Publications
This page features recent publications by the CLI Project Director, Associate Project Director, Faculty Researchers, Distinguished Advisors Panel, and Consultants Working Group members.
Recalibrating the Law of Humans with the Laws of Nature: Climate Change, Human Rights, and Intergenerational Justice
The Climate Legacy Initiative is devoted to bringing the law of government in line with the laws of nature. Its goal is nothing less than to change the way we think about our world – and the way our laws deal with a world rocked by climate change. The CLI’s new policy paper presents specific recommendations for achieving that goal.
CLI Policy Paper Downloads
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The CLI Policy Paper
Appendix A – Background Papers
- Appendix A, Table of Contents (51kb)
- Appendix A, Serial Pagination (7000kb)
- Appendix A, Disaggregated Pagination (7970kb)
- Background Paper 01A – Probable Climate Change Impacts: Harms and Benefits at a Continental to Sub-Continental Scale (4843kb)
Sharon C. Benzoni, Jerald L. Schnoor - Background Paper 01B – Health Consequences of Climate Change: Present and Future, Direct and Indirect (294kb)
Maureen F. McCue, M.D. - Background Paper 02 – Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice: Foundational Reflections (341kb)
Burns H. Weston - Background Paper 03 – Native American Law (93kb)
N. Bruce Duthu - Background Paper 04 – Extending Intergenerational Equity in Electricity Regulation to Account for Climate Change Effects (134kb)
Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School - Background Paper 05 – Subsidization of Non-Renewable Energy Resources in the United States (139kb)
Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School - Background Paper 06 – The Recognition of Intergenerational Ecological Rights and Duties in U.S. Law (357kb)
Tracy Bach - Background Paper 07 – The Recognition of Intergenerational Ecological Rights and Duties in Foreign Law (193kb)
Tracy Bach - Background Paper 08 – International Environmental Law, Climate Change, and Intergenerational Justice (307kb)
Jonathan C. Carlson - Background Paper 09 – Climate Change and Human Rights (228kb)
Pamela Stephens - Background Paper 10 – International Trade Law (80kb)
David A. Wirth - Background Paper 11 – Law for the Ecological Age (424kb)
Joseph H. Guth - Background Paper 12 – Resolving the Paradoxes of Discounting (142kb)
Joseph H. Guth - Background Paper 13 – The Precautionary Principle in Environmental Decision-Making (126kb)
Carolyn Raffensperger - Background Paper 14 – Models for Protecting the Environment for Future Generations (245kb)
Carolyn Raffensperger
Appendix B – Recommendations
- Appendix B, Table of Contents (54kb)
- Appendix B, Serial Pagination (1725kb)
- Appendix B, Disaggregated Pagination (1730kb)
- Recommendation 01 – Define and Develop a Law of the Ecological Commons for Present and Future Generations (183kb)
- Recommendation 02 – Adopt Model State Constitutional Provisions to Implement an Environmental Right for Present and Future Generations (78kb)
- Recommendation 03 – Adopt Model Statute to Implement Environmental Rights for Future Generations (171kb)>
- Recommendation 04 – Adopt Model State Environmental Act (80kb)
- Recommendation 05 – Enact a National Environmental Legacy Act to Preserve a Public Natural Resource Legacy for Future Generations (174kb)
- Recommendation 06 – Institute Cap-and-Trade Strategies for Allocations to Energy Efficiency (367kb)
- Recommendation 07 – Create Sky Trusts and Other Environmental Stakeholder Trusts to Sustain and Safeguard Common Assets (64kb)
- Recommendation 08 – Advance the Sovereign Trust of Government to Safeguard the Environment for Present and Future Generations (554kb)
- Recommendation 09 – Foster Diagonal Regulatory Initiatives (264kb)
- Recommendation 10 – Adopt a Model Executive Order Establishing an Office of Legal Guardian for Future Generations and Provide for the Training and Certification of Legal Guardians (66kb)
- Recommendation 11 – Build Environmental Values into the Law, Including the Common Law (90kb)
- Recommendation 12 – Arrange for Court Appointed Special Masters and Experts: A Unique Role for Legal Guardians of Future Generations (71kb)
- Recommendation 13 – Adopt Draft UN General Assembly Declarations on The Ecological Rights and Responsibilities of Present and Future Generations; The Right to a Clean, Healthy, Ecologically Balanced, and Sustainable Environment; and the Recognition of the Atmosphere as a Global Commons for Present and Future Generations (129kb)
- Strengthen Kyoto Institutions and Mechanisms to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (127kb)
- Make Trade Rules Attuned to the Ecological Needs and Interests of Future Generations (95kb)
- Give the International Court of Justice Compulsory Advisory Jurisdiction on Matters Concerning Climate Change and the Needs and Interests of Future Generations (122kb)
CLI PowerPoint Presentation
CLI Policy Paper Executive Summary
Professor Burns H. Weston, CLI Project Director
Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice: Foundational Reflections
Professor Burns H. Weston, CLI Project Director
Published in 9 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 375 (2008).
Recent Developments in Australian Climate Change Litigation: Forward Momentum from Down Under
Professor Tracy Bach, CLI Associate Project Director and Justin Brown, CLI Research Assistant
This article has been accepted for upcoming publication in the Sustainable Development Law and Policy journal, Winter 2008 Climate Law Reporter issue.
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