Contribution to Book
Evolution of U.S. Climate Law and Policy
Global Climate Change and U.S. Law
(2023)
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the development of U.S. government law and policy concerning climate change. It is from Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, Third Edition (Michael B Gerrard, Jody Freeman, and Michael Burger eds. 2023). U.S. government efforts to address climate change can be grouped into five categories: (1) measures promoting federal climate change research, which provide the foundation for later developments; (2) environmental, energy, and natural resource laws; (3) other laws and policies, including those involving administrative practice, financial regulation, procurement and property management, technological innovation, and economic development; (4) the U.S. role in international agreements concerning climate change; and (5) new congressional efforts to pass comprehensive climate change legislation to reduce greenhouse gases, including the Inflation Reduction Act and the infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act . This paper focuses on key developments at the national level, particularly those intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Keywords
- climate change,
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
- global warming,
- greenhouse gas emissions,
- fossil fuels,
- environment,
- Kyoto Protocol,
- climate change science,
- Clean Air Act,
- energy efficiency,
- National Environmental Policy Act,
- cap and trade legislation,
- Inflation Reduction Act
Disciplines
- Law and
- Environmental Law
Publication Date
2023
Editor
Michael B Gerrard, Jody Freeman, and Michael Burger
Publisher
ABA
ISBN
9781639052196
Citation Information
John C. Dernbach and Rachel A. Jones. "Evolution of U.S. Climate Law and Policy" Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (2023) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_dernbach/175/