Dignity Rights and Climate Justice

Event: Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change: Using Constitutions to Advance Environmental Rights and Achieve Climate Justice

Dignity Rights and Climate Justice

27 February 2018
Author / Speaker: 
Erin Daly, Widener University - Email the author | Other materials by the author

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While courts are necessary, they are not sufficient in the struggle for climate justice. Courts must recognize not only the limitations of the political branches and the private sector, but also their potential. They must work together with government and civil society to impel effective solutions to the climate crisis.

Geographical Focus: 
Global
Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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