Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Rationale and Aim of the SymposiumThe recognition that future generations deserve consideration and representation has formed part of international and domestic law for decades. 1 Concerns for future generations now permeate the 'fabric of international law'. 2 They are not only reflected in overarching concepts and principles such as sustainable development and intergenerational equity, but also find explicit consideration in international climate lawwhether in the form of preambular provisions as, for example, in the Paris Agreement, 3 or as a background principle of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).4 Concurrently, an increasing number of domestic constitutions now give legal force to the notion that the interests of future generations are to be taken into account when important decisions are made by governments and other public authorities.Such constitutional provisions engage a range of different themes but often focus on environmental protection (broadly defined), financial and economic matters, or on traditional political rights.5 These developments have triggered a renaissance of scholarly work devoted to the normative position of future generations, illustrated by, among others, the adoption Ψ
Source: Transnational Environmental Law
Authors: Ole W. Pedersen, Katalin Sulyok
Institutions: Aarhus University, Eötvös Loránd University
Language: English
Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404194650