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UPCOMING SYMPOSIA

         

The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review,
the Georgetown Climate Center and the Environmental Law Institute invite you to their symposium


ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE:

Problems and Solutions

March 26, 2010

9:30 am - 2 pm

Georgetown University Law Center

Hotung 1000

600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001

The effects of climate change are already being felt. While its impacts vary dramatically by region, climate change is a challenge faced worldwide. This symposium will explore the role of laws and policies for adaptation in the areas of natural resources, human impacts, and institutional and regulatory design. Maria Blair, Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality will present the keynote address. Please RSVP by March 19, 2010 to gielrsymposium@gmail.com. A streaming webcast will be available from this site during the event: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=1078.

AGENDA

9:30: Registration

9:45: Opening Remarks

Kym Hunter

Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review

 

Vicki Arroyo

Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center and Visiting Professor



10:00: Panel on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change

 

Moderator

 

Sara Hoverter

Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

 

Panelists

 

Lindsay Wiley

Professor, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University

 

John Balbus

Senior Advisor for Public Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, HHS Principle to the U.S. Global Change Research Program

 

11:00: Panel on regulatory frameworks for adapting to climate change

 

Moderator

 

Peter Byrne

Professor of Law; Faculty Director; Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute; Faculty Director, State-Federal Climate Resource Center

 

Panelists

 

Alejandro Camacho

Professor, Notre Dame Law School, University of California, Irvine School of Law


Orr Karassin

Professor, Sapir College, Israel

 

Armin Rosencranz

Professor, Stanford University

 

12:00: Lunch & Keynote Speech

Maria Blair

Deputy Director for Climate Change Adaptation, White House Council on Environmental Quality


1:00: Panel on Biodiversity/Natural Resources Management

 

Moderator

 

Hope Babcock

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

 

Panelists

David Takacs

Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law

 

Paul Kibel

Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law

 

Dan Schramm

Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Institute

 

2:00: Closing Remarks

Rachel Bowen

Executive Editor, Symposium, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review

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PREVIOUS SYMPOSIA
  • Agriculture in the Developing World
    February 15, 2007 (Issue XIX:4)
  • International Response to the Environmental Impacts of War
    February 2, 2005 (Issue XVII:4)
    The World Summit on Sustainable Developments
  • Special Focus: Type II Partnerships
    January, 2003 (Issue XV:4)
  • Genetically Modified Organisms in the Global Environment
    March 22, 2000 (Issue XII:3)
  • Assessment of the Kyoto Protocol
    April 15, 1999 ( Issue XI:3 )
  • International Wildlife Law: Preserving Biodiversity in the 21st Century
    April 8, 1997 ( Issue IX:2 )
  • Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
    January 27, 1995 ( Issue VII:3 )
  • Trade and the Environment: The Role of Regional Trade Agreements
    Special Focus: North American Trade Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    March 5, 1993 ( Issue V:3 )
 

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Revised March 23, 2010 (SSC)