Adjudicating Climate Change : State, National, and International Approaches (Paperback)

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.