We are pleased to share the newly released Courage, Contributions and Compliance: The Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance, edited by Professors Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Christina Voigt with assistant editor Adv Zunaida Moosa-Wadiwala and published by Routledge.
The book is available to order from the Routledge website here.
From the Foreword:
This book, with its contributions from expert jurists, negotiators, professors and practitioners,
including early career scholars, from all regions of the world, offers us all the inspiration to work
together and to do the impossible. The enormity of the challenge, to secure climate justice may
seem impossible, but it will work if every sector, especially the law and governance sector, our
advocates of hope, build on the insights, understandings and experiences in this collection to step
up. For the editors, authors, teachers, current and future law and policy leaders and others reading
this important research handbook on climate law and governance, and gathering your strength for
the courage, commitment and compliance that is necessary, I commend you and remind you of
the words of my friend President Nelson Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it is done”.
– Hon. President and Elder, Mary Robinson, First woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; former Chair of The Elders
There are several ways to already engage with the book as it is released:
1. Join the book launch during Live from Bonn 2025
We warmly invite you to join Live from Bonn 2025, a hybrid legal briefing hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) between Week 1 and Week 2, during the UNFCCC SB62 negotiations.
📍 Hybrid | Bonn, Cambridge & Online
📅 Monday, 23 June 2025
🕙 10:00–11:00 BST | 11:00–12:00 CEST
🎟️ Register now to join us in-person in Bonn/Cambridge, or online, via Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/4dQ3Jea
This dynamic one-hour session will feature insights and reflections from leading legal practitioners and academics participating directly in the climate talks, alongside a moderated discussion fromCambridge. It’s a chance to explore the latest legal developments in climate governance and just transitions—live from inside the negotiation zone.
All registered participants will receive an exclusive discount code from Routledge.
2. Author a Short Review in an Academic Journal, Blog, or Newsletter
If you or a colleague would like to write a review of the book for a journal, blog, or academic newsletter, we invite you to apply through a simple form for a free review copy here.
All review copies are sent at the discretion of Routledge and Taylor & Francis.
3. Recommend the Book to Your Institution or Library
Support our efforts to expand access by recommending the book to your university, faculty, or local library.
See below for further information about the book:
Courage, Contributions and Compliance: The Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance recognises calls from the United Nations (UN), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The elders, and others, for climate justice and urgent action, and convenes insights from leading legal and institutional experts, professors, professionals and early career scholars on emerging climate law and policy challenges, commitments and solutions.
The collection explores the role of law and governance in scaling up global responses to climate change and advancing sustainability. Based on careful study of international advances and the full spectrum of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the global response to climate change, as submitted by Paris Agreement Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the volume compiles a compelling, coherent and systematic topical account from across diverse legal jurisdictions. Analytical chapters by leading experts, practitioners and scholars close to ongoing climate negotiations explore recent legal and institutional innovations related to climate change which can support implementation and compliance with the Paris Agreement and advance the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They highlight ways to raise ambition through law and policy, to reform national legal and institutional arrangements to implement NDCs and to further develop international law and governance in the face of the existential threat of climate change and the world: sustainable development commitments.
Presenting a pathway for advancing climate ambition in the coming decades, this book will be of interest to government officials, academics, students, professionals and policy makers working in the area of climate law and governance.