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Establishing a governmental duty of care for climate change mitigation: will Urgenda turn the tide?
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Liability for causing or failing to mitigate climate change has long been proposed as an alternative, or backstop, to lagging international cooperation. Thus far, there has been very limited success in holding governments or individuals responsible for the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that are considered the primary cause of anthropogenic climate change. The recent landmark decision in Urgenda Foundation v. Government of the Netherlands (Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S2047102515000199
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- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Transnational Environmental Law Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 339-357
- Publication date:
- 2015-10-01
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2047-1033
- ISSN:
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2047-1025
- Source identifiers:
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574414
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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