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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Constitutional Challenges and Innovations for Future Generations
- Promoting the Voice of the Public
- 10 Time to Think: Sustainable Development, Future Generations and the Individual
- 11 Claims and Petitions Regarding Environment Preservation for Future Generations
- 12 Rationale and Means of Public Participation
- 13 Are We Giving the Voice of the Future a Word in the Present?
- Economic Aspects of Intergenerational Justice
- Addressing Science, Scientific Uncertainty, and Precaution
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
13 - Are We Giving the Voice of the Future a Word in the Present?
from Promoting the Voice of the Public
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2021
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Constitutional Challenges and Innovations for Future Generations
- Promoting the Voice of the Public
- 10 Time to Think: Sustainable Development, Future Generations and the Individual
- 11 Claims and Petitions Regarding Environment Preservation for Future Generations
- 12 Rationale and Means of Public Participation
- 13 Are We Giving the Voice of the Future a Word in the Present?
- Economic Aspects of Intergenerational Justice
- Addressing Science, Scientific Uncertainty, and Precaution
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
Summary
This chapter seeks to demonstrate that institutions and NGOs need to interact with children and young people in a way that recognizes them as ‘citizen stakeholders’ now and on behalf of the future. A central tenet of the principle of sustainability includes responsibility for future generations. The principle provides that current generations hold the environment in trust for the benefit of future generations. According to the principle, there exists a moral and ethical obligation to hand over to subsequent generations a stock of environmental wealth, comparable to that which was handed on to us by our forebears.
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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty ImplementationAdvancing Future Generations Rights through National Institutions, pp. 254 - 265Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021