Dane Warren and Nathan Utterback Sabin Center Summer Interns and Rising 2Ls at Columbia Law School On June 30, 2015, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a special meeting on the topic “The Role of Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Social Security.” Convened at UN headquarters in New […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
New York, July 2, 2015—The U.N. Security Council could take action to help the world prepare for and cope with future mass displacement caused by climate change, Columbia Law School Professor Michael B. Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law told the international body in a June […]
Dane Warren Sabin Center Summer Intern & Rising 2L at Columbia Law School On Thursday, June 25, the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) withstood another Supreme Court challenge in King v. Burwell. The case focused on a question of statutory interpretation to determine whether those who purchased insurance […]
Bri Cornish Sabin Center Summer Intern & Rising 2L at Columbia Law School On Monday, June 8th, leaders from small island nations around the South Pacific issued the “People’s Declaration for Climate Justice.” The declaration unites the island nations, which are particularly vulnerable to the calamitous impacts of climate change, against large […]