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Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Flood Insurance

"The federal government has attempted to address flooding through an insurance program aimed at effectively providing relief to those whose property is damaged by flooding and at incentivizing sound risk management. However, the federal insurance program subsidizes flood insurance premiums, and, therefore, does not require property owners to internalize the…

Matt SienkiewiczJuly 1, 2015

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Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Securities Law

This article explores how governments and investors can use financial disclosure as a tool to incentivize or pressure publicly traded companies to undertake climate change adaptation measures. The article explains why financial disclosure is a powerful tool, describes the relevant regulatory schemes, and outlines both regulatory or enforcement and market-based…

Nina HartMay 1, 2015

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Comments on the CEQ’s Revised Draft Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews

These comments discuss the Council on Environmental Quality's proposed guidance on the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and effects of climate change in NEPA reviews. The comments argue that agencies should be required to consider the effects of climate change on the environmental consequences of proposed actions.

Michael Gerrard and Jessica WentzMarch 24, 2015

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Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: NEPA

This paper discusses the legal authority for using the National Environmental Policy Act and similar state laws to address climate change adaptation, and explains how citizens can use these laws to encourage agencies and applicants to consider climate change impacts—both those caused by and those affecting a proposed project.

Jennifer Klein and Ethan StrellMarch 1, 2015

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Comments on the New York State Department of Public Service’s Long Island Utility 2.0 Plan

These comments discuss the storm hardening and resiliency initiatives set out in PSEG Long Island's Utility 2.0 Plan.

Jennifer KleinNovember 11, 2014

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Climate Change Securities Disclosures in Australia

This working paper looks at the extent to which current securities filings regulations with the Australian securities authorities require (or alternatively, recommend) listed Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) entities to disclose climate change risks on the performance of a listed entity. The paper also reviews what in practice is being reported…

Amanda LiuMarch 1, 2014

Energy Regulation Journal Article Risk Management State Energy Regulation

New York State Leading on Utility Climate Change Adaptation

This article discusses the New York Public Service Commission's decision to approve a settlement requiring Con Edison to implement state-of-the-art measures to plan for and protect its electric, gas, and steam systems from the effects of climate change.

Christine Fazio and Ethan StrellFebruary 27, 2014

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Comments on the Con Ed Storm Hardening and Resilience Report

These comments recommend that the NYPSC order the continuation of the Storm Hardening and Resiliency Collaborative and (1) have Working Group II consider broadly how alternative business models for distributed generation ownership and adjustment to existing tariff provisions could provide system-wide resilience benefits; (2) have Working Group IV develop explicit…

Jonathan Schrag, Jason Schwartz, Denise Grab, Matthew Weprin and Hillary ColemanJanuary 10, 2014

Energy Regulation Report Risk Management State Energy Regulation

Envisioning Resilient Electrical Infrastructure: A Policy Framework for Incorporating Future Climate Change into Electricity Sector Planning

Climate change needs to be incorporated in future designs of the electricity sector. This paper argues for a policy framework in which utilities take the lead by performing an electrical climate change impact assessment that evaluates to what extent utilities’ electrical assets are vulnerable to future climate change. Based on…

Sam NieropDecember 1, 2013

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Managed Coastal Retreat: A Legal Handbook on Shifting Development Away from Vulnerable Areas

Numerous legal tools already exist to assist federal, state, and local governments in conducting managed retreat away from the most vulnerable coasts. Scattered publications, toolkits, and websites describe a broad range of legal, policy, and regulatory tools. These tools have, with little fanfare, been used by communities around the United…

Anne SidersOctober 1, 2013

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Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Flood Insurance

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Securities Law

Comments on the CEQ’s Revised Draft Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: NEPA

Comments on the New York State Department of Public Service’s Long Island Utility 2.0 Plan

Climate Change Securities Disclosures in Australia

New York State Leading on Utility Climate Change Adaptation

Comments on the Con Ed Storm Hardening and Resilience Report

Envisioning Resilient Electrical Infrastructure: A Policy Framework for Incorporating Future Climate Change into Electricity Sector Planning

Managed Coastal Retreat: A Legal Handbook on Shifting Development Away from Vulnerable Areas

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