To What Extent are the Economic and Environmental Aspects of Climate Change Regulation Actually Balanced?

Authors

Louise Dale

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This paper explores current international and EU legal instruments to combat climate change, assessing their efficiency from an environmental and economic perspective. It attempts to decipher whether an obvious imbalance is present in relation to the growth of the economy overshadowing regulations imposed to reduce rapid environmental degradation. In the penultimate section a potential future instrument is considered that may alleviate the climate crisis and conquer the economic and environmental divide. This paper will conclude that the incorporation of business, industry and governments in the implementation of future climate regulation is critical to their success in climate stabilisation through substantial GHG emission reductions or climate modification methods.

Publication Date

2017-01-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Law & Criminal Justice Review

Volume

9

Issue

1

First Page

115

Last Page

140

ISSN

2054-149X

Deposit Date

April 2017

Embargo Period

2024-11-04

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Dale, Louise (2017) "To What Extent are the Economic and Environmental Aspects of Climate Change Regulation Actually Balanced?," The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review: Vol. 9, Article 9.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/plcjr/vol9/iss1/9