Journal of Climate & Energy Law Issue Search
| Volume | 2 |
| Month | December |
| Year | 2010 |
| Title | Adapting to Climate Change with Law That Bends Without Breaking |
| Author(s) | Holly Doremus |
| Start Page | 45 |
| Abstract | Climate change, the key environmental challenge of this century, is a tough problem for law in many ways. The topic of this panel, instrument choice, highlights a particularly difficult, important, and under-recognized aspect of the climate change challenge: the difficulty of devising a system of environmental law that combines the flexibility necessary to deal with a changing world with the rigidity and accountability essential to hold us to the difficult task of environmental protection. |