Taking Climate Justice Into Our Own Hands

Subject
Climate Compensation Act, Private International Law
Author
Andrew Gage, Margaretha Wewerinke
Summary

This report, co-released by West Coast Environmental Law and the Vanuatu Environmental Law Association, explains how well-established principles of private international law allows the courts and governments of individual countries to take action against fossil fuel polluters. The report also includes the first public proposal for the text of a Climate Compensation Act that clarifies the principles of liability for large-scale greenhouse gas emitters, and which could be enacted by countries around the world.

Publication Date
Publication Pages
47
Publisher
West Coast Environmental Law
Publication Format
PDF