A Climate of Extremes: Transboundary Conflict Resolution

Prof. Elizabeth Burleson, USD School of Law

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Elizabeth Burleson, “A Climate of Extremes: Transboundary Conflict Resolution,” Climate Change Symposium, 32 Vermont Law Review 477 (2008).

Abstract

This Article examines evolving climate change policy. In April 2007 Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency clarified that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This Supreme Court ruling coincided with the United Nations Security Council's decision to put climate change on its agenda. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that anthropogenic climate change has impacted the natural world and human societies. Scientific and governmental consensus has coalesced that multilateral climate mitigation and adaptation must be implemented. International institutions, governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and civil society can achieve multilateral greenhouse gas mitigation and climate adaptation.