Public Participation and Climate Governance: An Introduction

Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, Vol. 24, no. 2, July 2015

6 Pages Posted: 14 Oct 2015 Last revised: 7 Sep 2017

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Sébastien Jodoin

McGill University - Faculty of Law

Sébastien Duyck

University of Lapland - Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM); Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Katherine A Lofts

Law, Governance & Society Lab - McGill University, Faculty of Law; Nomomente Institute

Date Written: July 10, 2015

Abstract

This introduction situates the contributions to this special issue within the broader legal and scholarly developments that concern the relationship between public participation and climate governance. It begins by discussing the origins and scope of the principle of public participation in international environmental and climate law. It then provides an overview of three broad strands of research that have examined the role and prospects of public participation, collaboration and deliberation in the governance of complex environmental issues such as climate change. It concludes by identifying a number of lines of inquiry that could inform future research on the relationship between public participation and climate governance.

Keywords: public participation, climate governance, procedural rights, environmental democracy

Suggested Citation

Jodoin, Sébastien and Duyck, Sébastien and Lofts, Katherine A and Lofts, Katherine A, Public Participation and Climate Governance: An Introduction (July 10, 2015). Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, Vol. 24, no. 2, July 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2672451

Sébastien Jodoin (Contact Author)

McGill University - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Sébastien Duyck

University of Lapland - Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) ( email )

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Finland

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) ( email )

Washington, DC
United States

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Katherine A Lofts

Nomomente Institute ( email )

Canada

HOME PAGE: http://nomomente.org

Law, Governance & Society Lab - McGill University, Faculty of Law ( email )

3644 Peel Street
Montreal H3A 1W9, Quebec H3A 1W9
Canada

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