub-state institutions, as well as having some other features worthy of note when legislation to deal with climate change issues is being contemplated.