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Unmanned Remotely Operated Search And Rescue Ships In The Canadian Arctic: Exploring The Opportunities, Risk Dimensions And Governance Implications, Jinho Yoo, Floris Goerlandt, Aldo Chircop
Unmanned Remotely Operated Search And Rescue Ships In The Canadian Arctic: Exploring The Opportunities, Risk Dimensions And Governance Implications, Jinho Yoo, Floris Goerlandt, Aldo Chircop
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
This chapter is a proactive risk exploration of hypothetical remotely operated search and rescue (SAR) ships in the Canadian Arctic. The harsh and remote environment in the region, combined with complicated coastlines and many uncharted or poorly charted traffic routes, makes it one of the most challenging SAR areas. Canada has committed itself to safety, environmental protection and sovereign presence in the area by maintaining joint SAR centres of federal government departments and mobilizing private volunteers. The characteristics of Canadian SAR response in the Arctic rest with its high dependency on heavy equipment such as aircraft, helicopters and icebreakers, entailing …
Management-Based Regulation, Cary Coglianese, Shana M. Starobin
Management-Based Regulation, Cary Coglianese, Shana M. Starobin
All Faculty Scholarship
Environmental regulators have embraced management-based regulation as a flexible instrument for addressing a range of important problems often poorly addressed by other types of regulations. Under management-based regulation, regulated firms must engage in management-related activities oriented toward addressing targeted problems—such as planning and analysis to mitigate risk and the implementation of internal management systems geared towards continuous improvement. In contrast with more restrictive forms of regulation which can impose one-size-fits-all solutions, management-based regulation offers firms greater operational choice about how to solve regulatory problems, leveraging firms’ internal informational advantage to innovate and search for alternative measures to achieve the intended …
Global Investor-Director Survey On Climate Risk Management, Kristin Bresnahan, Jens Frankenreiter, Sophie L'Helias, Brea Hinricks, Nina Hodzic, Julian Nyarko, Sneha Pandya, Eric L. Talley
Global Investor-Director Survey On Climate Risk Management, Kristin Bresnahan, Jens Frankenreiter, Sophie L'Helias, Brea Hinricks, Nina Hodzic, Julian Nyarko, Sneha Pandya, Eric L. Talley
Faculty Scholarship
Changes in the global climate are having profound impacts on business operations, governance, and organizational management around the world. Boards of directors are searching for ways to account for these changes as they help guide their organizations, and investors are increasingly concerned about how these changes might impact their portfolios. This global survey, conducted by a team of researchers at the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School and experts at LeaderXXchange, seeks to understand how – if at all – institutional investors and board directors incorporate climate-related issues in their investment decision …
Advancing The Aquaculture Industry Through The Federal Crop Insurance Program, Matthew H. Bowen
Advancing The Aquaculture Industry Through The Federal Crop Insurance Program, Matthew H. Bowen
Ocean and Coastal Law Journal
In recent times, the aquaculture industry has experienced dramatic growth. The growth of the industry is a direct result of an increase in demand for seafood, and a decrease in supply from wild fisheries. The industry, however, is also experiencing growing pains. Aquaculture species, compared to their wild counterparts, are at a higher risk of catastrophic loss from a variety of different perils. These perils make investment in the aquaculture industry significantly risky. The federal crop insurance program could be a tool that mitigates these risks, but the program was designed around terrestrial agriculture, and while aquaculture may be covered …
Disaster Law And Policy, Daniel Farber, Jim Chen, Robert Verchick, Lisa Grow Sun
Disaster Law And Policy, Daniel Farber, Jim Chen, Robert Verchick, Lisa Grow Sun
Daniel A Farber
Harmonizing Commercial Wind Power And The Endangered Species Act Through Administrative Reform, J. B. Ruhl
Harmonizing Commercial Wind Power And The Endangered Species Act Through Administrative Reform, J. B. Ruhl
Vanderbilt Law Review
What could be greener than wind power? That's easy-saving endangered species! The wind power industry has learned the hard way what timber companies, federal land management agencies, hydropower generators, state highway departments, real estate developers, small coastal villages, the Environmental Protection Agency, farmers, major metropolitan governments, and more like them around the nation know all too well-never, ever take your eyes off the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). It may be green and one of the darlings of our nation's renewable energy future, but wind power has no "green pass" to get out of the ESA.
