Special Issue - Reflections on the Architecture of Climate Law

The articles in this special issue explore the potential for climate law structures that acknowledge the limitations of states to meet their obligations and that more fully integrate scientific evidence. They argue that the aspiration of climate legislation should be achieving positive outcomes, a betterment of the climate conditions for currently disadvantaged and marginalised individuals and communities, and for future generations. And they show why now, more than ever, these prospects must inform scientific research and direct our legal imaginations.

The issue is the result of an international conference that was co-convened between the Global Policy Institute (GPI) and the Durham Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policies (CSDLP).

Introduction

The possibility of climate restoration law - Petra Minnerop and Friederike E. L. Otto

Special Issue Articles

Changing climate law and governance: A multi-level perspective - Brian J. Preston

Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations and the Environmental Rule of Law - Petra Minnerop

Catching the tide: Reversing legal trends to find collective and long-term solutions that value the natural world - Colin T. Reid

Synergy-as-principle in global climate regulation - Volker Roeben

Equalising the evidence base for adaptation and loss and damages - Friederike E. L. Otto and Frederick Fabian

Climate action for health: Inter-regional engagement to share knowledge to guide mitigation and adaptation actions - Robin Fears, Claudia Canales-Holzeis, Deoraj Caussy, Sherilee L. Harper, Victor Chee Wai Hoe, Jeremy N. McNeil, Johanna Mogwitz, Volker ter Meulen and Andy Haines