Abstract
International climate law and governance have evolved with many critical issues at play on compliance and accountability. To address such issues, climate change has been tackled with global legislation (treaties, protocols) and policies with the view of addressing the climate crisis. It has been observed that good climate governance has a direct impact on sustainability and development. Notwithstanding, national legislation on climate change in Ghana has received little attention in terms of assessing their standards, compliance and accountability measures with international minimum standards. The chapter adopted a desktop research approach to analyse the existing literature on climate law and governance in Ghana. It argued that international law on climate change has implications on enhancing the legislative, policy and institutional architecture of Ghana’s climate action towards compliance and accountability. The chapter concludes that, in the milieu of the current global development paradigm, a call for effective and enduring national climate legal architecture is timeliest.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Democratic Governance, Law, and Development in Africa |
Subtitle of host publication | Pragmatism, Experiments, and Prospects |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 609-636 |
Number of pages | 28 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031153976 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031153969 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
Keywords
- Climate change
- Environmental law
- Ghana
- International law
- Sustainability