Intergenerational Climate Justice in the Courtroom

Abstract

T IS TODAY’S YOUTH, AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, WHO WILL CONTEND WITH THE devastating consequences of climate inaction. In recent years, young climate activists have articulated the frustration and resentment that comes with the knowledge that they, and the as-yet unborn, will carry the overwhelming burden of climate impacts; a burden that, in the words of climate scientist James Hansen and his colleagues, may prove to be ‘too heavy to bear’ (Hansen et al. 596).