This volume brings together a range of perspectives including leading international thinkers on questions of fiduciary duty and public trust . It presents a detailed examination of the nature and extent of fiduciary duty, looking at the example of governance of climate change policy in Australia and having regard to developments in comparable jurisdictions. It identifies principles that could improve the accountability of political actors for their responses to major problems that may extend over multiple electoral cycles.

Chapter 1 Rulers' Duties to Our Environment?, Ken Coghill, Charles Sampford, Tim Smith; Chapter 2 Fiduciary Duty and Climate Governance: Challenges for International Diplomacy and Law, Will McGoldrick, Donald Feaver, Andrew Maver; Chapter 3 Public Trusts and Fiduciary Relations, Paul Finn; Chapter 4 Trust, Governance and the Good Life, Lisi Oliver, Charles Sampford; Chapter 5 Public Officials, Public Trusts and Fiduciary Duties, John Glover; Chapter 6 Atmospheric Trust Litigation Across the World, Mary Christina Wood; Chapter 7 Fiduciary Principles and International Organizations, Donald Feaver; Chapter 8 High Court of Australia on Fiduciary Theory, Rosemary Teele Langford; Chapter 9 Applying Fiduciary Duty in Real Politik, Andrew Murray; Chapter 10 Fiduciary Duty, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Robert Clark; Chapter 11 The Role of Fiduciary Duty in Safeguarding the Future, Kelvin Thomson; Chapter 12 A Ponzi Scheme on the Environment? Failures of Fiduciary Duty and the Challenges of Climate Governance, Fiona Haines; Chapter 13 From Fiduciary States to Joint Trusteeship of the Atmosphere: The Right to a Healthy Environment through a Fiduciary Prism, Evan Fox-Decent; Chapter 14 Conclusion, Ken Coghill, Charles Sampford, Tim Smith;