Sat.Oct 31, 2015 - Fri.Nov 06, 2015

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Social Dynamics and Climate Change

Law Columbia

Last week, the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne hosted an official COP21 side event: Social Dynamics and Climate Change. The conference was commissioned by the French government to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the social and institutional changes that will be needed to mitigate and adapt to global climate change. Several representatives from the Sabin Center attended the program as part of our Alliance Program —a joint venture between Columbia University and three prestigio

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Ready for COP: Feet on the Ground: Low-Carbon Travel to Paris

Vermont Law

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Annie Warner. “A challenge that remains is to motivate the many participants of conferences and meetings to reduce their own carbon footprint, especially from travel.”. So reads the UNFCCC secretariat’s sustainability efforts web page.

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Ready for COP: The Significance of Defined Consensus

Vermont Law

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Madhavi Venkatesan, PhD. Given the defined divide in country specific stakeholders concerns, along with the lens of personal circumstances and beliefs, that promotes a heterogeneity of perspective among COP21 participants, the ultimate success in Paris may rely on the establishment of an agreeable definition of consensus.

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