Description: Economic, technological, social and environmental transformations are affecting all humanity, and decisions taken today will impact the quality of life for all future generations. This volume surveys current commitments to sustainable development, analysing innovative policies, practices and procedures to promote respect for intergenerational justice. Expert contributors provide serious scholarly and practical discussions of the theoretical, institutional, and legal considerations inherent in intergenerational justice at local, national, regional and global scales. They investigate treaty commitments related to intergenerational equity, explore linkages between regimes, and offer insights from diverse experiences of national future generations' institutions. This volume should be read by lawyers, academics, policy-makers, business and civil society leaders interested in the economy, society, the environment, sustainable development, climate change, and other law, policy and practices impacting all generations.
Brief description: Alexandra R. Harrington is Research Director and Lead Counsel (Peace, Justice and Governance) with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada. She serves as the Director of Studies for ILA Colombia, a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and Visiting Professor at Albany Law School. Dr Harrington is the author of International Organizations and the Law and the forthcoming International Law and Global Governance: Treaty Regimes and Sustainable Development Goals Interpretation as well as dozens of articles and book chapters.