Book contents
- Environmental Rights for Future Generations
- Environmental Rights for Future Generations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of International Conventions
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Rationale
- 3 The Law
- 4 The Problem
- 5 New Theory and Practice
- 6 Unconventional Natural Resource Extraction
- 7 Climate Adaptation, Decarbonisation and Geoengineering
- 8 Nuclear Energy
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Climate Adaptation, Decarbonisation and Geoengineering
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2025
Book contents
- Environmental Rights for Future Generations
- Environmental Rights for Future Generations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of International Conventions
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Rationale
- 3 The Law
- 4 The Problem
- 5 New Theory and Practice
- 6 Unconventional Natural Resource Extraction
- 7 Climate Adaptation, Decarbonisation and Geoengineering
- 8 Nuclear Energy
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The second case study in Chapter 7 presents a detailed examination of the future environmental rights implications of climate change. It addresses the implications for future generations of climate change itself, as well as our responses to climate change, including adaptation measures, decarbonisation and geoengineering. Each of these is considered in terms of the potential impact they might have on the human rights of future generations. The chapter also provides an overview of recent human rights-based climate litigation, with a particular focus on cases that have been brought on behalf of future generations or by children and young people. These cases show that, while some cases have successfully argued for intergenerational climate justice, international human rights law remains an unfriendly forum for litigating future environmental harms or the rights of future generations. The chapter concludes by considering the ways in which this could be improved through the application of the new theory and practice outlined in Chapter 5.
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