GIELR Symposium
Friday, 3/26/2010 12:30 PM (EST)
The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review,
the Georgetown Climate Center and the Environmental Law Institute invite you to their symposium
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE:
Problems and Solutions
March 26, 2010
9:30 am - 2 pm
Georgetown University Law Center
Hotung 1000
600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001
The effects of climate change are already being felt. While its impacts vary dramatically by region, climate change is a challenge faced worldwide. This symposium will explore the role of laws and policies for adaptation in the areas of natural resources, human impacts, and institutional and regulatory design. Maria Blair, Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality will present the keynote address. Please RSVP by March 19, 2010 to gielrsymposium@gmail.com. A streaming webcast will be available from this site during the event.
AGENDA
9:30: Registration
9:45: Opening Remarks
Kym Hunter
Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
Vicki Arroyo
Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center and Visiting Professor
10:00: Panel on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change
Moderator
Sara Hoverter
Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Panelists
Lindsay Wiley
Professor, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University
John Balbus
Senior Advisor for Public Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, HHS Principle to the U.S. Global Change Research Program
11:00: Panel on regulatory frameworks for adapting to climate change
Moderator
Peter Byrne
Professor of Law; Faculty Director; Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute; Faculty Director, State-Federal Climate Resource Center
Panelists
Alejandro Camacho
Professor, Notre Dame Law School, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Orr Karassin
Professor, Sapir College, Israel
Armin Rosencranz
Professor, Stanford University
12:00: Lunch & Keynote Speech
Maria Blair
Deputy Director for Climate Change Adaptation, White House Council on Environmental Quality
1:00: Panel on Biodiversity/Natural Resources Management
Moderator
Hope Babcock
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Panelists
David Takacs
Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Paul Kibel
Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law
Dan Schramm
Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Institute
2:00: Closing Remarks
Rachel Bowen
Executive Editor, Symposium, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review