Pace Environmental Law Review

By Daniel Pessar (Harvard Law School '20)[*] The growth of certified organic farming is booming; approximately 26,000 United States producers and businesses are now certified as organic operations and thousands of international firms have been certified as well. US...

By Anxhela (Angela) Mile[*] “Climate change is the defining challenge of our age.” Ban Ki-moon[1] The Kyoto Protocol is often seen as one of the most respected agreements within the current climate regime under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

By Douglas McKeige[*] The case is in and we now await a ruling from Judge Barry Ostrager of the New York Supreme Court.  The Attorney General of New York sued Exxon for publicly misrepresenting how it valued its oil reserves in light of likely future costs of climate...

By Anxhela (Angela) Mile[*] and Railla Puno[**] Climate change threatens the health, security, and livelihoods of millions around the world; these threats are greatest for today’s youth and future generations.  The 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

By Anxhela (Angela) Mile [*] There are currently no legal protections for ‘climate refugees.’ Additionally, a debate exists on whether to characterize those displaced by environmental degradation, climate change, and natural disasters as ‘climate refugees’ or ‘climate...

By Anxhela (Angela) Mile [*] Climate change is undeniably one of the most challenging and pressing issues of our time. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) emphasized that there are approximately ten years to limit global warming to 1.5°C.[1] Without...

Written by: Siyi Shen, Global Environmental Law Graduate Fellow On February 8, 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the IA Court) issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion (2018 Opinion) in response to a request by Columbia recognizing the right to a healthy...

I’ll confess up front that I am not a fan of offsets. Addressing climate change will require people in the developed world to live with a smaller carbon footprint. We need to redefine the Western ideal of the “good life” to substitute a vision with less energy...

Written by: Siyi Shen, Global Environmental Law Graduate Fellow Pace Law was honored to have Dr. Robin Bell present the Annual Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law on October 24, 2018. Dr. Bell is the Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research...