Longstanding Duties & Obligations Archives - Page 4 of 5 - Initiative on Climate Risk and Resilience Law

Event/Conference Financial Disclosure Financial Regulation

Corporate Climate Risk: Assessment, Disclosure, and Action

A video recording is available of this conference on corporate climate-related financial risk, including panels on assessing risk, economic implications for mitigation, the current state of disclosure, and policy considerations for regulators.

October 2, 2020

Blog/News Article Financial Regulation Regulatory Activities

A New Warning Bell for Wall Street as Wildfires Rage out West

This article discusses the CFTC's report on climate risk, including its findings and recommendations.

September 18, 2020

Book Chapter

Capitalization and Exclusionary Zoning

This book chapter provides a new lens for identifying exclusionary zoning that focuses on the economic effects instead of any particular characteristic, looking at the extent to which the economic values of public services like high-quality public schools are capitalized into property values.

March 20, 2020

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Risk Management

Climate Risks Are Becoming Legal Liabilities for the Energy Sector

The number of plaintiffs taking energy firms to court for ignoring climate-related risks is growing. By revealing how the sector is not prepared—and not preparing—for what is coming, their cases are pressing the energy sector to treat those risks as a cost of doing business.

February 17, 2020

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.

October 1, 2019

Adaptation as Risk Management Essay Risk Management

What is Habitat?

This essay explains the Supreme Court decision requiring agency to determine if an area is a species' "habitat" before it can be designated as critical habitat under the ESA and provides suggestions for how to define habitat, which is not done by statute or regulation.

August 17, 2019

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Report Risk Management

Toward Resilience: Defining, Measuring, and Monetizing Resilience in the Electricity System

This report aims to assist policymakers in understanding grid resilience and evaluating potential interventions aimed at improving grid resilience. It develops a definition of resilience grounded in academic literature; describes a methodology for calculating the costs and benefits of potential grid resilience improvements; identifies legal authorities that states and federal…

August 1, 2018

Journal Article

The New Politics of New Property and the Takings Clause

This article presents a broad gloss on the traditional politics of property protection (liberals like broad regulatory power, conservatives strong private property protection) and then identifies ways these politics have been changing.

January 1, 2017

Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Journal Article State Energy Regulation

Reconstituting the Federalism Battle in Energy Transportation

This article explores federalism issues in energy transportation infrastructure, including pipelines and transmission lines, and evaluates reforms to approval processes for energy transport projects that can result in a more efficient process that leads to more rapid integration of new energy resources and technologies.

September 7, 2016

Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Journal Article State Energy Regulation

The Brave New Path of Energy Federalism

This article explores how recent Supreme Court decisions limit dual sovereignty’s role as the organizing federalism principle under energy statutes.

July 7, 2016

Longstanding Duties & Obligations