Description
Future generations, wildlife, and natural resources – collectively referred to as 'the voiceless' in this work – are the most vulnerable and least equipped populations to protect themselves from the impacts of global climate change. In this new edition of Climate Change and the Voiceless, Randall S. Abate provides comprehensive analysis of recent landmark strategic litigation to protect vulnerable communities, significant updates on legislative and judicial developments on rights of nature, and a detailed summary of the most important climate change advisory opinions and their implications for the protection of voiceless communities. As in the original work, he identifies the common vulnerabilities of the voiceless in the Anthropocene era and demonstrates how the law can evolve to protect their interests more effectively. This work should be read by anyone interested in how the law can be employed to mitigate the effects of climate change on those who stand to lose the most.
Table of Contents
1. An anthropogenic problem that requires an ecocentric solution; 2. Climate change litigation in domestic courts and human rights commissions; 3. Protection of future generations; 4. Legal personhood for wildlife: US and foreign domestic judicial developments 5. Rights of nature: US and foreign domestic perspectives; 6. Proposal for enhanced stewardship and rights-based protections for the voiceless, Index.
