Changing Climate, Changing Legal Responsibilities
December 7, 2011
Laura Zizzo and Travis Allan contributed to Briefly Speaking, the Ontario Bar Association’s monthly magazine’s December issue. The article highlights some of the current legal concerns lawyers should be aware of related to climate change, despite the stalled international and national regulatory regimes.
From a legal perspective, there are many reasons to start dealing with climate change now, including Ontario’s emerging regulatory regime, securities guidance on environmental risks, phyiscal effects of climate change and potential civil liability in negligence and nusiance.