Jurisdiction, in its legal sense, refers to the authority granted to a legal body or official, though its common usage refers to the geographic or administrative area overseen by an authority. Jurisdictional limits can pose problems in the context of current climate crises, as with the flow of aviation emissions outside and across state boundaries (see Besco), and where pollution and contamination impact communities not responsible for their production (see Simmons, SDUK05, Xiang, SDUK03).