Wednesday, February 01, 2012
By Guest Author, Erin Burns Gill, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, MEM '12
In January’s Climate Change Solutions: Frontline Perspectives from Around the Globe webinar, Dr. Shi-Ling Hsu, law professor at the University of British Columbia and author of the new book The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-Ups to Effective Climate Policy, joined the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy to discuss climate policy from Canada's perspective. His presentation, “Climate Policy in Canada: (Snow)Boots on the Ground,” explained the nuances of Canadian policy that outsiders may miss by focusing only on the similarities between Canada and the United States.
Monday, January 30, 2012
By Guest Author, Marc A. Levy, Deputy Director of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network recently released the 2012 Environmental Performance Index. Wherever possible we collected and processed data in time series, to permit not merely comparisons across countries but also consistent comparisons over time. This has made the EPI a much more powerful diagnostic tool because trends are often much more revealing than static patterns.
By Guest Author, Sandy Aylesworth, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, MEM '13
Students enrolled in Yale Law School's Environmental Protection Clinic work with client organizations, including environmental groups, government agencies, and international bodies, to address environmental law and policy problems around the world. Some of their ongoing work has been with the Greek NGO Archipelagos -- Instute of Marine Conservation, and this past fall a group of students traveled to Fourni to work with the mayor and fishermen there on establishing the first Fisheries Protected Area (FPA) in Greece.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
By Guest Author, Ainsley Lloyd, MEM '12, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
The United Nations has named 2012 the “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All,” setting three goals: ensuring universal access to modern energy services, doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
Monday, January 09, 2012
By Guest Author, Alex de Sherbinin, Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Given its burgeoning economic growth, its rapidly expanding industries, large population, and growing consumer class, many in the environmental field have an intense interest in how China will address its environmental problems.
