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Governance for Intergenerational Equity

Explore the history, implementation, and ACT context of intergenerational equity, addressing the ethical issues of borrowing from future generations without repayment. Discover how awareness, education, legislation, commissions, and ombudsman roles play a part in preserving Earth's resources. Learn about significant legal cases and commissions worldwide focused on protecting environmental legacies. Delve into the ACT Water Resources Act of 2007 and discuss possible recovery options for water infrastructure investments, emphasizing the importance of sustainable governance for a secure future.

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Governance for Intergenerational Equity

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  1. Governance for Intergenerational Equity Presentation to ANU students 7 August 2013 • History • Implementation • ACT Context

  2. Intergenerational Equity “We borrow environmental capital from future generations with no intention or prospect of repaying... We act as we do because we can get away with it: future generations do not vote: they have no political or financial power: they cannot challenge our decisions” Our Common Future, Bruntland Report 1987

  3. The ultimate wicked problem? Source: www.inhabitat.com

  4. Thinking about IGE Heating with Radium – A view of 2000 in 1895

  5. How are we trying to address IGE? • Awareness and education • Legislation • Commissions/ombudsman

  6. Education and Awareness Generational Duties • Conserve the diversity of the Earth’s natural and cultural resource base. • Conserve environmental quality so that earth may be passed on to the next generation in as good a condition as it was when received by the present generation. • Provide all members with equitable access to the resource base inherited from past generations; and • Conserve this equitable access for future generations. Professor Edith Weiss Brown

  7. Testing IGE in Law • “Specifically it touches on issue of whether the petitioners have a cause of action to prevent the misappropriation or impairment of Philippine rainforests and arrest the unabated haemorrhage of the country’s vital life support systems and continued rape of Mother Earth.” Judge Davide - Philippines • “National parks are held by the State in trust for the enjoyment and benefit of its citizens including future generations.” Justice Stein of NSW Land and Environment Court

  8. Commissioners and Ombudsman • 1986 – New Zealand - Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment • 1992 – ACT - Commissioner for the Environment Act (2011 – ESD inclusion) • 2000-2011 – UK Sustainable Development Commission • 2001-2007 – Israel - Commission for Future Generations • 2007 – Hungary - Commissioner (Ombudsman) for Future Generations • 2011 – Wales – Commissioner for Sustainable Futures

  9. IGE in the ACT

  10. Water Resources Act 2007 • Water for the environment • Water allocations • Licensing • volumes, • % of resource • MDBC • Water security

  11. ICRC possible recovery options for water infrastructure investment Based on ICRC Regulated water and sewerage services report 2013

  12. “The real world of interlocked economic and ecological systems will not change; the policies and institutions concerned must” Bruntland report

  13. Conclusion ?

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