Diagonal Federalism and Climate ChangeImplications for the Obama Administration

Presentation by Hari M. OsofskyUniversity of Oregon School of Law

Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation SymposiumSeptember 11, 2009

4th IPCC Assessment Report

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Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

Map of Talk

I. The Need for Multiscalar Climate Regulation

II. Taxonomy of Diagonal Regulatory Approaches

III. Implications for the Obama Administration's Climate and Energy Policy

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

I. The Need for Multiscalar Climate Regulation

A. The Nature of the Problem

B. Environmental Federalism Debates

I. The Need for Multiscalar Climate RegulationA. The Nature of the Problem

1. Emissions

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Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

I. The Need for Multiscalar Climate RegulationA. The Nature of the Problem

1. Emissions

GovernmentsCorporations

Energy Production & Consumption

Distribution of Emissions

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

I. The Need for Multiscalar Climate RegulationA. The Nature of the Problem

2. Impacts and Adaptation

Environ.

Land Health

Food

Water

ClimateChange

Threats to Core Human Needs

Unequal Vulnerability

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

I. The Need for Multiscalar Climate Regulation

B. Environmental Federalism Debates

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Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

II. Taxonomy of Diagonal Regulatory Approaches

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

II. Taxonomy of Diagonal Regulatory Approaches

A. Regulatory Scale

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

II. Taxonomy of Diagonal Regulatory Approaches

B. Regulatory Axis

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

II. Taxonomy of Diagonal Regulatory Approaches

C. Regulatory Hierarchy

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

II. Taxonomy of Diagonal Regulatory Approaches

D. Regulatory Cooperativeness

Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change Implications for the Obama Administration

III. Implications for the Obama Administration's

Climate and Energy Policy

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Individual

Local

State

National

Regional

International

Informal “Non-Law”Formal Law

Diagonal Federalism and Climate ChangeImplications for the Obama Administration

Presentation by Hari M. OsofskyUniversity of Oregon School of Law

Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation SymposiumSeptember 11, 2009

4th IPCC Assessment Report

http://www.click4carbon.com/blog/uploaded_images/obama-energy-721985.bmp