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Table7.1 Legal responses, their challengesandpotentialnext steps
National laws
Public law litigation Private law litigation
Rationale Stateshaveobligations toprotect their citizens fromthe
adverseeffectsof climatechange Companiesare responsible
fordamages fromclimate
changeand thecostsof
remedial action
Challenges Dismissalbasedon lackof
legal causality Dismissalbasedonpolitical
natureofclaim, international
treatiesnotdirectly
applicable tonational courts Dismissalbasedon lackof
legal causality, complexity
andmultiplicityofcausation
Potential remedy Broader interpretationof
causality; progress in
attribution science Neworamendmentof
existing laws Broader interpretationof
causality; progress in
attribution science.Newor
amendmentofexisting laws
Regionaland internationalhumanrights law
Varioushumanrights to life andsafety Refugee law
Rationale Stateshaveanobligation toensurehealthandsafetyof
peoplewithin their jurisdiction Stateshaveanobligation to
grant asylumtoclimate
refugees
Challenges Casesare likely tobe
dismissedbasedon lackof
legal causality Stateshavea“marginof
appreciation”ofhumanrights Nosufficient legalbasis
Potential remedy Courts applyabroader
interpretationofcausality
requirements Amending regional and
internationalhumanrights
treaties Enhancednegotiationand
workon international levels
suchasvia thePlatformon
DisasterDisplacement
Customary international law
Rationale Stateshaveacustomaryobligationnot toharmother states and thereforemust refrain from
emittinggreenhousegases that causeharmtoother states
Challenges States areunlikely toagree to the jurisdictionof the ICJoran
international tribunal Contentof theno-harmrule
relating toclimatechange is
unclear andnot specific
enough
Potential remedy Addressing fearsof escalating responsibility; limiting
jurisdiction to specificproblems ICJor international tribunal
issues judgmentoradvisory
opinionon thatmatter; further
researchon the relationship
betweenclimate regimeand
thecustomaryno-harmrule;
further researchon required
duediligence, especially
relating to sustainable
development
Climatechangeregime
Rationale States that excessivelyemitgreenhousegasesare inbreachof international treaties relating
to theUNclimateconvention
Challenges Obligationsarenot clear andspecificenough
Potential remedy Addressing fearsof escalating responsibility; amending
convention treaty text Enhancednegotiationsand
workon the international
level, suchas through the
WIM
Loss and Damage from Climate Change
Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Title
- Loss and Damage from Climate Change
- Subtitle
- Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Authors
- Reinhard Mechler
- Laurens M. Bouwer
- Thomas Schinko
- Swenja Surminski
- JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer
- Publisher
- Springer Open
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-72026-5
- Size
- 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Pages
- 580
- Keywords
- Environment, Climate change, Environmental law, Environmental policy, Risk management
- Categories
- International
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima