Achieving Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level – Does a Nationally Consistent Legal Framework Exist to Facilitate Adoption of CRD Best Practices?

Achieving Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level – Does a Nationally Consistent Legal Framework Exist to Facilitate Adoption of CRD Best Practices?

INTRODUCTION  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) Climate Change 2023 Synthesis Report (“AR6 SYR”) defined Climate Resilient Development (“CRD”) as “the process of implementing greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation measures to support sustainable...
An Environmentalist Plea for a Ceasefire: Mitigating and Rehabilitating The Environmental Nakba in Gaza, Palestine

An Environmentalist Plea for a Ceasefire: Mitigating and Rehabilitating The Environmental Nakba in Gaza, Palestine

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” In the heart of Palestine’s rich heritage lies a story not often told—a narrative drenched in environmental struggles. As...
Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 3

Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 3

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 38 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*]   Low Carbon...

Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 2

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 37 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*]   Low Carbon...

Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 1

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 36 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*] Low Carbon and...