The Sabin Center develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains students and lawyers in their use, and provides up-to-date resources on key topics in climate change law and regulation.
Latest news
- Climate expert on debt ceiling deal: "We were afraid it was going to be worse," CNN World News, May 31, 2023
- Report Finds 228 Local Restrictions Against Siting Wind, Solar, and Other Renewables, as Well as 293 Contested Projects, by Matthew Eisenson, May 31, 2023
Recent Publications
- New York Adopts Nation’s Strongest Environmental Justice Law, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, May 10, 2023
- Status Report on Principles of International and Human Rights Law Relevant to Climate Change, by Katelyn Horne, Maria A. Tigre & Michael B. Gerrard
- Congress should step in to advance ocean climate solutions, op-ed by Korey Silverman-Roati and Romany Webb, The Hill, March 27, 2023
- New York's Green Amendment: The First Decisions, by Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, New York Law Journal, March 8, 2023
- Waste and Chemical Management in a 4°C World, by Michael B. Gerrard, 53 Envtl. L. Rep. 10114 (2023)
News and Events
- Events: 2023 International Regulatory Futures Forum, June 15, 2023
- News: The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Being Turned Against Big Oil, Grist, May 19, 2023
- EPA's Plan to 'De-Carbonize' Electricity, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, May 16, 2023
Climate Law Blog
- Third Department Upholds New York's Renewable Energy Siting Regulations, by Matthew Eisenson, May 24, 2023
- Transferred Emissions Are Still Emissions: Sabin Center and Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment launch report on the empirical emissions impacts of fossil fuel asset sales by oil supermajors, by Martin Lockman, May 9, 2023
- Rethinking the Willow Project: Did BLM Have Other Options? by Romany Webb, May 10, 2023