Designing extreme climate change scenarios for anticipatory governance

Affiliations

¹ David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN 37203.
² Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089.

Comment

J B Ruhl et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 6;119(49):e2216155119.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2216155119. Epub 2022 Nov 29.

¹ David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN 37203.
² Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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