Voigt, Christina --- "Research Handbook on REDD-Plus and International Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) [2016] ELECD 599

Editor(s): Voigt, Christina

Title: Research Handbook on REDD-Plus and International Law

Series: Research Handbooks in Climate Law series

Topics: Climate Change; Environmental Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 29 April 2016

Number of pages: c 512

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783478309

EISBN: 9781783478316

Abstract/Description:

REDD+ (Reducing Emissions of greenhouse gases from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is an important tool under the UNFCCC for incentivizing developing countries to adopt and scale up climate mitigation actions in the forest sector and for capturing and channeling the financial resources to do so.

This Handbook eloquently examines the methodological guidance and emerging governance arrangements for REDD+, analysing how and to what extent it is embedded in the international legal framework.

Organized coherently into five parts, contributions from legal experts, international relations scholars, climate change negotiators and activists explore the history and design of REDD+ in the UN climate regime, as well as linkages between REDD+ and other international agreements. The book also considers global governance for REDD+, its financial dimensions including markets and investment and future developments and legal challenges. Detailed analysis from a range of angles illustrates the interplay of international norms and institutions and maps out a legal research agenda for identifying best practice solutions.

Shedding light on one of the most vibrant and fast-moving fields in international law, this comprehensive Handbook is essential reading for scholars of international law and international relations, policy makers in the area of climate change, REDD+ and land sector experts and NGOs.