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State Climate Superfunds with Rachel Rothschild
Friday, April 25, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
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Join us for a talk with Professor Rachel Rothschild on state climate superfunds.
At present, states and taxpayers shoulder the enormous costs of climate adaptation. However, state legislators have recently proposed enacting new laws, referred to as state climate superfunds, that would require the companies who have most profited from fossil fuel usage to assist in funding climate adaptation projects.
Professor Rachel Rothschild will explain these novel proposals and the potential constitutional issues with states passing such laws. Rothschild will discuss how states can design climate superfunds to conform with prior legal precedents and balance the competing values at stake as we adapt to a warmer world.
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