As we confront global climate change, questions about equity and fairness take on new levels of complexity. Environmental justice addresses the needs for all people to have clean air, clean water, and a sustainable future. Columbia Law Professo
Is a country still a country if it’s underwater? Migration of people as a result of climate change is happening already on every continent. University Professor Michael W. Doyle and Ama Francis, non-resident fellow at the Sabin Center for Clima
Litigation may be the most effective tool for curbing carbon emissions when legislative and political solutions fall short. Michael Burger of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Peter Lehner of Earthjustice join host Michael B. Gerrard
The United States is back in the Paris climate agreement, but international emissions targets will have to become tougher to stop catastrophic global warming. Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practi
In the absence of federal legislative action, states have taken the lead in fighting climate change. Will that continue now that the Biden administration is all-in on climate action? Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock ’94 and Professor Jessica B
President Biden has ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions and make the U.S. once again a leader against climate change—but with a recalcitrant Congress, is that realistic? Jedediah S. Purdy, William S. Beinecke Professor of Law, and C
Can lawyers save the planet? Environmental journalist Andrew C. Revkin and environmental and climate justice advocate Shannon R. Marcoux ’21 join host Professor Michael B. Gerrard to discuss the role of lawyers and combating climate change, why