Spotlight Archives
Please join the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP) and the Yale Climate & Energy Institute (YCEI) for a conversation with Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer-Prize winning author, about his recent book The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World.
The talk will be at 6:10 pm in Yale Law School, room 127.
The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Yale Sustainable Food Project are co-hosting a panel discussion on health, safety, and sustainability in the modern food system at Yale Law School on Thursday, October 4. Speakers include Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti, University of Texas Law Professor Thomas McGarity, Urvashi Rangan, director of Consumer Reports’ consumer safety and sustainability group, and food writer Kristin Wartman.
For better or worse, hydraulic fracturing wells are springing up across the country, with uncertain social and environmental effects. Here’s how one researcher thinks we can make fracking safer. This piece, by Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy Research Prize Fellowship recipient Vanessa Lamers, was originally published by Sage Magazine. It is reprinted here with permission.
A team of researchers jointly led by Yale University and Columbia University released a report that introduces a framework for assessing China’s environmental management and performance. This analysis offers the first independent review of Chinese provincial-level environmental performance by international researchers.
The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, in partnership with World Resources Institute and Environmental Defense Fund, invite you to join us Thursday, Devember 8, at 12:00 PM for the next event in our webinar series: Climate Change Solutions: Frontline Perspectives from Around the Globe. Mr. Peter Madden, Chief Executive of Forum for the Future will discuss climate change policy from the perspective of the United Kingdom.
Join the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, along with World Resources Institute and Environmental Defense Fund, Thursday, November 17 for the next event in our webinar series: Climate Change Solutions: Frontline Perspectives from Around the Globe. Dr. Alexey Kokorin, Head of WWF Russia's Climate & Energy Program, will discuss his research and perspectives on Russian greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction scenarios and policies.
Join us Wednesday, October 26, for a conversation with Dan Ravicher, president and executive director of the Public Patent Foundation, on intellectual property and patent law as they apply to genetic modification.
The Yale Project on Climate Change Communication released a new report, titled Public Support for Climate & Energy Policies in May 2011, highlighting results from a national survey fielded from April 23 to May 12, 2011. The surveys were designed by Anthony Leiserowitz of Yale University and Edward Maibach and Connie Roser-Renouf of George Mason University and conducted by Knowledge Networks, using an online research panel of American adults.
The Green to Gold Business Playbook: How to Implement Sustainability Practices for Bottom-Line Results in Every Business Function offers business leaders a comprehensive, practical guide on how to implement sustainable practices in every job function from IT to product R&D.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
This first foundational conference of the New Directions in Environmental Law Series, hosted by the Yale Environmental Law Student Association, challenges the present and imagines the future of environmental law and scholarship. The conference will be held at the Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.
The European Union as international environmental negotiator: EU decision-making and representation in climate change negotiations
Join us for a conversation with Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute.
The Long Death of Environmentalism
Dan Esty LAW ’86, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at both the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale Law School, will head up Gov. Dannel Malloy’s new department of environment and energy policy, the governor announced in a press conference Thursday.
Join us for a conversation with Andrew Hoffman, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan.
Tuesday, February 8, 11:45 AM
Tonight's lecture has been cancelled due to the inclement weather.
Join us for a conversation with Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, authors of Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, as they reflect on where the environmental movement stands today.
Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall
195 Prospect Street
Dan Esty, professor of environmental law at Yale Law School and director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, talks with Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace about what he calls the sustainability mega trend.
2010 Yale-UNITAR Conference Call for Papers: Extended Deadline 23 May
The 2nd Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy will take place at Yale University, New Haven, USA from 17-19 September 2010. The specific theme of the conference is Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Fostering a Green Economy.
by Daniel Fisher, Forbes
Brownbag discussion with Philippe Zittoun
Visiting Professor, Yale University
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 1:00 PM
Room 319, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St. New Haven
Cooperation After Copenhagen: Climate Change and World (Dis)Order 
A panel discussion with Doug Kysar, Dan Esty, David Doniger, Steven Ferrey, Caleb Christopher, and Ambassador Phillip Muller [invited]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | 04:15 PM
Room 129, Sterling Law Building, 127 Wall St, New Haven
More Americans "Dismissive" about Global Warming; Fewer "Alarmed"
"Dismissive" group - those who believe global warming is not happening and probably a hoax - have more than doubled in size since 2008 to 16 percent of the American public, according to the report, "Global Warming's Six Americas, January 2010".
