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Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk: Canada-Country Paper
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative
  • Janis P. Sarra, Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia
  • Cynthia Williams, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
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Publication Date
4-1-2018
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Abstract

The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) is examining the legal basis for directors and trustees to take account of physical climate change risk and societal responses to climate change, under prevailing statutory and common (judge-made) laws. These are the first comprehensive legal assessments of the discharge of directors’ duties in the climate context for four Commonwealth common law countries: Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. These have been complemented by conferences in Australia (August 2016), Canada (October 2017), South Africa (January 2018) and the UK (June 2016).

The national legal papers follow a uniform structure and can be downloaded here: Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Citation Information
Janis P. Sarra and Cynthia Williams. "Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk: Canada-Country Paper" Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cynthia_williams/96/