Overview

Edited by Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku, this forward-looking book examines the scope and options for the United Nations Security Council to respond to climate insecurity. A cross-disciplinary team of experts addresses the range of political and legal considerations involved, including, the scope for adapting existing Council tools to address the challenge of climate change, the legality and legitimacy of doing so, the attitude of the P5 and EU, and Council action to date. Specific tools considered include establishing an international court or tribunal, targeted sanctions, peace missions, and ‘legislation’. The starting assumption is that, given the futures projected by climate scientists and the responsibility of the Council for international peace and security, the Council will almost inevitably take its place as a key player in climate governance. Contributors therefore focus on the question of just how the Council will be able to most constructively contribute to effective climate governance and how it can begin to prepare for such a role. This book will be of great value to scholars investigating the governance of climate change. For activists and government officials the book provides high quality research that can be drawn upon to give background to debate, and inform future policy.

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Author:   Shirley V. Scott ,  Charlotte Ku
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781785364631

ISBN 10:   1785364634
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword Caitlin E. Werrell and Francesco Femia 1. The UN Security Council and Global Action on Climate Change Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku 2. Climate Change as a ‘Threat to International Peace and Security’ Christopher K. Penny 3. Climate Change and Economic Measures: One Assumption and One Scenario Too Many? Francesco Sindico and Mallory Orme 4. The Creation of a Climate Change Court or Tribunal Shirley V. Scott, Patrick J. Keenan and Charlotte Ku 5. ‘Climate Migration’ and the Security Council Frédéric Mégret and Benoît Mayer 6. The United Nations Security Council’s Legislative and Enforcement Powers and Climate Change Alan Boyle, Jacques Hartmann, and Annalisa Savaresi 7. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Peace Missions Paul F. Diehl 8. The EU’s Distinctive Approach to Climate Security Shahrazad Far and Richard Youngs 9. The UN Security Council’s Role in Developing a Responsibility to Respond to the Climate Change Challenge Charlotte Ku 10. Contested Legitimacy: The UN Security Council and Climate Change Martin Binder and Monika Heupel 11. The Attitude of the P5 Towards a Climate Change Role for the Council Shirley V. Scott 12. Conclusions: A Climate Change Role for the Council? Charlotte Ku and Shirley V. Scott Index

Reviews

`Shirley Scott and Charlotte Ku have assembled a team of longstanding UN observers, primarily from the fields of international law and international relations. The result is a useful and accessible portrait of the Security Council's powers, tendencies and limitations.' -- Nature Climate Change

'Shirley Scott and Charlotte Ku have assembled a team of longstanding UN observers, primarily from the fields of international law and international relations. The result is a useful and accessible portrait of the Security Council's powers, tendencies and limitations.' -- Nature Climate Change

‘This book does much to shape understanding of the serious debates being had, and to be had, about global responses to climate change and is worthy of its place in any decent international law, international politics or climate change collection.’ -- Gary Wilson, Liverpool Law Review ‘In sum, the book is a remarkable contribution to the debate about the UN Security Council’s potential engagement in global climate governance. It demonstrates the legal authority of the Council, the range of available policy options in the area of climate change, and related legitimacy, representativeness, and effectiveness challenges.’ -- Lisa M. Dellmuth, Carbon & Climate Law Review ‘Shirley Scott and Charlotte Ku have assembled a team of longstanding UN observers, primarily from the fields of international law and international relations. The result is a useful and accessible portrait of the Security Council’s powers, tendencies and limitations.' -- Nature Climate Change

Author Information

Edited by Shirley V. Scott, Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra, Australia and Charlotte Ku, Professor of Law and Director, Global Programs, Texas A&M University School of Law, US

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