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Why Litigation Cannot Adequately Address Local Climate Adaptation Efforts
Americans who live on the coast are facing greater property damage from storms, which are growing more frequent and intense due to climate change. Some coastal homeowners may seek compensation for...
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General Permits and the Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
The Supreme Court was recently asked (yet again) to resolve the question of how the Clean Air Act should address emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. In the recent Utility...
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GAO Advises Congress on Climate Change
Hurricane Sandy, widely linked to climate change, caused an estimated $65 billion worth of property damage, including to federal facilities and infrastructure located along the coastline. What steps...
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How Much Could it Cost to Do Nothing?
As part of a larger campaign to motivate action on climate change, the Obama Administration recently published a report that claims that failing to respond to climate change now will significantly...
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The Case Against Using Global Benefits to Set U.S. Climate Policy
Should federal policymakers in the United States take into consideration the global benefits of U.S. climate change regulations? Most evaluations of national environmental policies weigh just the costs...
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Climate Change is Getting Worse
Evidence of global warming is “unequivocal,” according to a recently released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC also expressed “high confidence” that the current...
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Experts Debate EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Rule
In the wake of a groundbreaking agreement between China and the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, climate change action appears to be gaining political momentum in the lead-up to a...
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The Nuclear Option for Reducing Climate Change
Should nuclear energy development be part of a global strategy to reduce climate change? Many people agree that emissions of greenhouse gases must be reduced to curb the disastrous effects of climate...
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How Should the EPA Modify Carbon Emission Regulation?
Some climate and energy policy specialists are calling for a carbon tax policy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Imposed on fuels based on their carbon content, a carbon tax would allegedly...
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Forging a Treaty in the Face of Climate Change
Sea levels are rising. Oceans are warming. Storms are intensifying and becoming more frequent. These are the realities of a changing climate, caused at least in part by human activity. World leaders...
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Climate Change Regulations for the 21st Century
As the 2015 international climate summit in Paris gets underway, leaders from President Obama to Pope Francis have renewed their appeals for collective action to address climate change. How to create...
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Climate Change and National Security
The nations of the world are gathered in Paris, attending the 21st Conference of the Parties under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The hope for the Conference...
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A Message of Hope and Caution for Global Climate Negotiations
In advance of the recent round of climate change negotiations in Paris, French President Francois Hollande emphasized the importance of the summit, reportedly stating “never have the stakes been so...
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Could Judges Solve Climate Problems?
Leaders from around the world have gathered in Paris for the United Nations climate change convention. The meeting’s goal: agree on an international strategy to keep global warming at a low enough...
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Will the Paris Agreement Make a Difference?
The earth’s climate is changing. While people in some parts of the world may benefit from warmer weather, global warming is actually life-threatening for millions of other people in many parts of the...
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The Legal Structure of the Paris Agreement
“Please recycle.” These were the first words that I noticed when I printed out the Paris Agreement from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change website – stamped conspicuously in the...
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The Paris Agreement Delivers a Champagne Moment
There are times when we should pause, take a break from the stream of bad news that tends to dominate headlines, and celebrate. The Paris Agreement addressing climate change deserves celebration. As my...
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When Management-Based Regulation Goes Global
The Paris Agreement signals an historic global consensus about the problem of global warming. As a solution to a major public problem, though, the Agreement is actually much less historic. It follows...
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Reasons for Optimism in the Paris Agreement
When discussing strategies to address climate change, it has become almost a matter of habit to include the caveat “given the unlikelihood of a global agreement to reduce emissions…” before proceeding...
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Clearer Skies Await
Despite advancements in international climate governance, including the recent Paris Agreement, regulation of one increasingly significant contributor of carbon emissions has lagged: the aviation...
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