Climate change presents a new set of challenges for the development of public policy. This is because the time-scales involved between policy implementation and desired outcome are much longer than in other policy areas; because many areas of policy planning need simultaneously to be addressed, therefore placing a greater demand on the integration of policy across different realms; and because the truly global nature of the problem requires national or regional policies to be designed within some framework of global strategy.
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Republic of Iceland
Icesave Dispute: Icesave – Issues and Solutions
In this note we consider two headline points in relation to Landsbanki Island hf: (1) the responsibility of the Icelandic Government in respect of its obligations to the Icesave depositors under Directive 94/19/EC (the “Directive”); and (2) the Landsbanki Freezing Order in place in relation to the London Branch Assets.