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Quick Fixes Or Real Remedies? The Benefits And Limitation Of Climate And Energy Fast Policy, Melissa Powers, Edward Jewell, Joni Sliger
Quick Fixes Or Real Remedies? The Benefits And Limitation Of Climate And Energy Fast Policy, Melissa Powers, Edward Jewell, Joni Sliger
San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
To avoid these shortcomings, this article recommends that Oregon and other states lacking meaningful climate mitigation and energy decarbonization strategies slow down their policymaking so that they can first develop a long-term plan. These states should also ensure that their governance structures are in order. Specifically, states should ensure they have a governance system capable of designing, from the ground-up, a comprehensivestrategy to decarbonize the energy system and substantially reduce greenhouse gases by the middle of the century.[1] An adequate governance structure would also ensure that regulatory and planning agencies have the expertise, independence, and capacity to evaluate existing laws, …
Climate Change Law In And Over Time, Richard J. Lazarus
Climate Change Law In And Over Time, Richard J. Lazarus
San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
The critical lesson for climate change legislation is that the pending lawmaking moment must include the enactment of provisions specifically designed to maintain the legislation’s ability to achieve its long-term objectives over the longer term. For climate change legislation to be successful, the new legal framework must simultaneously be flexible in certain respects and steadfast in others. Flexibility is necessary to allow for the modification of legal requirements over time in light of new information. Steadfastness or “stickiness” is important to maintain the stability of a law’s requirements over time. The need for both is particularly great for climate change …
Climate Law And Policy In North America: Prospects For Regionalism, Neil Craik, Joseph Dimento
Climate Law And Policy In North America: Prospects For Regionalism, Neil Craik, Joseph Dimento
San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
This Article surveys the current bilateral and trilateral initiatives aimed at GHG emission reductions in North America with a view to assessing the nature and potential role of regional climate change law and policy within a broader global framework. In this context, by regional cooperation, we mean cooperation organized on a North American scale. In pursuit of this objective, this Article seeks to identify, first, how climate change mitigation may be regulated usefully on a regional scale, and second, the governance structures and institutions that may be drawn upon to create and implement regional cooperation on climate change. Particular consideration …