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Planning for the Impacts of Climate Change on Public Lands and Natural Resources: Report and Model Protocol

Climate change has important implications for the management and conservation of natural resources. The government agencies responsible for managing these resources have generally recognized that climate change adaptation should be mainstreamed into their planning processes, and yet this topic is still treated as an afterthought in many planning documents. One […]

Sabin Center Launches New Website

The Sabin Center is pleased to announce the launch of our new website at columbiaclimatelaw.com. The site contains many features that will make it easier to navigate our large collection of resources and learn about all aspects of the Center’s work. Some of the key features include: Program areas: We […]

Developing an Agenda for the Protection of Persons Displaced by Disasters and Climate Change

Jessica Wentz, Staff Attorney and Associate Research Scholar Last week, I attended the Advisory Committee Workshop of the Platform on Disaster Displacement in Geneva. The Platform is the successor to the Nansen Initiative – a state-led global consultative process aimed at identifying effective practices and building consensus on normative standards […]

Updates to the Climate Change Litigation Charts – August and September 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.  If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com. Here are the additions […]