UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy articles

Recent articles from UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy

Climate change, adaptation, and development.
December 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE III. ADAPTATION PROVISIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IV. DEVELOPING "ADAPTIVE EFFICIENCY" IN LDCS A. What the LDCs Should Do V. HOW THE DEVELOPED WORLD CAN HELP A. Problems and Prospects of...

Apportioning climate change costs.
December 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND ON CLIMATE CHANGE III. HOLDING EMITTERS RESPONSIBLE A. Who Should Pay? B. Designing a System to Shift Costs to Emitters IV. FOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT APPORTIONING RESPONSIBILITY AMONG EMITTERS A. Total or Excess Emissions? B. Average or...

The challenges of dynamic water management in the American West.
December 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. WESTERN WATER PROJECTS ARE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO GLOBAL WARMING III. ADAPTATION WILL BE DIFFICULT, AT BEST A. Infrastructure constraints B. Institutional constraints IV. THE APPEAL OF STABILITY V. BARRIERS TO REDISTRIBUTING WATER VI....

Challenges of adapting to a changing climate.
December 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. IDENTIFYING CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND IMPACTS AND DESCRIBING APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION III. SETTING THE STAGE WITH SOME USEFUL DEFINITIONS IV. BUILDING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY: WHAT, HOW, AND WHERE TO BEGIN? A. Improve scientific...

Of natmats, terrorists, and toxics: regulatory adaptation in a changing world.
December 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE PERFECT STORM A. Natural Accidents B. Climate Change C. Industrial Terrorism III. DUELING PARADIGMS: MANAGEMENT VS. PREVENTION A. Implementing the Dominant Paradigm B. Inherently Safer Design IV. ADAPTATION: INTEGRATION...