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Project Code [2023-CE-1237]

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Project title

Investigating the Effectiveness of Directors’ Duties in the Face of Climatic Risk

Primary Funding Agency

Fulbright Commission of Ireland

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

Environmental Protection Agency

Lead Organisation

Fulbright Commission Ireland (TCD)

Lead Applicant

Luke Gibbons

Project Abstract

My research will propose and consider the merits of this new climatic directors’ duty within each jurisdictions’ regime. It is hoped that this would bring much needed clarity to the law and increase its effectiveness at ensuring that climate conscious directorial decisions are made in light of the worsening impacts of climate change. Little work has been done on whether a new duty could be effective in the jurisdictions studied. Nevertheless, some authors such as Quinn are at expositional stages of research into the merits reinterpreting existing duties. My thesis develops upon this literature, with the multi-jurisdictional comparative exploration of the adequacy of a new duty being an area which has not yet received doctoral attention. Thus, in this regard my research will be a new contribution to knowledge in the field.

Grant Approved

�10,900.00

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

n/a

Start Date

01/09/2023

Initial Projected Completion Date

31/01/2024