Sustainable Finance and Climate Change
Law and Regulation

Edited by René Smits

ISBN13: 9781800377271

Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

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Published: 18/04/2024

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Description
Sustainable Finance and Climate Change explores the legal and regulatory framework that governs the transition to a carbon free economy, looking in particular at the regulation of the financial sector and corporate liability for climate change and biodiversity loss. In addition, it looks at the effect on general corporate law, environmental law, central bank law, as well as litigation and arbitration. Key Features: Discussion of the duty of societal responsibility in the context of corporate governance Practical analysis of arbitration and litigation in the resolution of climate change-related disputes Exploration of the role of investors in the new sustainable finance-related regulatory framework Comprehensive examination of sustainable finance in South Africa In-depth analysis of the role of law and regulation in providing sustainable finance by means of various financial modalities Evaluation of the newly-established framework in the EU, including the Climate Law, the taxonomy and the role of the ECB as a monetary and supervisory authority This important book will be a key resource for practitioners specialising in financial services, environmental law and dispute resolution, and will also appeal to scholars in these fields.
Contents: 1 Introduction to Sustainable Finance and Climate Change: Law and Regulation 1 René Smits 2 An overview of the legal and regulatory issues 6 Heikki Cantell 3 Sustainable finance and implementing the Paris Agreement: the key role of jurisdictional legal and regulatory architecture 19 Megan Bowman 4 The Role of the Board, Societal Responsibility and Climate Change 34 Jaap Winter 5 The role of the investor 54 Ida Levine 6 The European Green Deal 100 Habib Motani 7 EU climate law 110 David Brinkman 8 The ECB’s mandate in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss 131 René Smits 9 Sustainable finance and regulation: a South African perspective 213 Jonathan Maphosa 10 Arbitration in climate change finance 260 Georges Affaki 11 Climate change litigation 286 Elisa de Wit and Tamlyn Mills
  • Banking law
  • Financial services law & regulation
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
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