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1、LEGALAPPROACHESTOPROMOTETECHNOLOGICALSOLUTIONSTOCLIMATECHANGE1DANIELVANFLEETTABSTRACTTechnologicaladvancementiswidelyviewedasanessentialcomponenttoanyeffectiveclimatechangestrategy.However,thereisnoconsensusastothedegreetowhichthelawshouldpromotetechnologicalinno
2、vationanddevelopment.ThisiBriefanalyzesgovernmentinvolvementinencouragingsuchtechnologyanddividesthevariouspoliciesintofourcategories.Ononeendarepoliciesthatrelymainlyonmarketforcestoencouragescientificadvancementnaturally,requiringminimalgovernmentinvolvement.As
3、econdcategoryofpoliciesinvolvestechnologicaldevelopmentpromotedindirectlythroughlawsaddressingclimatechangegenerally.Athirdtypeofpolicyinvolvesdirectlyofferinggovernmentfundingandfinancingfortechnologicalresearchanddevelopment.Thesethreemethodsarecurrentlythemost
4、popularmeansofencouragingscientificdevelopmentinthisfield.Recently,however,therehavebeenincreasingcallsformajorgovernmentactionofthescaleofsuchprogramsastheApolloProject.ThisiBriefclassifiessuchproposalsasafourthcategoryofpoliciesencouragingtechnologicalsolutions
5、toclimatechange:thecreationofinstitutionalstructuresdedicatedtobringingaboutrapid,radicaltechnologicaladvancements.INTRODUCTION2¶1Theworldfacesanimminentclimatecrisis.Recentreportsindicatethatclimatechangeisoccurringatfasterratesthanpreviously1Candidate,J.D.-LL.M
6、.programinInternational&ComparativeLaw,DukeUniversitySchoolofLaw,2009.B.A.,InternationalRelations,StanfordUniversity,2005.ThankstoProfessorJonathanWienerforhisvaluableandinsightfulcomments.2E.g.,INTERGOVERNMENTALPANELONCLIMATECHANGE,CLIMATECHANGE2007:IMPACTS,ADAP
7、TATIONANDVULNERABILITY8–10(2007)(describingrecentscientificfindingsshowingstrongerindicationsoftheexistenceandeffectsofclimatechange);NICHOLASSTERN,THEECONOMICSOFCLIMATECHANGE:THESTERNREVIEW2(2007)(“Anoverwhelmingbodyofscientificevidencenowclearlyindicatesthatcli
8、matechangeisaseriousandurgentissue.”).2008DUKELAW&TECHNOLOGYREVIEWNo.83anticipated.Becauseofthis,manyexpertsarecallingforamajor,government-sponsoredscientifice