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 "The future is knocking at our door right now. Make no mistake, the next generation will ask us one of two questions. Either they will ask: "What were you thinking; why didn't you act?" Or they will ask instead: "How did you find the moral courage to rise and successfully resolve a crisis that so many said was impossible to solve?"
— Al Gore,
Nobel Lecture, Oslo
December 10, 2007
| The Climate Legacy Initiative (CLI) is a collaborative project of Vermont Law School and The University of Iowa. Its overall purpose is to research and promote legal doctrines, principles, and rules appropriate for recognition by courts, legislatures, administrative agencies, and private sector institutions to safeguard present and future generations from harms resulting from global climate change. The CLI takes as given that climate change exists and affirms that lawyers have a vital role to play in both public and private discourse and action relative to it.
For more project information, click here.
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What's New at the CLI
Updated 3/26/08:
The German-based Intergenerational Justice Review (IGJR) is currently requesting articles for upcoming publication. The request comes via CLI Director and Senior Researcher Professor Burns Weston who recently joined the IGJR’s Editorial Board.
Check out our Programs & Events page for more details!
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Last Updated: Jul 21, 2008
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