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Giving future generations a voice : normative frameworks, institutions and practice / edited by Jan Linehan, Peter Lawrence.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Law and legislation.
- Climatic changes.
- Environmental protection--Citizen participation.
- Environmental protection.
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]
- Summary:
- This important book focuses on how newly emerging institutions for future generations can contribute to tackling large scale global environmental problems, such as threats to biodiversity and climate change. It is especially timely given the new global impetus for decarbonisation, as well as the huge growth of climate litigation and climate protest movements, often led by young people.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction to Giving Future Generations a Voice: Normative Frameworks, Institutions and Practice
- PART I Normative basis
- 2. Justifying institutions for future generations based on the mitigation of bias and intergenerational justice
- 3. The capability approach as a road map for re-thinking intergenerational justice
- 4. Human rights as a basis for institutions for future generations
- PART II Mandate and operating principles
- 5. Protecting long-term interests: the role of institutions as commitment devices
- 6. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: what are its implications for future generations?
- PART III Lessons from practice
- 7. Accountability, government decisions and future generations: lessons from the Australian Ombudsman
- 8. A shift in public policy for future generations in Wales? Future generations and well-being planning
- 9. Reforming political institutions for the future: new reform proposals for legislatures and citizens' assemblies
- 10. European approaches to institutions for future generations
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-83910-825-8
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