CANADA
Greenland
Law and Practice Contributed by: Thomas McInerney, Selina Lee-Andersen, Sonia J. Struthers and Elyse Bouey McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Canada
Ottawa
USA
Contents 1. Multilateral and Regional Regimes p.10 1.1 Multilateral Climate Change Legal Regime p.10 1.2 Regional Climate Change Legal Regimes p.10 2. National Policy and Legal Regime (Overview) p.11 2.1 National Climate Change Policy p.11 2.2 Constitutional Framework for the National Legal Regime for Climate Change p.11 2.3 National Legal Regime p.12 2.4 Key Policy/Regulatory Authorities p.14 2.5 Bilateral/Multilateral Co-Operation Under the Paris Agreement p.14 2.6 Climate Litigation p.15 3. Responses to International Developments p.16 3.1 Voluntary Carbon Markets p.16 3.2 Carbon Pricing and Trade Impacts p.16 4. Liability for Climate Change and ESG Reporting p.17 4.1 Liability for Climate Change and ESG Reporting p.17 4.2 Directors’ Climate Change Liability p.17 4.3 Shareholder or Parent Company Liability p.18
4.4 Social Context p.18 5. Transactions p.18 5.1 Due Diligence p.18 6. Climate-Friendly Investment Support p.19 6.1 Renewable Energy p.19 6.2 Other Support p.19
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