Introduction / Marcel Szabo, Marie Claire Cordonier Segger & Alexandra R. Harrington -- The theoretical framework for international legal principles of intergenerational equity and implementation through national institutions / Edith Brown Weiss -- International Treaty Law and policy for future generations / Marie Claire Cordonier Segger -- Intergenerational justice under International Treaty Law : the obligations of the state to future generations / Marcel Szabo -- The use of International Human Rights norms to implement international solidarity / Dinah Shelton -- Future generations as a counterweight / Halina Ward -- Future generations institutions to implement international obligations towards future generations / Sandor Fulop -- Sustainability in European Constitutional Law / Andras Jakab -- The principle of intergenerational solidarity in reshaping constitutional rights and obligations : an example from Portugal / Marisa Quaresma Dos Reis -- Time to think : sustainable development, future generations and the individual / Ludwig Kramer -- Claims and petitions regarding environment preservation for future generations / Renato Machado -- Reasons and means of public participation / Gyula Bandi -- Giving the voice of the future a word in the present / Julia Pitts -- Unsustainability as an economic problem / Gabor Bartus -- Intergenerational equity and the European Constitution / Markus Gehring & Alexandra Harrington -- Scientific uncertainty as a key obstacle to efficient legal protection of the environmental interests of future generations / Katalin Sulyok -- Transformative knowledge and solutions in sustainability governance / Gunther Bachmann -- Institutions for a sustainable future : the former Israeli Commission for Future Generations / Shlomo Shoham & Frederike Kurre -- Norway -- Norwegian Ombudsman for Children / Ole Kristian Fauchald & Elisabeth Gording Stang -- Institutions for a sustainable future : The German Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development / Franz Reimer -- Power over coming generations -- Committee for the Future in the Eduskunta, the Parliament of Finland / Paula Tiihonen -- Welsh Commissioner for Sustainable Futures / Alan Netherwood & Andrew Flynn -- Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand / Jonathan Boston -- Canadian Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development / David Wright & James McKenzie -- Intergenerational Justice in Colombian Governance & Peace Accords / Alexandra R. Harrington & Maria Pilar Vanegas Guzman -- Indigenous peoples and inter-generational equity in Mexico / Odeeth Lara Morales -- Legal Innovations for inter-generational justice in sustainable landscapes management of Democratic Republic of Congo / Erick Kassongo -- Local indigenous planning instruments for intergenerational equity in Ahousaht Traditional Territories of Canada / Tara Dawn Atleo -- Representing future generations : an ecological perspective on intergenerational justice / Kata Fodor -- A comparative analysis of model institutions : diversity in reaching common goals / Judit Pump -- Comparing progress in inter-generational governance / Marie Claire Cordonier Segger, Alexandra Harrington, Sebastien Jodoin, Sumudu Atapattu, Salim Nakjavani & Jaykumar Menon -- International institutions for future generations and democratic legitimacy / Peter Lawrence -- A European Human Rights perspective on national sustainable development institutions / Christina Binder -- Embedding intergenerational justice across government : regional trends in Africa / Damilola Olawuyi -- Intergenerational Equity, Justice, and Modern Treaties between First Nations Communities and Canada / Marie Claire Cordonier Segger & Alexandra R. Harrington -- Institutions for Future Generations in Asia / Antonio G.M. La Vina & Gregorio Rafael P. Buetal -- Equity across generations in implementing International Law on Water / Otto Spijkers -- Intergenerational Justice in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change / Marie Claire Cordonier Segger -- The four branches model of government -- representing future generations / Joerg Chet Tremmel -- Intergenerational equity in sustainable development Treaty Implementation / Marie Marcel Szabo, Marie Claire Cordonier Segger & Alexandra R. Harrington.
Summary:
"It is the age of the Anthropocene. With far-reaching changes to economy and technology, society and the environment, humanity has gained the capacity to either foster or foreclose the quality of life for future generations. Through degradation of the earth's marine and terrestrial ecosystems and its climate, including the natural resources upon which all people depend, human civilization holds the potential to deprive billions of their rights to life, taking millions of other species as well. Growing recognition of the risks and threats is slowly changing perceptions of humankind's responsibility for its descendants. Since the 1972 UN Conference in Stockholm, numerous international policy declarations have reflected increasing concern for the need to promote a more sustainable development that can take into account the needs and interests of future generations, including the global adoption of 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 by Heads of State in New York"-- Provided by publisher.
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