Climate futures in the time of the unbroken asset

International Journal of Law in Context, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 21

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

Abstract The crisis that now grips the ‘living earth’ establishes an intersection of climate and finance which entails questions time: what does temporality mean in context both emergency processes financialisation? In this paper, I intervene these debates by reflecting on reconstruction time as a concrete legal object space international investor-state arbitration. Over past decade, arbitration settlements, often using accounting technique discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, have increasingly relied conception investor-oriented offers expansive future, long-term unbroken integrity. trace complex but uneven shifts practices through future is reconfigured not proximate conditional category, encoded DCF, endlessly expansive. asset, argue, urgent disjuncture with transition.

Language: Английский

Water, Ecosystem Services, and Urban Green Spaces in the Anthropocene

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(11), P. 1948 - 1948

Published: Nov. 19, 2024

As urban centers worldwide face the escalating impacts of climate change, rapid urbanization, and increasing water scarcity, need for sustainable management practices to enhance resilience in Anthropocene has become critical. This study explores how ancient practices—including Roman aqueducts, Maya rainwater harvesting systems, Chinese flood control techniques—can be adapted address contemporary challenges modern cities. We evaluate these historical through a lens environmental pressures, including resource scarcity. By integrating methods with technologies, we propose adaptive solutions resilience. Case studies from five cities (Singapore, Copenhagen, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia) illustrate green infrastructure, inspired by techniques, is being successfully implemented manage stormwater, mitigate flooding, improve conservation. technologies—such as advanced filtration systems recycling—these are enhancing their sustainability. The findings suggest that planners can draw valuable lessons design adaptive, climate-resilient balance human needs ecological paper concludes actionable recommendations future planning, emphasizing importance decentralized nature-based solutions, community engagement ensure Anthropocene.

Language: Английский

Transformative governance: Exploring theory of change and the role of the law

Earth System Governance, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 23, P. 100230 - 100230

Published: Dec. 2, 2024

Language: Английский