On July 15, 2021, at 8:00 a.m (GMT+8), the lecture "Legal and Scientific Issues in Environmental and Climate Litigation in the United States" hosted by the Environmental Law Institute will be streamed online on the platform of CBCGDF Media.  

Agenda:

-Overview of climate change science;  

-Legal issues such as standing, rules of evidence and claims in environmental and climate change litigation;  

-Case study: from "the government of Massachusetts v. the Federal Environmental Protection Agency" to "the government of New York City v. ExxonMobil Corporation";  

-Intersecting climate litigation with securities regulation, endangered species protection, environmental impact assessment and other fields.  

Guest speakers: 

Michael Gerrard, Professor at Columbia University Law School and Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Studies  

Merideth Wright, visiting professor at Pace University Law School and a former environmental court judge in Vermont  

Baidu Live's Links:

http://live.baidu.com/m/media/pclive/pchome/live.html?room_id=4596951627&source=h5pre

Orignal Chinese article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/84qXRV3if_Qs_v-a4EKzFA

Translator/Syying

Contribution

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