We are pleased to announce that Daniel Metzger has been promoted to Director of the Sabin Center’s Cities Climate Law Initiative. In this role, Daniel will continue to research legal tools that cities and other local governments can use to advance climate mitigation and adaptation. In addition to his academic […]
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We welcome Luisa Colón, who recently joined the Sabin Center as Assistant Director of Operations. She will work with the leadership team to design and manage systems supporting projects, budgets, and resources. Her work focuses on strengthening organizational infrastructure and facilitating partnerships among researchers, practitioners, and students. Previously, Luisa […]
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, the GDR ClimaLex, CNRS, and the Institute of Legal and Philosophical Sciences (ISJPS) at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne are pleased to invite submissions for the workshop Corporate Climate Accountability Litigation: Law, Strategy and Accountability, to be held at the […]
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Climate School are pleased to invite submissions for the Second Conference on Attribution Science and Climate Law, to be held at Columbia University in New York City on June 10–11, 2026. This interdisciplinary conference will bring together researchers, scholars, and […]
Columbia Law School’s 14th Annual Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship will allow junior environmental law scholars to present early-stage work and receive constructive feedback from a panel of senior scholars and from each other. It will be held on Zoom on May 21-22, 2026. Eligible applicants are pre-tenure professors, […]
Andrew Kieffer joined the Sabin Center in September 2025 as a Fellow with the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative, which uses legal research and engagement to support siting utility- and community-scale renewable energy facilities and associated transmission and storage equipment. His work focuses on identifying legal pathways to challenge land-use and […]
Andrew Kieffer joined the Sabin Center in September 2025 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative, which uses legal research and engagement to support siting utility- and community-scale renewable energy facilities and associated transmission and storage equipment. His work focuses on identifying legal pathways to challenge […]
Today, the Sabin Center published its 2024-2025 annual report, highlighting its groundbreaking work over the last year to develop legal tools to combat the climate crisis and advance climate change. In 2024-2025, we expanded our work and impact, both domestically in the United States and globally. We added to our […]