Technology is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics
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£125.00
The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive
Camilla ter Haar (ed.)
,Karim Ghaly KC (ed.)
,Nigel Pleming KC (ed.)
,Richard Wilmot-Smith KC (ed.)
,Stephanie David (ed.)
,Stephen Tromans KC (ed.)
This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the law of net zero and nature positive across England and Wales. It sets out the relevant law, including consideration of the principal domestic legislation, namely the Climate Change Act 2008 and the Environment Act 2021, and how legal obligations in respect of net zero and nature positive translate across different sectors of the economy.
The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive will be published in late January 2025 with a cover price of £125. To pre-order a copy, click “Add to cart” above and complete the checkout process on our distributor’s website. Ordering via this route will ensure you receive the book sooner than would be possible ordering it any other way. In addition, until 17 January, applying the discount code NZNP-10PC-OFF during checkout will apply a 10% discount off the price of the book.
This book is the first that provides a comprehensive overview of the law of net zero and nature positive across England and Wales. It sets out the relevant law, including consideration of the principal domestic legislation, namely the Climate Change Act 2008 and the Environment Act 2021, and how legal obligations in respect of net zero and nature positive translate across different sectors of the economy.
While the authors necessarily focus on the law in England and Wales, it also provides an international context – reflecting the fact that climate change is ultimately a global phenomenon and the international legal and policy context give shape to domestic legal obligations.
The book considers biodiversity alongside climate change. This is important because human-induced climate change and biodiversity are inextricably linked. Given this interdependency, and the fact that nature itself is often forgotten, the book aims to bring together the legal obligations in respect of both net zero and nature positive so that practitioners, policy-makers and others interested in this area have both objectives in mind as they seek to address these challenges of our generation.
The book spans areas including the following: planning and the environment, property, environmental protest, public international law, commercial and financial services, fiscal measures and construction.
The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive will be an invaluable resource for a wide range of private and public sector actors across the economy including the legal profession (barristers, solicitors, the judiciary, and in-house counsel), the policy sector, non-governmental organizations and academia.
The book’s editors are Nigel Pleming KC, Richard Wilmot-Smith KC, Stephen Tromans KC, Karim Ghaly KC, Camilla ter Haar and Stephanie David, all of 39 Essex Chambers. Contributors include Alexander Burrell, Rebecca Cattermole, Grace Cheng, Stephanie David, Rebecca Drake, Hannah Fry, Ella Grodzinski, Ned Helme, Patrick Hennessey, Joe-han Ho, David Hopkins, Victoria Hutton, Philippa Jackson, Vivek Kapoor, Ruth Keating, Daniel Kozelko, Philippe Kuhn, Eleanor Leydon, Anna Lintner, Juan Lopez, Hannah McCarthy, Niraj Modha, Christopher Moss, Ashley Pratt, Celia Reynolds, David Sawtell, James Shaerf, Melissa Shipley, Marion Smith KC, Christopher Staker, Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho, Rachel Sullivan, Camilla ter Haar, Gethin Thomas and Jake Thorold.
The book opens with a foreword contributed by the Rt Hon Lord Dyson.
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