This edited collection, the result of an international seminar held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain in 2010, explores the potential legal and criminological consequences of climate change, both domestically and for the international community. A novel feature of the book is the consideration given to the potential synergies between the two disciplinary foci, thus to encourage among legal scholars and criminologists not only an analysis of the consequences of climate change from these perspectives but to bring these fields together to provide a unique, inter-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which climate change does, or could, impact on our societies. Such an inter-disciplinary approach is necessary given that climate change is a multifaceted phenomenon and one which is intimately linked across disciplines. To study this topic from the point of view of a single social science discipline restricts our understanding of the societal consequences of climate change. It is hoped that this edited collection will identify emerging areas of concern, illuminate areas for further research and, most of all, encourage future academic discussion on this most critical of issues.

Introduction: Exploring the Legal and Criminological Consequencesof Climate Change: An Introduction Stephen Farrall, Tawhida Ahmed and Duncan French1. Where Might We Be Headed? Some of the Possible Consequences of Climate Change for the Criminological Research AgendaStephen Farrall2. International Legal Responses to the Challenges of a Lower Carbon Future: Energy Law for the Twenty-first Century Catherine Redgwell3. UK Climate Change Litigation: Between Hard and Soft Framing Chris Hilson4. Climate Change and Paradoxical Harm Rob White5. Corporate Governance and Climate Change Sally Wheeler6. Climate Change, Environmental (In)Security, Conflict and Crime Nigel South7. Analysis of Climate Change from a Human Rights Perspective Tom Obokata8. Climate Change and Aid Funding: An Appraisal of Recent Developments Anna La Chimia9. Climate Change: Effects on Mobility of EU Workers and the Need to Safeguard Supplementary (Occupational)Pension Rights Konstantina Kalogeropoulou10. Defining Pollution Down: Forestry, Climate Change and the Dark Figure of Carbon Emissions Mark Halsey11. Personal Carbon Trading: Towards Sustainable Consumption in an Age of Climate Change and Energy Constraints Peter Doran12. State Responsibility for the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Individuals: Assessing the Potential for anInterdisciplinary Approach Matthew Hall13. Situating Climate Change in (International) Law: A Triptych of Competing Narratives Tawhida Ahmed and Duncan French