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Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum Brings Together Perspectives on 21st Century Sustainability

Two weeks ago at the Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum, leaders in the environmental field gathered to share ideas, perspectives, and solutions on a range of disciplines related to sustainability. This year’s forum, hosted in partnership with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Yale Office of International Affairs, focused on “mega trends distinguishing sustainability from its 20th century precursors”.

Laurent Fabius: The President of France’s Constitutional Council on International Environmental Law

Laurent Fabius, President of the French Constitutional Council, visited Yale in September 2018. Alix Kashdan (FES ‘20) spoke with President Fabius about several issues facing global environmental law today, including his vision to strengthen the legal links between national climate pledges and climate action.

#49: Zach Wendling

Lucy Kessler (FES ‘18) sits down with Zach Wendling, the lead investigator for the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) for a discussion about the relevance of the biannual global report, now in its 20th year. They explore what has changed over time with regards to international reporting on environmental issues, as well as what this year’s report reveals about the state of environmental regulation and progress. 

#48: Dan Esty

Dan Esty is the Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP) and the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy. Dan sits down with Lucy Kessler, the YCELP Communications RA, to discuss his new article “Red Lights to Green Lights: From 20th Century Environmental Regulation to 21st Century Sustainability,” on the need to shift the approach toward environmental regulation to embrace a new sustainability strategy for the 21st century.

#47: Rod Richardson

Rod is the President of the Grace Richardson Fund. Rod joins Lucy Kessler to discuss the concept of “Clean Tax Cuts,” an idea that stems from Ronald Reagan’s supply-side tax cuts but is applied to the concept of climate pollution. Learn how this concept could accelerate profitable solutions, and drive down the cost of capital, while increasing supply and demand for clean energy. 

#46: James Cameron

James Cameron, Executive Fellow with the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and partner at Systemiq, joins Lucy Kessler, a student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, for a conversation about clean energy finance, the private sector’s role in addressing climate change, and why he is optimistic about the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. 

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