The reason wind power has …
Slides: Risk Management Strategies Of The Upper Basin: Addressing Potential Shortages, Eric Kuhn
Slides: Risk Management Strategies Of The Upper Basin: Addressing Potential Shortages, Eric Kuhn
Navigating the Future of the Colorado River (Martz Summer Conference, June 8-10)
Presenter: Eric Kuhn, Colorado River Water Conservation District
15 slides
In Making Disaster Plans, We Have To Imagine The Worst Case, Robert R.M. Verchick
In Making Disaster Plans, We Have To Imagine The Worst Case, Robert R.M. Verchick
Robert R.M. Verchick
No abstract provided.
Macro-Risks: The Challenge For Rational Risk Regulation, Michael P. Vandenbergh, Jonathan A. Gilligan
Macro-Risks: The Challenge For Rational Risk Regulation, Michael P. Vandenbergh, Jonathan A. Gilligan
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Drawing on the recent financial crisis, we introduce the concept of macro-risk. We distinguish between micro-risks, which can be managed within conventional economic frameworks, and macro-risks, which threaten to disrupt economic systems so much that a different approach is required. We argue that catastrophic climate change is a prime example of a macro-risk. Research by climate scientists suggests disturbingly high likelihoods of temperature increases and sea level rises that could cause the kinds of systemic failures that almost occurred with the financial system. We suggest that macro-risks should be the principal concern of rational risk assessment and management, but they …
Slides: Water Footprints: Consciousness Raising Meets Risk Management, Steve Malloch
Slides: Water Footprints: Consciousness Raising Meets Risk Management, Steve Malloch
Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5)
Presenter: Steve Malloch, Senior Western Water Program Manager, National Wildlife Federation, Seattle, WA
38 slides
Agenda: Western Water Law, Policy And Management: Ripples, Currents, And New Channels For Inquiry, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, Western Water Policy Program
Agenda: Western Water Law, Policy And Management: Ripples, Currents, And New Channels For Inquiry, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, Western Water Policy Program
Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5)
In many pockets of the American West, stresses and demands on water resources are overwhelming our capacity to effectively manage change and accommodate the diversity of interests and values associated with our limited water resources.
This event will offer an opportunity for lawyers, policymakers, and water professionals to engage the experts on the challenges and emerging solutions to the most pressing water policy and management issues of the day.
Slides: Groundwater Declines, Climate Change And Approaches To Adaptation, Katharine Jacobs
Slides: Groundwater Declines, Climate Change And Approaches To Adaptation, Katharine Jacobs
Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5)
Presenter: Katharine Jacobs, Director of the Arizona Water Institute, University of Arizona
37 slides
Maieusis Through A Gated Membrane: "Getting The Science Right" In Public Decisionmaking, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Maieusis Through A Gated Membrane: "Getting The Science Right" In Public Decisionmaking, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland
Law meets science in a remarkable variety of contexts. While their interactions are often studied in particular contexts, general theories of their interaction are wanting. This paper presents a general model of an interface between law and science that identifies how their interaction must be structured to promote effective interdisciplinary collaboration, and then demonstrates how this model can be used to analyze problems as diverse as: a large-scale intergovernmental attempt at ecosystem restoration; and the effects of a method of science-based alternative dispute resolution on science and negotiated outcomes. In both cases, the model features of a properly functioning law-science …
Did Nepa Drown New Orleans? The Levees, The Blame Game, And The Hazards Of Hindsight, Thomas O. Mcgarity, Douglas A. Kysar
Did Nepa Drown New Orleans? The Levees, The Blame Game, And The Hazards Of Hindsight, Thomas O. Mcgarity, Douglas A. Kysar
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This Article highlights the hazards of hindsight analysis of the causes of catastrophic events, focusing on theories of why the New Orleans levees failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and particularly on the theory that the levee failures were "caused" by a 1977 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lawsuit that resulted in a temporary injunction against the Army Corps of Engineers' hurricane protection project for New Orleans. The Article provides a detailed historical reconstruction of the decision process that eventuated in the New Orleans storm surge protection system, focusing both on the political and legal factors involved and on the …
“El Principio De Precaución En La Jurisprudencia Del Tribunal De Justicia De Las Comunidades Europeas: ¿Un Principio De Buen Gobierno?”, Luis González Vaqué
“El Principio De Precaución En La Jurisprudencia Del Tribunal De Justicia De Las Comunidades Europeas: ¿Un Principio De Buen Gobierno?”, Luis González Vaqué
Luis González Vaqué
La jurisprudencia examinada no parece confortar las tesis de quienes se muestran favorables a una concepción maximalista del principio de precaución.
