Michael Vandenbergh

Agency Filing Financial Disclosure Financial Regulation

Comments to SEC on Climate Risk Disclosure (ICRRL, Policy Integrity, EDF, Professors)

These comments make recommendations on the establishment of mandatory climate risk disclosure requirements that produce comparable, specific, and decision-useful information for investors, in response to the SEC's request for public input on climate disclosures.

Michael VandenberghJune 14, 2021

Financial Regulation Journal Article Private Governance Risk Management

Disclosure of Private Environmental Governance Risks

This article argues that the SEC should take action to require better disclosure of private environmental governance risks.

Michael VandenberghJanuary 11, 2021

Journal Article Private Governance Risk Management

The Gap-Filling Role of Private Environmental Governance

This article explains the efficacy of private environmental governance efforts as a gap filling tool for government regulatory regimes.

Michael VandenberghJune 10, 2020

Journal Article Private Governance Risk Management

Social Checks and Balances: A Private Fairness Doctrine

This article proposes a private standards and certification system to induce media firms to provide more complete and accurate information, which would use a new private fairness doctrine to replace the standard repealed by the FCC, and would bolster the social checks and balances that support the processes of democratic…

Michael VandenberghDecember 6, 2019

Private Governance Risk Management Textbook

Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change

Starting with the insight that much of the resistance to climate mitigation is grounded in concern about the role of government, this book draws on law, policy, social science, and climate science to demonstrate how private initiatives are already bypassing government inaction in the U.S. and around the world and…

Michael VandenberghDecember 1, 2017

Journal Article Private Governance Risk Management

The Role of Individual and Household Behavior in Decarbonization

This article argues that household behavior matters for deep decarbonization and laws, policies, and programs that target behavioral change can be employed to facilitate decarbonization

Michael VandenberghNovember 1, 2017

Essay Private Governance Risk Management

Private Governance and the New Private Advocacy

This article argues that an exclusive focus on public governance and advocacy will miss opportunities to affect large aspects of the modern regulatory landscape and suggests that private advocacy and private governance will play a growing role in environmental law and policy as the federal role in environmental protection shrinks.

Michael VandenberghSeptember 1, 2017

Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Journal Article State Energy Regulation

Prospective Grandfathering: Anticipating the Energy Transition Problem

This article identifies tools available to the government ex ante that will preserve regulatory flexibility in the future by forestalling regulatory takings claims and blunt the fairness concerns that fuel takings arguments, and argues for their adoption in the context of natural gas regulation.

Michael VandenberghAugust 22, 2017

Book Chapter Private Governance Risk Management

Doing the Wrong Things for the Right Reasons: How Environmental Fallacies Affect Environmental Behavior

This book chapter examines how people's common misperceptions of the environmental impact of energy and water use behaviors influence behavioral choices and environmental outcomes, concluding that correcting these misperceptions could be an integral part of a successful strategy to reduce consumption.

Michael VandenberghAugust 1, 2017

Blog/News Article Private Governance Risk Management

Government Action Isn’t Enough for Climate Change. The Private Sector Can Cut Billions of Tons of Carbon

This article argues that to meet Paris goals, more than just government action will be needed because of the "Paris gap," the difference between the goals of Paris and what the agreement will actually achieve over the next decade, and so private actors will need to take action as well.

Michael VandenberghJune 21, 2017

Comments to SEC on Climate Risk Disclosure (ICRRL, Policy Integrity, EDF, Professors)

Disclosure of Private Environmental Governance Risks

The Gap-Filling Role of Private Environmental Governance

Social Checks and Balances: A Private Fairness Doctrine

Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change

The Role of Individual and Household Behavior in Decarbonization

Private Governance and the New Private Advocacy

Prospective Grandfathering: Anticipating the Energy Transition Problem

Doing the Wrong Things for the Right Reasons: How Environmental Fallacies Affect Environmental Behavior

Government Action Isn’t Enough for Climate Change. The Private Sector Can Cut Billions of Tons of Carbon

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