Adjudicating Climate Change: State, National, and International Approaches Book

Preface Peter E. Roderick;
1. Introduction: the exigencies that drive potential causes of action for climate change William C. G. Burns and Hari M. Osofsky;
Part I. Subnational Case Studies:
2. State action as political voice in climate change policy: the Minnesota environmental cost valuation regulation Stephanie Stern;
3. Limiting climate change at the coal mine Lesley K. McAllister;
4. Cities, land use, and the global commons: genesis and the urban politics of climate change Katherine Trisolini and Jonathan Zasloff;
5. Atmospheric trust litigation Mary Christina Wood;
Part II. National Case Studies:
6. The intersection of scale, science, and law in Massachusetts v. EPA Hari M. Osofsky;
7. Biodiversity, global warming, and the United States Endangered Species Act: the role of domestic wildlife law in addressing greenhouse gas emissions Brendan R. Cummings and Kassie R. Siegel;
8. An emerging human right to security from climate change: the case against gas flaring in Nigeria Amy Sinden;
9. Tort-based climate litigation David A. Grossman;
10. Insurance and climate change litigation Jeffrey W. Stempel;
Part III. Supranational Case Studies:
11. The world heritage convention and climate change: the case for a climate-change mitigation strategy beyond the Kyoto protocol Erica J. Thorson;
12. The Inuit petition as a bridge? Beyond dialectics of climate change and indigenous peoples' rights Hari M. Osofsky;
13. Bringing climate change claims to the accountability mechanisms of international financial institutions Jennifer Gleason and David B. Hunter;
14. Potential causes of action for climate change impacts under the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement William C. G. Burns;
15. Climate change litigation: opening the door to the international court of justice Andrew Strauss;
16. The implications of climate change litigation: litigation for international environmental law-making David B. Hunter;
17. Conclusion: adjudicating climate change across scales Hari M. Osofsky.