Recently added articles from UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy:

Climate change, adaptation, and development.

Dec 22, 2007; Cole, Daniel H. ... <Pre> I. INTRODUCTION II. THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE III. ADAPTATION PROVISIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IV. DEVELOPING "ADAPTIVE EFFICIENCY" IN LDCS A. What the LDCs Should Do V. HOW THE DEVELOPED WORLD CAN HELP A. Problems and Prospects of ...

Apportioning climate change costs.

Dec 22, 2007; Farber, Daniel A. ... <Pre> I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND ON CLIMATE CHANGE III. HOLDING EMITTERS RESPONSIBLEA. Who Should Pay?B. Designing a System to Shift Costs to Emitters IV. FOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT APPORTIONING RESPONSIBILITY AMONG EMITTERSA. Total or Excess Emissions?B. Average or ...

The challenges of dynamic water management in the American West.

Dec 22, 2007; Doremus, Holly ... <Pre> I. INTRODUCTION II. WESTERN WATER PROJECTS ARE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO GLOBAL WARMING III. ADAPTATION WILL BE DIFFICULT, AT BEST A. Infrastructure constraints B. Institutional constraints IV. THE APPEAL OF STABILITY V. BARRIERS TO REDISTRIBUTING WATER VI ....

Challenges of adapting to a changing climate.

Dec 22, 2007; Hurd, Brian H. ... <Pre> I. INTRODUCTION II. IDENTIFYING CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND IMPACTS AND DESCRIBING APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION III. SETTING THE STAGE WITH SOME USEFUL DEFINITIONS IV. BUILDING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY: WHAT, HOW, AND WHERE TO BEGIN? A. Improve ...

Of natmats, terrorists, and toxics: regulatory adaptation in a changing world.

Dec 22, 2007; Malloy, Timothy F. ... <Pre> I. INTRODUCTION II. THE PERFECT STORM A. Natural Accidents B. Climate Change C. Industrial Terrorism III. DUELING PARADIGMS: MANAGEMENT VS. PREVENTION A. Implementing the Dominant Paradigm B. Inherently Safer Design IV. ADAPTATION: ...

The role of U.S. insurance regulators in responding to climate change.

Dec 22, 2007; Mills, Evan ... ABSTRACT: This article addresses three key issues set forth in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Climate Change & Global Warming Task Force charter: 1. Implications of climate change on the insurance sector 2. Insurers' knowledge ...

Heat waves, global warming, and mitigation.

Dec 22, 2007; Carlson, Ann E. ... <Pre> I. INTRODUCTION II. HEAT WAVE DEFINITIONS A. Heat Waves B. Heat-related Illnesses and Mortality C. Demographics 1. Individual Characteristics D. Place and Space Matter 1. Geographic Differences 2. Intra-urban Differences III ....