CLIMATE LAW REPORTER

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1 EDITORS’NOTE by Kelly Rain and Maria Vanko

2 THE IMPACTS OF GLOBALWARMING: THE NEED FOR COOPERATION & LEADERSHIP by

Senator Jeff Bingaman

3 STRENGTHENING THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL: INSURANCE AGAINST ABRUPT CLIMATE

CHANGE by Donald Kaniaru, Rajendra Shende, Scott Stone, Durwood Zaelke

10 AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGIME ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE by

Kyle W. Danish

17 LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MITIGATE CLIMATE

CHANGE by Xiaodong Wang

22 EXISTING LEGAL MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS OCEANIC IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE

CHANGE by Lucy Wiggins

26 CLIMATE CHANGE AND FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW by Lara Hansen and Christopher

R. Pyke

30 THE EVOLVING SCOPE OF SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: THE

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT AND CLIMATE CHANGE by Chris McChesney

34 POTENTIAL CAUSES OF ACTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS UNDER THE UNITED

NATIONS FISH STOCKS AGREEMENT by William C.G. Burns

41 AN ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR COORDINATING CLIMATE POLICY WITH THE

MONTREAL PROTOCOL by Stephen J. DeCanio and Catherine S. Norman

46 BRIDGING THE TRANSATLANTIC DIVIDE: LEGAL ASPECTS OF A LINK BETWEEN

REGIONAL CARBON MARKETS IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES by Michael A. Mehling

53 STATES TACKLE GLOBALWARMING by Dale Bryk

56 IMPLEMENTATION & UTILIZATION OF GEOENGINEERING FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

CONTROL by Alan Carlin

60 THE BIG BLACK HOLE IN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: WAS THE EXCLUSION OF BLACK

CARBON REGULATION A “FATAL FLAW”? by Jon Feldon

64 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CREATES A NEW CARBON BUSINESS FOR U.S. COMPANIES

by Michael J. Zimmer