Global Climate Governance
Sue Biniaz: What to Expect at COP 24
Sue Biniaz, former lead climate lawyer and negotiator for the United States, speaks with Alix Kashdan (FES ‘20) about her expectations for the UN Climate Conference (COP 24) in Poland next month.
James Cameron: Climate Negotiations and Policy
James Cameron, former climate change negotiator and advisor to the Presidencies of two UN climate conferences, spoke with Alix Kashdan (FES ‘20) and Liz Bourguet (FES ‘20) about his history working on climate negotiations and what he anticipates for the future of climate policy.
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.
Modi, in Davos, Praises Globalization Without Noting India’s Trade Barriers
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
New York Times
#44: Liz Barratt-Brown
Liz Barratt-Brown, Senior Advisor to NRDC & Executive Committee member of the Yale Law School, and Advisory Board Member of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy joins Catherine Martini for a conversation about Barratt-Brown’s career working on the Toxic Release Inventory, the Keystone XL Pipeline, international climate negotiations, and organic olive oil farming in Mallorca, Spain (www.pedruxella.com).
#35: Hans Bruyninckx
Hans Bruyninckx, the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, discusses his work toward a low carbon economy in Europe. He explores the upcoming UNFCCC meeting in Paris, and considers the role of Europe in climate change policy.
#30: Matthew Hoffmann
In this episode, Matthew Hoffmann, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, talks about potential routes toward decarbonization, the process of weaning societies from fossil fuels. His work suggests that the role of international climate negotiations in the future may be different than what we’ve come to expect—they may provide less in the way of binding agreements and more of a source of global goal setting. In this interview, Hoffman offers an entirely new frame for climate change.
A Letter from Singapore
Center Director Professor Dan Esty traveled to Singapore earlier this year to spend several weeks as a visiting lecturer at the Yale-NUS College. Esty spent the first half of the spring 2018 semester teaching, while also engaging with scholars and stakeholders at events across Singapore to explore issues related to international climate change law and policy.
