Defending the Planet

Auteur(s): Columbia Law School
  • Résumé

  • Can lawyers save the planet? In Columbia Law School’s limited series, Professor Michael Gerrard and other leading experts go beyond the headlines and political ping-ponging to discuss combating the climate crisis using one of the most important and effective tools at our disposal: the law.
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  • Environmental Justice
    Jul 8 2021

    As we confront global climate change, questions about equity and fairness take on new levels of complexity. Environmental justice addresses the needs for all people to have clean air, clean water, and a sustainable future. Columbia Law Professor Olatunde Johnson and environmental and community lawyer Ruth Santiago ’83 J.D., ’10 LL.M. join host Michael B. Gerrard to discuss policies and legal strategies to create a healthier and safer world for all people.

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    38 min
  • The Climate Refugee Crisis
    Jul 1 2021

    Is a country still a country if it’s underwater? Migration of people as a result of climate change is happening already on every continent. University Professor Michael W. Doyle and Ama Francis, non-resident fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, delve into climate migration with host Michael B. Gerrard and discuss how existing human rights law and international cooperation can protect people fleeing the destructive forces of climate change.

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    37 min
  • Climate Change in the Courts
    Jun 24 2021

    Litigation may be the most effective tool for curbing carbon emissions when legislative and political solutions fall short. Michael Burger of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Peter Lehner of Earthjustice join host Michael B. Gerrard to discuss the power of courts around the world in combating climate change.

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    35 min

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