Justice Nagarathna said environmental adjudication require courts to look beyond completed violations and deal with risks that were unfolding in real time, often amid scientific uncertainty and with potentially irreversible consequences.
“In that sense, environmental adjudication is an exercise in foresight, requiring courts to govern the present with an alert consciousness of the future,” she said.
Justice Nagarathna also said environmental that justice requires courts and governments to account for the fact that environmental decisions affect regions, communities and generations differently.
Justice Nagarathna said environmental adjudication require courts to look beyond completed violations and deal with risks that were unfolding in real time, often amid scientific uncertainty and with potentially irreversible consequences.
“In that sense, environmental adjudication is an exercise in foresight, requiring courts to govern the present with an alert consciousness of the future,” she said.
Justice Nagarathna also said environmental that justice requires courts and governments to account for the fact that environmental decisions affect regions, communities and generations differently.
