Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future - Paperback

by Robert Metlz (Author)

This report surveys existing law for legal issues that have arisen, or may arise in the future, on account of climate change and government responses thereto. At the threshold of many climate-change-related lawsuits are two barriers-whether the plaintiff has standing to sue and whether the claim being made presents a political question. Both barriers have forced courts to apply amorphous standards in a new and complex context.