Global Climate Change and U.S. Law - Softcover

While there is no comprehensive legal framework for climate change in the United States, a body of relevant law is emerging. This is a comprehensive guide to a problem that is enormous in both its complexity and importance. Chapters are written by authorities in their fields, providing balanced, readable, and current information on the critical topics in climate change, including federal regulation and litigation; regional, state, and local actions; energy regulation; and the next legal frontiers.

Michael B. Gerrard is Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School, where he teaches courses on environmental and energy law and directs the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. He is also associate chair of the faculty of Columbia’s Earth Institute.

Jody Freeman is the Archibald Cox Professor at Harvard Law School and the founding director of the Law School’s Environmental Law and Policy Program. She served as Counselor for Energy and Climate Change in the Obama White House in 2009–2010 and was the architect of the president’s historic agreement with the auto industry to double fuel efficiency standards.