Andrew L. Strauss

Toward Global Parliament

As economic and social decisions are increasingly being made internationally, both civil society and business networks are attempting to gain seats at the global table. The evolution of these two networks has been largely uncoordinated, and neither can claim to represent the global citizenry as a whole. Global civil societys critics are already challenging its claims to represent the public interest, and the charge of illegitimacy has even greater resonance when leveled at corporate and banking elites. This article makes the case that only when citizens and business interests work within an overarching democratically representative global body can they achieve policy accommodations that will be widely seen as legitimate. This article is available at the Foreign Affairs website.

Climate Change Geoengineering: Philosophical Perspectives, Legal Issues, and Governance Frameworks

Part I. Ethics and Philosophy: 1. Ethics, geoengineering and moral schizophrenia: whats the question? Stephen M. Gardiner 2. The ethical foundations of climate engineering Clive Hamilton 3. The psychological costs of geoengineering: why it may be hard to accept even if it works Gareth Davies Part II. Law and Governance: 4. Geoengineering and climate management: from marginality to inevitability Jay Michaelson 5. Climate engineering and the anthropocene era Lee Lane 6. Political legitimacy in decisions about experiments in solar radiation management David R. Morrow, Robert E. Kopp and Michael Oppenheimer 7. Geoengineering and the myth of unilateralism: pressures and prospects for international cooperation Joshua B. Horton 8. International legal regimes and principles relevant to geoengineering Albert C. Lin 9. Climate geoengineering: solar radiation management and its implications for intergenerational equity William C. G. Burns 10. Ocean iron fertilization: science, law, and uncertainty Randall S. Abate 11. Ocean iron fertilization: time to lift the research taboo Kerstin Gussow, Andreas Oschlies, Alexander Proelss, Katrin Rehdanz and Wilfried Rickels 12. Remaking the world to save it: applying US environmental laws to climate engineering projects Tracy Hester.

Climate Change Litigation: Opening the Door to the International Court of Justice

This chapter examines the potential for the International Court of Justice to serve as a forum for climate change litigation. It begins by assessing the potential legal and political implications of an International Court of Justice decision on climate change. It then proceeds to evaluate various jurisdictional basis upon which the Court could agree to hear cases implicating climate change. Finally, the chapter provides an overview of the law the law applicable to climate change litigation before the Court.