All chapters in this book involved input from both authors and were written together, with the exception of Chapter 7 written by Nicky van Dijk, for which we are grateful. Over the course of three years, we developed the arguments together through many joint online and in-person meetings, discussions, and workshops, collaboratively writing, debating, and constantly refining the chapters. We are both grateful for this collaboration that transcended usual disciplinary boundaries and continents.
We wish to thank staff at Cambridge University Press (CUP), particularly Emma Kiddle and her team, for their enthusiasm and hard work in bringing this project to fruition. We also extend our thanks to the Earth System Governance (ESG) book series editor Frank Biermann for supporting our book.
Research on which this book is based was made possible by a grant under the Australia–Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme (‘Representation of future generations: the global legal order and climate change’).
The writing of this book was made possible by generous support from our families, friends, colleagues, and respective host institutions; if we have missed anyone in the following, please forgive us.
We acknowledge the generous support received from colleagues at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Faculty of Law, Hobart, and in particular the Dean Gino Dal Pont. We would also like to thank Rachael Ormerod for administrative assistance and the Law Librarian Angie Richards who supported research related to the book with great skill.
The following colleagues gave generous feedback on drafts and/or engaged in stimulating exchanges of ideas related to the book: anonymous reviewers at CUP, Jonathan Pickering, Jan Linehan (who sadly passed away June 2022), Matthias Hartwig, Nicky van Dijk, Bridget Lewis, Yvette Maker, Jonathan Verschuuren, Jonathan Boston, Simon Faets, Ana Honnacker, and Danilo Gajic.
We received invaluable feedback from audiences who heard presentations of parts of the book at: the Conference of the Society for Intercultural Philosophy (Tübingen, June 2021); the ESG Conference (Toronto, October 2022); the ESG Conference (Radboud, October 2022); Tilburg Law School, seminar series ‘Constitutionalizing in the Anthropocene’ (December 2022 and February 2024); Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, seminar series ‘Law, Climate Change and the Environment’ (Heidelberg, October 2023); Munich School of Philosophy (October 2022 and June 2023); UTAS Faculty of School (Hobart, February 2024); and the Department of Philosophy at Fordham University (New York, March 2024).
We would like to thank the team of the Chair of Practical Philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy for their highly dedicated and meticulous editing of the texts, as well as the adjustment and review of the references and bibliographies, namely Anne Meuche, Laura Silvestro, Sophie Wax, and Alwin Frings. Thanks also to Jacqueline Fox for her excellent proofreading and editing of the manuscript.
We wish to thank our children Hannah, Sylvia, Margaret, Franz, and Carla for their support and inspiration in writing this book. Talking with children about questions of representing the future is such an inspiring and important way to refine and expand arguments. Thank you also to Clare Wilkinson for technical support.
Above all, we extend our thanks to our partners Anja Hilkemeijer and Lia Saile who made this book possible in so many ways.
