Harro van Asselt, Michael Mehling and Clarisse Kehler Siebert just published a new paper on The Changing Architecture of International Climate Change Law. The paper provides the reader with a great analysis on the history and future of climate law as a whole and on its relationship with other legal fields. The authors argue that there are six observable trends in climate law: (i) the multiplication of international forums addressing climate change; (ii) the softening of commitments; (iii) the changing nature of differentiation; (iv) the utilization of innovative policy instruments; (v) the increasing focus on litigation; and (vi) the growing importance of nonstate actors and transnational governance.

The paper is free to download via the Social Science Reseach Network site here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2402770