BUSINESS RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE

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1 EDITORS’ NOTE by Melanie Nakagawa and Kirk Herbertson

2 BUSINESS RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: OVERVIEW OF THIS ISSUE by Perry

Wallace

4 ACCELERATING TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRALITY WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT STUCK

IN NEUTRAL: THE EMERGING ROLE OF U.S. BUSINESSES, CITIES, STATES, AND

UNIVERSITIES IN AGGRESSIVELY REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS by Dan Worth

9 BUSINESS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: EXAMINING DRIVERS FOR ACTION by Sara Standish

14 COMMERCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME: WHO’S REGULATING

WHOM? by Stephen Tully

28 THE PROTOTYPE CARBON FUND: A NEW DEPARTURE IN INTERNATIONAL TRUSTS AND

SECURITIES LAW by Sophie Smyth

37 ADAPTING TO SEA CHANGE: MANAGING MARINE RESOURCES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE

UNCERTAINTIES by Stephen T. Hesse

45 KEEPING IT PRIVATE, GOING PUBLIC: ASSESSING AND DISCLOSING THE

GLOBALWARMING PERFORMANCE OF PROJECT FINANCE by Julia Philpott

59 SOLAR POWER: THE JOURNEY FROM NICHE TO MAINSTREAM by Todd Foley and Kevin

Gallagher

61 PROPOSAL FOR A GREEN PATENT SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE by Itaru Nitta