Copyright (c) 2011 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson Recent documents in Prof. Elizabeth Burleson en-us Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:32:16 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/33 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/33 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:43:45 PST This chapter will assess the Antarctic Treaty System, ask what polar lessons can be learned regarding common pool resources, and analyze law of the sea and related measures. It will consider such substantive areas as Arctic and Antarctic natural resource management and procedural opportunities as inclusive governance structures. Enhancing good governance can occur through trust building forums that bring together stakeholders, share information, and make environmentally sound decisions regarding sustainable development.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/32 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/32 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:37:00 PST This article recommends enhanced governance of persistent organic pollutants through incentives to develop environmentally sound, climate friendly technologies as well as caution in developing the Arctic. It highlights the toxicity challenges presented by POPs to Arctic people and ecosystems.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson Human Rights and the Environment http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/31 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/31 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:30:01 PST This Article considers the advantages and disadvantages of market-based program design, natural gas regulation, and enhanced international understanding. Transitioning to a green economy involves dedicating efforts towards environmentally sound energy innovation. RGGI, natural gas, and climate change represent sustainability challenges. Optimizing cooperative transboundary green innovation can facilitate inclusive decision-making just as public participation by civil society can help economies transition to environmentally sound energy use. Building upon progress made in the human rights and environment fields can advance both and enhance resilience.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson Water, Climate, and Energy Security Green Economy Innovation http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/30 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/30 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:23:30 PST Nuclear meltdown in Japan and civil society strife across the Middle East highlight the degree to which resilience is core to international peace and security. This article considers the means by which communities can become increasingly resilient through shared best practices across a range of climate change measures.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson Water, Climate, and Energy Security Energy Revolution and Disaster Response in the Face of Climate Change http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/29 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/29 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:17:19 PST Civil society participation can facilitate sound energy, climate, and water governance. This article analyzes the dynamics of transnational decision-making. Part II discusses sound energy strategy in light of a shrinking water-resources base due to climate change. Part III considers how public participation in international decision-making can sustain trust in governments and strengthen the legitimacy of legal decisions. Part IV concludes that process and outcome are both integral to addressing water, climate, and energy challenges.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson Water, Climate, and Energy Security http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/28 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/28 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:06:15 PST Given the recent enactment of the ADA Amendments Act, this article analyzes a Rawlsian philosophical framework with which to view society’s treatment of people with disabilities. Allocation of resources remains a pervasive concern of economists and attorneys alike. Need, merit, and market compete as means by which to decide who should receive what benefits. This article concludes that while economics can play a powerful role in the initial allocation of limited resources there remains a multifaceted federal role to confront discrimination and promote equity.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/27 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/27 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:05:07 PST Given the recent enactment of the ADA Amendments Act, this article analyzes a Rawlsian philosophical framework with which to view society’s treatment of people with disabilities. Allocation of resources remains a pervasive concern of economists and attorneys alike. Need, merit, and market compete as means by which to decide who should receive what benefits. This article concludes that while economics can play a powerful role in the initial allocation of limited resources there remains a multifaceted federal role to confront discrimination and promote equity.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/26 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/26 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:39:02 PST Indigenous peoples have modeled sustainable development around the world. Incentivizing the innovation and instillation of wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources can come in the form of public funding, including renewable portfolio standards, feed in tariffs and green tag programs. This article analyzes ways in which tribal communities are helping to expand cooperative good governance.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/25 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/25 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:33:13 PST Public participation ranging from information sharing to decision-making remains central to equitable and effective water management. Involving directly and indirectly affected individuals in decision-making facilitates trust and can establish partnerships. It also helps ensure that vital considerations are not bypassed. Providing the public with information and the opportunity to become educated about proposed projects includes a full explanation of environmental, socio-economic, and public health implications. While the challenges are formidable, there is a clear need to transition to climate resilient water policies and inclusive good governance.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/24 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/24 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:23:43 PST Transboundary environmental problems do not distinguish between political boundaries. Global warming is expected to cause thermal expansion of water and melt glaciers. Both are predicted to lead to a rise in sea level. We must enlarge our paradigms to encompass a global reality and reliance upon global participation.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/23 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/23 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:07:30 PST This Article analyzes the development and dissemination of environmentally sound technologies that can address climate change. Climate change poses catastrophic health and security risks on a global scale. Universities, individual innovators, private firms, civil society, governments, and the United Nations can unite in the common goal to address climate change. This Article recommends means by which legal, scientific, engineering, and a host of other public and private actors can bring environmentally sound innovation into widespread use to achieve sustainable development. In particular, universities can facilitate this collaboration by fostering global innovation and diffusion networks.