Considering the Effects of Climate Change on Natural Resources in Environmental Review and Planning Documents: Guidelines for Agencies and Practitioners

Authors

Jessica A. Wentz, Columbia Law School, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Document Type

Paper

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

This paper describes how climate change will affect natural resources in the United States, and explains why consideration of how climate change will affect those resources is necessary in order to fulfill legal requirements under NEPA and other statutes governing the management of these resources. It also presents examples of how climate change has been meaningfully accounted for in environmental review and planning documents. The accompanying protocol contains guidelines for considering the impacts of climate change in environmental reviews as well as other planning documents (e.g., resource management plans and resource assessments).

Disciplines

Environmental Law | Law

Recommended Citation

Jessica A. Wentz, Considering the Effects of Climate Change on Natural Resources in Environmental Review and Planning Documents: Guidelines for Agencies and Practitioners, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, September 2016 (2016).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/111

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