ABSTRACT
Many individual and institutions may oppose climate change but decline to join a climate insurgency, especially at first. A climate insurgency needs to make synergistic coordination with noninsurgent allies a strategic objective. The enforcement of public trust duties might serve as a guiding principle for such a configuration. The UN General Assembly might serve as a possible venue for legitimating the public trust framework. Some may reject its means or ends; others may agree with them but choose instead to work 'within the system'. When it attacks the Keystone XL pipeline or demands conversion to renewable energy, it can justify its action in part by the authorities dereliction of their duty to protect the public trust and the ultimate right and duty of the people to prevent the wasting of their common property. The chapter is familiar with participatory environmental monitoring efforts like the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count that mobilize thousands of volunteers to collect environmental data,.
