Purpose
- Investigates the causes of economic imbalances.
- Explores and develops market-based solutions.
Summary
We support legal actions and public education to secure the legal right to a healthy atmosphere and stable climate system at the federal, state and global domestic levels. We will establish the constitutional standard to a safe and stable climate under state and federal constitutions. We seek legally binding judicial declarations that will return atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to below 350 parts per million (ppm), now known as the 350ppm standard by the year 2100: the scientific prescription for a safe climate defined by the planetary boundaries for Earth.
Purpose
We are investigating and addressing a major cause of economic imbalance: the climate. Presently, society does not accurately price the damages that stem from climate destabilizing activities and products. Present and future harms that come from such activities and products are not factored into their pricing, resulting in major economic imbalances today and in the future. Additionally, we are exploring and advocating for market approaches that will promote a sustainable economy and economic balance relating to ecosystem services, climate change, energy security, food production and other environmental issues. Economic imbalances that favor carbon intensive goods and services and perpetuate environmental degradation continue to dominate our economy. Our work will lead to court orders that require governments to realign those imbalances toward a sustainable economy, in accordance with scientific prescriptions to stabilize our climate system and de-acidify our oceans.
Scope
To solve the economic imbalance fueling the climate crisis, a federal-state strategy will shift the paradigm and end the reign of fossil fuels. The US government is responsible for 25% of cumulative global GHG emissions. A federal court win impacts 72M youth; stops 1,029,041MMT CO2 emissions and saves $2.2T in health and energy costs by 2050. Annual health savings are avoided lost life and its link to health costs. Annual energy savings is difference between keeping fossil fuel plants running versus cost of clean energy. A 25-state strategy impacts 39M youth; 719,379MMT CO2 emissions are stopped (equal to 19 years of 2021-level global fossil fuel/industrial emissions) and saves $1.24T in health and energy costs by 2050. Our project is designed to reach a national tipping point. Submissions to the world’s courts recognize that in the context of the climate emergency, law, and science are the inseparable bookends of climate rights, obligations, redress, and justice.
Amount Approved$100,000.00
on 5/15/2024
