Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene

1. Introduction - Alexander Zahar and Leonie Reins





Part A: Climate Technologies





2. Are Renewable Energy Technologies Compatible With Biodiversity Conservation? The Energy-Conservation Legal Nexus - Floor Fleurke and Phillip Paiement


3. Ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions: The Case of Hydropower - Alexander Zahar


4. An Essential Zero-Carbon Solution or a Perilous Energy Technology? Exploring the Nuclear Debate in EU Law - Kaisa Huhta


5. Critical Raw Materials in the Anthropocene: Regulatory Perspectives on Their Promise and Pitfalls - Seita Vesa


6. Hydrogen: What Does Its Deployment at Speed and Scale Mean for Legal Systems? - Ruven Fleming and and Kelsey Pailman


7. Genetically Modified Organisms: Is the Proof in the Pudding or the Process? - Mirta Alessandrini and Josephine Van Zeben


8. Cultured Meat and Dairy as a Game-Changing Technology in the Agricultural and Food Transition in the EU: What Role for Law? - Jonathan Verschuuren


9. Regulating Geoengineering - Gareth Davies


10. Solar Radiation Management Technologies: Research and Development Are Essential and Risks Can Be Governed - Manon Simon, Kerryn Brent, Jeffrey McGee, and Jan McDonald


11. Whither Law and Regulation on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Technology? A Comparative Analysis - Hao Zhang


12. Evidence Based Climate Law? The Case of Carbon Capture, Use and Storage - Bettina Lange


13. Nature-Based Climate Solutions and the Rights of Nature: A Conundrum of Values - Felicity Deane and Justine Bell-James


14. Ban on Coal: Rationale and Legality for Restrictions on Coal Production, Sale, and Use - Daria Shapovalova





Part B: The Broader Normative Context





15. Should Owners of a Carbon-Intensive Assets Be Compensated if Required To Cease Operation Due to the Energy Transition? - Gunnar S. Eskeland and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui


16. Rising Tides, Rising Justice: Navigating the Intersection of Climate Mitigation and Energy Justice - Laura Kaschny


17. Promethean Dreams: Intellectual Property and Climate Change in the Anthropocene - Matthew Rimmer


18. The Interface of Climate Technologies and International Trade Law: Tensions and Opportunities - Kateryna Holzer and Yulia Yamineva


19. Debating the Architecture of the International Climate Regime and Its Potential for the Regulation of Technology - Alberto Quintavalla and Leonie Reins


20. Thinking Technology Transfer Beyond Development - Morag Goodwin