Legal Disputes Related to Climate Change Will Continue for a Century

Authors

Richard J. Pierce Jr, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Status

Accepted

Abstract

Professor Pierce summarizes the expected effects of anthropogenic climate change, discusses the expensive and ineffective efforts that have been attempted to date to mitigate climate change, describes a more promising strategy for the future, and explains why the US must prepare to make major changes in law to adapt to some significant changes in climate that are inevitable. This paper was originally presented to the DC Bar as the 2012 Harold Leventhal Lecture.

GW Paper Series

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-71; GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-71

SSRN Link

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149205

Recommended Citation

Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Legal Disputes Related to Climate Change Will Continue for a Century, 43 Envtl L. J. (2012).