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Grundstrukturen und Gütekriterien eines Klimawandelfolgenrechts
In this paper I ask how the law reacts to the challenges caused by climate change and how this can be evaluated. The notion of climate change adaptation law (Klimawandelanpassungsrecht) is demarcated from the notion of climate change impact law (Klimawandelfolgenrecht). The latter concept is broader, but does not mark a discrete field of law. It is only a generic term. In contrast, climate change adaptation law is a discrete field of law which is structured by a set of principles. Those will be examined in the following. To name criteria for the evaluation of law is quite difficult for methodological reasons. Nevertheless, it is justified to evaluate climate change law as “good” when it serves multiple purposes.