Corporate Law and Climate Change

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Andrew Clarke has written widely in corporate law, governance, torts law, and risk. Andrew is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at Southern Cross University NSW, in the Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability at Federation University Victoria, and in the College of Comparative Law, China University of Politics and Law, in Beijing. Andrew was Foundation Dean in the College of Law and Justice at Victoria University in Melbourne between 2007 and 2016, and thereafter chair of corporate law until the end of 2023.

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This book provides an analysis of the impact of the climate crisis on corporate law and theory in the coming decades as the world seeks to meet the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the field of climate and environmental law, as well as corporate law and theory.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Corporate Law, Climate Change and Financial Risk

2. Corporate Law History, Hubris and Failing to Assess Risk: Trends from The East India Company to Kodak

3. The Corporate Climate I: Coal and Politics, The Adani Group of Companies, and the Emergence of Stranded Assets

4. The Corporate Climate II: Rio Tinto and the Social Licence to Operate

5. The Corporate Climate III: Long-Term Risk, Superannuation and the Mcveigh Case

6. The Corporate Climate IV: Litigation Risk, the Extension of the Duty of Care within the Climate Context, and Stranded Assets

7. The Emergence of Climate Risk and the End of Shareholder Primacy?

8. Re-casting Corporate Law Theory: Emerging Possibilities in the Epoch of the Climate Emergency

9. The Sustainable Corporation in the Epoch of Net Zero

10. Conclusion: The Challenge for Corporate Law in the Age of the Climate Emergency

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