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Harmful Activities, the Duty to Rescue, and Climate Change
A concept from tort law suggests another argument for international climate adaptation funding.
Do countries that caused past carbon emissions have a duty to help pay for adaptation and disaster response? Much of the argument about this is phrased in terms of damages for past actions, not unlike arguments that oil companies should pay damages for oil spills. Tort law suggests another way of looking at the issue, one that doesn’t depend on whether the past emissions themselves give rise to duty for reparations. Instead, it depends on the principle that people whose activities contribute to accident risks, even innocently, have a duty to assist victims.
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The President announced two new EPA choices: Cynthia Giles as chief of enforcement, and Michele DePass as EPA’s assistant administrator for international affairs. Cynthia Giles is a Berkeley Law grad. She is currently the vice president and director of the Conservation Law Foundation’s Rhode Island Advocacy Center, focusing on state and regional programs …
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