Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), including methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons, and tropospheric ozone, have become part of climate policy debates. Discussion has revolved around the potential of their mitigation to slow down global warming in the short term and bring about co-benefits, for instance, for air quality and public health.
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of global SLCP law and governance. A diverse array of contributors delves into the science and evolution of the concept of SLCPs, analyses the legal and governance responses developed under various international and transnational arenas, and discusses selected sectoral case studies.
Yulia Yamineva is Senior Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. She has published widely on international climate law and negotiations, and the science-policy interface in leading academic journals. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and worked for the UN Climate Change Convention Secretariat and the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Kati Kulovesi is a Professor of International Law at the University of Eastern Finland and Co-Director of the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and has published widely on international, EU, and national climate change law. She has also led several large multidisciplinary research projects, including the ClimaSlow project funded by the European Research Council to which this book relates.
Eugenia Recio is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. She has extensively worked on international, Latin American and national climate law with a focus on biodiversity, forests and safeguards. She has published on these and other environmental subjects in leading academic journals.
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Acronyms
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Reducing Emissions of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Perspectives on Law and Governance Yulia Yamineva, Kati Kulovesi and Eugenia Recio
1 Scientific Overview on
slcp
s
Characteristics, Impacts and Uncertainties Thomas Kühn, Harri Kokkola, Tuuli Miinalainen and Kari Lehtinen
Part 1 Global Perspectives on Law and Policy of
slcp
s 2 A Conceptual History of
slcp
s
Niklas Löther
3 The International Climate Change Regime
Right Home for
slcp
s? Yulia Yamineva and Veera Pekkarinen
4 Strengthening the Global Regulation of Hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol
Louise du Toit
5 The Regulation of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air-Pollution and Its Gothenburg Protocol
Adam Byrne
6 The Climate and Clean Air Coalition
A Voluntary Initiative for Climate and Air Quality Charlotte Unger
7 How to Tackle Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Regionally
The Experience of the Arctic Council Timo Koivurova, Medy Dervovic, Mikael Hildén, Stefan Kirchner, Kaarle Kupiainen and Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek
8 From Bilateral Science Diplomacy to Wider Black Carbon Governance?
Norwegian-Chinese and Finnish-Russian Initiatives Pami Aalto, Gørild Heggelund, Anna Claydon and Minna Hanhijärvi
Part 2 Case Studies of
slcp
Mitigation 9 Regulating Emissions from Cookstoves
Global and National Approaches Tuula Honkonen and Alice Karanja
10 An Integrated and Inclusive
slcp
Strategy for Asia
Recommended Policy and Institutional Reforms David D. Sussman, Eric Zusman and Matthew Hengesbaugh
11 Black Carbon Emissions in International Maritime Shipping
Thomas L. Brewer
12 Tackling Black Carbon in Road Transport
Towards Global Car Emission Standards Kateryna Holzer
13 Transnational Approaches to Controlling Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations
Tade Oyewunmi
Conclusion
The Past, Present and Future of
slcp
Law and Governance Yulia Yamineva, Kati Kulovesi and Eugenia Recio
Index
Academics, practitioners, postgraduate students in climate and environmental law and policy