Editors' Note

• Author: Blake M. Mensing - Addie Haughey
• Position: Editors-in-Chief
• Pages: 1-1

1SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAW & POLICY

Sustainable Development Law & Policy publis hes a Cli-

mate Law Reporter each year with the goal of providing a

default tool for practitioners and academics to gauge the

current state of climate law. We have sought out articles for this

issue that give as complete a snapshot as possible of the increas-

ingly amorphous realm of climate law. There is no doubt tha t

after the UNFCCC negotiations in Copenhag en, internationa l

climate law is at somewhat of a loss—we hope to provide some

clarity through an evaluation of the Copenhagen Accord and its

potential impacts moving forward.

Also at the inter national level, our auth ors provide an

assessment of the UNFCCC provisions employed in Copenha -

gen, an in depth ev aluation of the current international offsets

mechanisms in place under the Kyoto Protocol, and a look at one

of the major players in this political game: China.

On the domestic side, one author provides suggestions on

how s imple policy mechanisms can help to implement dec id-

edly advanced geoengineering responses to global warming, and

another gives the industry perspective on the U.S. Environmen-

tal Protecti on Agency’s proposed tailoring rule on the preven-

tion of signif‌icant deterioration.

SDLP is proud to present the 2010 Clima te Law Reporter

and looks forward to continuing to provide a forum for climate

law and poli cy analysi s on an annu al basis, through the UN

negotiations in Cancún in December of this year, and beyond.

Addie Haughey Blake M. Mensing

eDitoR-in-chief eDitoR-in-chief

eDitoRS’ note

FEATURES:

16 | StanDaRDiZation of ReDD monitoRing

technology to level the playing fielD

by Beth Zgoda

24 | fSm vS. cZech: a new “StanDing” foR

climate change?

by Paulo A. Lopes

37 | climate change anD the Regional human

RightS SyStemS

by Megan S. Chapman

43 | Sec inteRpRetive guiDance foR climate-

RelateD DiScloSuReS

by Nickolas M. Boecher

48 | u.S. climate change policy v.

inteRnational tRaDe RuleS: complying

with gatt

by Tina R. Goel

54 | legal founDationS foR ngo paRticipation

in climate tReaty negotiationS

by Winf‌ield J. Wilson

55 | book Review: StoRmS of my

gRanDchilDRen: the tRuth about the

coming climate cataStRophe anD ouR

laSt chance to Save humanity

by James Hansen

Reviewed by Lauren Trevisan