Americans have "room to improve" their conservation behaviors
Yale and George Mason University shows a significant gap between Americans' conservation attitudes and their actual behaviors.
Poll: Americans Support Strong Climate and Energy Policies
Despite a sharp drop in public concern over global warming, Americans support the passage of federal climate and energy policies, according to the results of a national survey released today by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities.
Iceland Ranks at Top of 2010 Environmental Performance Index
Iceland leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges, according to the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University.
SAVE THE DATE
April 23-24, 2010 Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
The new Yale Climate and Energy Institute will host its 1st annual conference:
Overcoming Barriers to a New Energy System
China in Copenhagen, Day 10: Of Chickens and Eggs
China in Copenhagen, Day 9: The Big Elephant in the Room - MRV
Follow COP15 on Our Blog!
Follow Yale students as they blog from Copenhagen
Dan Esty on the Colbert Report!
Dan Esty appeared on the Colbert Report Monday night to discuss the climate change talks at Copenhagen. Watch the segment online.
"Global approach to risk reduction: Green Chemistry"
A public lecture by
Evan Beach
Post doctoral Researcher, Yale University
Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 12:00pm
G01, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St., New Haven
Peter Rabinowitz, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Clinical Services, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
"Risk-Risk Tradeoffs: Does Wind Power Cause Adverse Health Effects?"
5 November 2009, 12pm
Room G01, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St., New Haven
Approaching Copenhagen: Perspectives from Around the World 
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 4:30 PM
A panel discussion with Yale World Fellows:
Dan Esty, Gidon Bromberg, Tim Jarvis, Sascha Müller-Kraenner, Vincent Perez
Burke Auditorium (3rd Floor) Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St, New Haven
Synthesis Report from IARU Climate Congress Released
This report provides a handy and accessible update on the latest climate science findings, the latest policy thinking, and the actions needed to forestall catastrophic climate change.
Connecting Generations of Environmental Leadership: Global Environmental Governance Forum Takes 
Place in Switzerland
The Global Environmental Governance Forum: Reflecting on the Past, Moving into the Future is now taking place in Glion, Swizerland.
Paticipants have identified lessons from the first 40 years of global environmental governance.
Global Warming's Six Americas 2009
This report identifies Global Warming's Six Americas: six unique audiences within the American public that each responds to the issue of climate change in their own distinct way.
This report will be key in effective climate change communication.
Director Dan Esty's op-ed piece, "Reset Regulation: An Earth Day Focus on Sustainability," was published on the Huffington Post, which argues that "sustainability" should be the focus of revitalizing the economic regulatory system. Greening Business Playbook - Seeking Summer Intern
The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale are seeking a summer intern to work full-time to provide research support between the months of May through August of 2009.
The Greening Business Playbook is a follow-up publication to Green to Gold that offers practical guidance on how to integrate environment considerations into business plans and practices.
The Changing Face of Environmental Campaigning: Greenpeace and Business
A public lecture by
Gerd Leipold
International Executive Director, Greenpeace
Monday, April 6, 2009 5:30 PM
Burke Auditorium (3rd Floor) Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St, New Haven
New Survey Released
Climate Change in the American Mind:
Americans' climate change beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences, and actions
Global Environmental Governance Forum - Call for Contributions
The Global Environmental Governance Project is soliciting applications to attend the Global Environmental Governance Forum as an "Emerging Environmental Leader". The forum will taken place June 28-July 2nd in Glion, Switzerland.
