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Meeting State Duties to Future Generations

Lessons From National and International Law and its Principles

This webinar with Professor Edith Brown Weiss explores how states can fulfill their obligations to future generations, drawing on lessons from both national and international legal frameworks and their real-world application. It examines evolving legal principles and practices aimed at embedding long-term responsibility and intergenerational equity into governance.

Suggested citation: "Meeting State Duties to Future Generations," United Nations University, UNU-CPR, 2026-05-20, https://unu.edu/cpr/feature/meeting-state-duties-future-generations.