Climate Law and Policy in North America: Prospects for Regionalism

Authors

Neil Craik, University of Waterloo
Joseph Dimento, University of California - Irvine

Library of Congress Authority File

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Abstract

This Article surveys the current bilateral and trilateral initiatives aimed at GHG emission reductions in North America with a view to assessing the nature and potential role of regional climate change law and policy within a broader global framework. In this context, by regional cooperation, we mean cooperation organized on a North American scale. In pursuit of this objective, this Article seeks to identify, first, how climate change mitigation may be regulated usefully on a regional scale, and second, the governance structures and institutions that may be drawn upon to create and implement regional cooperation on climate change. Particular consideration is also given to the capacity of regional approaches to climate change cooperation to meet the different climate change objectives that Mexico has identified, given the less developed state of its economy.

Recommended Citation

Neil Craik & Joseph Dimento, Climate Law and Policy in North America: Prospects for Regionalism, 1 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 195 (2009)
Available at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/jcel/vol1/iss1/9