The Future of China in the Economic Downturn 
A public lecture by
Timothy Beardson, Chairman of the China Oxford Scholarship Fund and leading entrepreneur in China
Thursday, February 26, 2009 | 04:00 PM
Room 319, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St., New Haven
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Will China Run Out of Water? 
A public lecture by
Chunmiao Zheng
Professor of Hydrogeology, University of Alabama
Wed., February 25, 2009 | 04:00pm
Burke Auditorium (3rd Floor) Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St, New Haven
Americans Eager to Reduce Their Energy
Many Americans have already taken action to reduce their energy use and many others would do the same if they coul afford to, according to a national survey conducted by Yale and George Mason universities.
NOW IN PAPERBACK
Revised and Updated Edition
GREEN TO GOLD: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage
By Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston
Global Warming an Important Issue for Undecided Voters Nearly two out of three undecided voters say
that the presidential candidates' positions on global warming will influence their vote in the upcoming election, according to a new national survey released jointly today by researchers at Yale and George Mason Universities.Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Cap and Trade
A public lecture by
Barbara Bamberger
Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board
Friday, October 31, 2008 | 12:00 PM
Sage 24, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven
Nearly two out of three undecided voters say that the presidential candidates' positions on global warming will influence their vote in the upcoming election, according to a new national survey released jointly today by researchers at Yale and George Mason Universities
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"Ozone Pollution: Assessing the Risks of Mortality"
A public lecture by
Michelle Bell
Associate Professor of Environmental Health
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 12:00 PM
230 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
A public lecture by
Peter Dauvergne
"The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment"
Monday October 13, 2008, 12 Noon
Marsh Hall, 360 Prospect Street, New Haven
Stavros Dimas, E.U. Environment Commissioner to speak at Yale
"The European Union's Response to the Climate Crisis"
9 October 2008, 12 Noon
President's Room, Woolsey Hall, 500 College St, New Haven
China Environmental Performance Index Announced at Clinton Global Initiative
The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Samuel Family Foundation announced the launch of a project to assess environmental management and performance at the provincial level in China at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City today.
A public lecture by
Prof. Jianguo (Jack) Lui
Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Michigan State University
China's Environment and Globalization
Monday, September 29, 2008 | 02:30 PM
Bowers Auditorium, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven
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A public lecture by
Orville Schell
Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society
"China and Climate Change"
Tuesday, September 16th, 4:10pm
Room 127, Yale Law School, New Haven
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Research Assistants Wanted
The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy is looking for several part time fall research assistants to help with research and outreach. There are currently three positions available. Click below for further details.
Dan Esty on the Colbert Report - Monday July 14th 2008
Watch Dan Esty, Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy discussing energy and environment issues on the Colbert Report. Watch here.
Florida: Public Opinion on Climate Change - the results are in!
A recent study to measure the perceptions of Florida residents about the causes and consequences of climate change and about potential solutions has released its results. This survey was conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change, Columbia University and the University of Miami.
Yale Environment 360 - a new online magazine devoted to covering the global environment - recently launched. The inaugural issue features opinion, analysis, reporting, and discussion on the major environmental issues of the day - from climate change, to growing water shortages, to the challenge of crafting an innovative energy policy in the United States. It showcases reporting from China, the Amazon, and Russia - just a sampling of its global reach - and a provocative interview with Nobel Prize-winner Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Eighteen governors committed to a climate change declaration, which was signed in-person by four governors at the Yale 2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change April 18th 2008
Watch Discussion of Governors, Watch Global Issues, State Solutions.
A public lecture by
Gary Hirshberg
CE-YO Stonyfield Farm
"Stirring it up: How to Make Money and Save the World"
09 April 2008, 4:15pm
Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven
Gary Hirshberg calls on individuals to realize their power to effect change in the marketplace - "the power of one" - while proving that environmental commitment makes for a healthier planet and a healthier bottom line.
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Wood Turner, Project Director; Climate Counts
Wood Turner will come to Yale on Monday to discuss Consumer Pressure as a Force for Shaping Corporate Climate Policy.
Come and listen to the talk on Monday at 4pm, GM Room, 55 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven