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Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Risk Management

Governing Cascade Failures in Complex Social-Ecological-Technological Systems: Framing Context, Strategies, and Challenges

This article discusses the problem of cascade failures and how to control them, and the particular governance challenges for strategies to control such failures in the context of large scale social-ecological-technological systems.

J.B. RuhlOctober 18, 2019

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Private Governance Risk Management

Ecosystem Services and Federal Public Lands: A Quiet Revolution in Natural Resources Management

This article traces the policy evolution that embedded consideration of ecosystem services in lands management, assesses why and how that happened and what it means for the future of lands management, and argues that land management agencies' emphasis on the flow of ecosystem services from public lands to off-site human…

J.B. Ruhl and James SalzmanOctober 17, 2019

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Risk Management

Untapped Capacity for Resilience in Environmental Law

This article discusses U.S. and EU examples of untapped capacity in existing laws for fostering resilience in social-ecological systems.

J.B. Ruhl and OthersOctober 1, 2019

Environmental Justice Journal Article Risk Management

Changing the National Flood Insurance Program for a Changing Climate

This comment assesses the current state of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the threats to it from climate change . In addition, it explores several strategies to change the NFIP for a changing climate.

Dena Adler, Michael Burger, Rob Moore and Joel ScataApril 1, 2019

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Risk Management

Energy Exactions

Local fees or timing limits may help to address the energy impact of new development.

Jim Rossi and Christopher SerkinMarch 1, 2019

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Risk Management

Turning the Tide in Coastal and Riverine Energy Infrastructure Adaptation: Can an Emerging Wave of Litigation Advance Preparation for Climate Change?

A new wave of “failure to adapt” lawsuits has sought to clarify how a changing climate may change what reasonable preparations governments and private actors must take, including increasing the resilience of their infrastructure. These suits span constitutional, tort, and statutory law more broadly, but unprepared owners of energy infrastructure…

Dena AdlerDecember 19, 2018

Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Journal Article

Constrained Regulatory Exit in Energy Law

This article finds that as FERC has mostly ended its regulation of wholesale markets, states have responded with regulatory change creating a back and forth between them to ensure statutory duties are met and to avoid regulatory gaps, and argues that this "exit" and "exchange" of duties is good, and…

Jim Rossi and Hannah WisemanJune 5, 2018

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Journal Article Risk Management State Energy Regulation

Microgrids and Resilience to Climate-Driven Impacts on Public Health

This article examines how the definitions of resilience adopted by the public health and electricity communities can, but do not necessarily, converge in responses to electricity outages so severe that they affect the operation of critical infrastructure, such as wastewater treatment and drinking water facilities, hospitals, and cooling centers. The…

Justin GundlachFebruary 1, 2018

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Risk Management

Transforming (Perceived) Rigidity in Environmental Law through Adaptive Governance: A Case of Endangered Species Act Implementation

This article identifies barriers to an integrated approach to the ESA's Section 7 Consultation requirement and characterizes a set of strategies for overcoming its rigidity that may have broader applicability.

J.B. Ruhl and OthersDecember 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 Vandenbergh and Paul SternNovember 1, 2017

Governing Cascade Failures in Complex Social-Ecological-Technological Systems: Framing Context, Strategies, and Challenges

Ecosystem Services and Federal Public Lands: A Quiet Revolution in Natural Resources Management

Untapped Capacity for Resilience in Environmental Law

Changing the National Flood Insurance Program for a Changing Climate

Energy Exactions

Turning the Tide in Coastal and Riverine Energy Infrastructure Adaptation: Can an Emerging Wave of Litigation Advance Preparation for Climate Change?

Constrained Regulatory Exit in Energy Law

Microgrids and Resilience to Climate-Driven Impacts on Public Health

Transforming (Perceived) Rigidity in Environmental Law through Adaptive Governance: A Case of Endangered Species Act Implementation

The Role of Individual and Household Behavior in Decarbonization

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