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/22 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/22 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:59:47 PST Achieving climate justice and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are mutually- reinforcing challenges. The achievement of both is well within the capacity of the international community. Indeed, reaching carbon neutrality in an affordable, environmentally sound way requires integrating the strategies of mitigation, adaptation, sustainable development, and disaster risk management.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/21 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/21 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:52:01 PST The United Nations Climate Change Conference, held from November 29 to December 11, 2010, in Cancún, Mexico, relaunched the United Nation's multilateral facilitation role.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/20 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/20 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:27:54 PST This article analyzes the importance of increasing civil society actor access to and influence in international legal and policy negotiations, drawing from academic scholarship on governance, conservation and environmental sustainability, natural resource management, observations of civil society actors, and the authors’ experiences as participants in international environmental negotiations.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/19 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/19 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:17:38 PST The World Economic Forum recognizes that while restrictions on energy affect water systems and vice versa, energy and water policy are rarely coordinated. The International Panel on Climate Change predicts that wet places will become wetter and dry places will become dryer. Transboundary water, energy and climate coordination can occur through international consensus building.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/18 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/18 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:07:40 PST This article analyzes the interaction between international human rights law and climate change law. Part II discusses climate induced migration, human rights law and refugee status. Part III considers the role of the United Nations Security Council in climate-induced insecurity. Part IV concludes that maintaining international peace and security requires timely codification of climate measures that address ecomigration. Beyond mitigation, adaptation, technology, and funding, other climate cross cutting issues continue to challenge the international community. The demographics, economies, and geographic features of given countries impact their priorities in the ongoing negotiations. Irrespective of the given impact that climate change will likely have, everyone has a vested interest in maintaining international peace and security. Migration has been one of the factors used by the Security Council to determine whether a situation constitutes a threat to international peace and security. Regardless of the means by which agreement is reached, adaptation to climate change should be implemented as soon as possible.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/17 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/17 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:01:02 PST Climate resilient communities can be achieved with the support of global research, development, deployment, and diffusion of environmentally sound low GHG emission technologies and processes. Technology cooperation should lower emissions remaining mindful of biodiversity, ecosystem services and livelihoods. China and the United States need to respond effectively to both economic and climate crises and can do so in part by cooperating on environmentally sound technology that transforms the global use of energy.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/16 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/16 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:49:53 PST Children would benefit substantially if governments legally recognized same sex marriages and parenting. This article analyzes international human rights law, co-parent adoption, and the recognition of gay and lesbian families. It addresses civil marriage and adoption challenges for same sex families and assesses European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence relating to same-sex adoption. This article considers the international community's efforts to implement the best interest of the child standard concluding that recognition of same sex families is in the best interest of the child and should be facilitated in a timely manner by jurisdictions at all levels.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/15 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/15 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:08:56 PDT Global energy demand is likely to increase by 45 percent by 2030. Climate change will threaten existing employment and necessitate new green jobs. Funding has gone towards such renewable energy technologies as wind and solar; such fuel economy options as second-generation hybrids, plug-in electrics, and fuel cell vehicles; increased appliance efficiency; and such water-efficient farming methods as drip irrigation. Youth innovation can play a powerful role in achieving sustainable development. Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus has demonstrated how micro finance in the form of small loans can help poor people start or expand entrepreneurial endeavors. Government funded research has led to innovative ways to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. Companies are beginning to ramp up technologies to full-scale production and provide infrastructure that enables consumers to use new energy options. Governments are passing legislation that will facilitate carbon trading and offer tax benefits to purchasers of renewable energy and efficiency measures. Engaging youth in environmentally sound emerging sectors can promote international peace and security.

]]> Prof. Elizabeth Burleson http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/14 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_burleson/14 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:05:50 PDT Wind-generated electricity in the United States has grown by more than 400 percent since 2000. According to the Department of Energy, 6 percent of US land could supply more than one and a half times the current electricity consumption of the country. Yet, challenges remain in matching demand for electricity with supply of wind as well as achieving grid parity. Careful wind turbine and transmission line siting can occur through cooperation between federal, state, tribal, and civil society participation in decision-making. Tribal wind initiatives have shown that developing wind power can also benefit rural communities. Congress should pass a national renewable energy standard of at least 20 percent renewable energy by 2020, guided by ongoing scientific understanding of measures required to avert severe climate change. A timely transition to wind-generated electricity and other environmentally sound technologies can achieve an effective and equitable US energy policy.

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