Post-conference, interested participants will be invited to help craft a set of legal recommendations for circulation and comment and eventual distribution at the 2009 November/December COP 15 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Denmark, where the U.S. is expected to play a significant role.
While we might reach back into jurisprudence history and extensive case law precedent – we will be constantly reminded that nothing like this has ever happened to humans before. In all of human history, what we are about to face is entirely new. And the extent of change will be colossal. Our guiding principles must have a foundation in science, philosophy, human values, and civil goals.