En definitiva, no puede considerarse que concluir que el citado principio se ‘limita’ a permitir a los ‘poderes públicos’ adoptar medidas preventivas proporcionadas, no discriminatorias y de carácter provisional cuando, a pesar de haberse realizado una evaluación de riesgos lo más completa posible, persisten incertidumbres sobre el alcance y naturaleza de un riesgo inaceptable, sea optar por una definición minimalista del principio de precaución. Especialmente, si se tiene en cuenta que una interpretación maximalista del mismo tiende a restarle …
Conference Guidebook: Water, Climate And Uncertainty: An Introduction To The Issues, Language, Literature And The Conference Materials, Doug Kenney
Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13)
20 pages.
"Prepared as a Supplement to: Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, June 11-13, 2003"
"Doug Kenney, Ph.D."
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Part I: What Are Climate Researchers Saying About Western Water? A Guide for Non-Scientists
Part II: What Should Climate Researchers Know About the Realm of Western Water Law, Policy and Management?
Part III: Where to Find Additional Information
Mandating Environmental Liability Insurance, Benjamin J. Richardson
Mandating Environmental Liability Insurance, Benjamin J. Richardson
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Fortifying A Law Firm's Ethical Infrastructure: Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims Based On Conflicts Of Interest Symposium: Legal Malpractice And Professional Responsibility., Susan Saab Fortney, Jett Hanna
Fortifying A Law Firm's Ethical Infrastructure: Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims Based On Conflicts Of Interest Symposium: Legal Malpractice And Professional Responsibility., Susan Saab Fortney, Jett Hanna
St. Mary's Law Journal
This article addresses the prevailing problem of malpractice claims based on conflicts of interest. Part I of this article introduces the topic by underscoring the seriousness of all conflicts of interest and recommending preventative action. Part II describes measures that law firms can take to detect and manage conflicts and analyzes the effect of the firm’s ability to avoid conflicts claims on a firm’s ethical infrastructure. Part III focuses on some of the most common conflicts situations that result in malpractice claims and sanctions. The discussion includes selected conflicts cases that illustrate problems and patterns. Part IV concludes by urging …
The Precautionary Principle In Australia: Policy, Law & Potential Precautionary Eias, Warwick Gullett
The Precautionary Principle In Australia: Policy, Law & Potential Precautionary Eias, Warwick Gullett
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Gullet argues that environmental impact assessments are a logical vehicle for factoring the precautionary principle into large-project-approval processes.
Risk Perception: “Experts” Vs. “Lay People”, Ann Bostrom
Risk Perception: “Experts” Vs. “Lay People”, Ann Bostrom
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
A New Account Of Expert / Lay Conflicts Of Risk Intuition, Howard Margolis
A New Account Of Expert / Lay Conflicts Of Risk Intuition, Howard Margolis
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Improving Comparative Risk Analysis, James Hammitt
Improving Comparative Risk Analysis, James Hammitt
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Comparative Risk Projects And Their Effects On Decision Making, Jennifer Crawford
Comparative Risk Projects And Their Effects On Decision Making, Jennifer Crawford
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Comparative Risk Analysis In The Department Of Energy, Thomas Grumbly
Comparative Risk Analysis In The Department Of Energy, Thomas Grumbly
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
A Note On “Voluntary” Versus “Involuntary” Risks, Cass Sunstein
A Note On “Voluntary” Versus “Involuntary” Risks, Cass Sunstein
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Comparative Risk: What Makes A Successful Project, Debra Gutenson
Comparative Risk: What Makes A Successful Project, Debra Gutenson
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Comparative Risk Analysis: An Informal Survey Of Experts, James Hammitt
Comparative Risk Analysis: An Informal Survey Of Experts, James Hammitt
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Subtle Vices Behind Environmental Values, Frank Cross
Subtle Vices Behind Environmental Values, Frank Cross
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
Can Comparative Risk Be Used To Develop Better Environmental Decisions?, Ken Jones
Can Comparative Risk Be Used To Develop Better Environmental Decisions?, Ken Jones
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
No abstract provided.
In A Greener Voice: Feminist Theory And Environmental Justice, Robert R.M. Verchick
In A Greener Voice: Feminist Theory And Environmental Justice, Robert R.M. Verchick
Robert R.M. Verchick
This Article explores the way in which women activists--and the feminist strategies they contribute--help shape the meaning and pursuit of environmental justice. [FN8] It shows how methods associated with feminism have contributed to the movement's premier concerns for family safety and social equality and have prompted creative ways to identify and attack a broad range of environmental threats. The Article is divided into four parts. Part I briefly surveys the participation of women in the environmental justice movement and examines the reasons why so many women become involved in grassroots environmental struggles. Part II shows how the strategies and goals …