Adapting to a Warming World: Perspectives from the Environmental Law Collaborative
Environmental scholars from around the country joined for a series of talks exploring what it means to adapt to a warming world. This event took place on Friday, April 14, 2023 in the Boyd Law Building (BLB) at the University of Iowa College of Law.
This event was held in person, with the option of watching a livestream via Zoom. Scroll down to learn more about the event and the panelists.
Adapting to a Warming World Panels
This event featured the following panels. Scroll below to learn more about each panel.
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The Day At A Glance
Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
9:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks and Introductions were given by UI College of Law Dean Kevin Washburn.
Professor Shannon Roesler then presented an 'Introduction to the ELC Project and the Disruptions of a Warming World.'
Panel Session 1: Adapting Law to a Warming World
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
The Panelists
Michael Gerrard
Title/Position
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Kevin Lynch
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Law with Tenure, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver
Melissa Powers
Title/Position
Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law & Director, Green Energy Institute, Lewis & Clark Law School
Panel 1: Adapting Law to a Warming World Video
Panel Session 2: Adapting Governance to a Warming World
Lunch Session
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
The Panelists
Josh Galperin
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University
Kevin Lynch
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Law with Tenure, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver
Jessica Owley
Title/Position
Professor of Law and Faculty Director for the Environmental Law Program, University of Miami School of Law
Panel 2: Adapting Governance to a Warming World Video
Panel Session 3: Equity and Justice Considerations in a Warming World
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Panel 3
Cinnamon P. Carlarne
Title/Position
Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law, Associate Dean for Faculty and Intellectual Life, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Keith H. Hirokawa
Title/Position
Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, Albany Law School
Clifford Villa
Title/Position
Deputy Assistant Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School, Professor of Law (On Leave) at University of New Mexico School of Law
Panel 3: Equity and Justice in a Warming World Video
About the Environmental Law Collaborative
The Environmental Law Collaborative (ELC) comprises a rotating group of law professors who assemble every other year to think, discuss, and write on an important and intriguing theme in environmental law. The goals of this meeting are both scholarly and practical, as ELC participants seek to use their disparate areas of scholarly expertise to study trends and important events in the law and ultimately to improve the environmental conditions of the world in which we live.