Book contents
- Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law
- Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Part I The Context
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Duty to Protect Public Health from Climate Change Impacts
- 3 The Public Health Sector’s Challenges and Responses
- Part II Cross-Cutting Issues
- Part III Impacts and Interventions
- Part IV Interplay with International & Domestic Environmental Law
- Index
2 - The Duty to Protect Public Health from Climate Change Impacts
from Part I - The Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2018
Book contents
- Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law
- Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Part I The Context
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Duty to Protect Public Health from Climate Change Impacts
- 3 The Public Health Sector’s Challenges and Responses
- Part II Cross-Cutting Issues
- Part III Impacts and Interventions
- Part IV Interplay with International & Domestic Environmental Law
- Index
Summary
Under existing international and domestic law, governments and private actors have obligations to individuals and communities affected by climate change impacts on public health. This chapter discusses such obligations and the legal authorities – international, constitutional, statutory, and common law – under which they arise.
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- Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law , pp. 16 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018