Pace Environmental Law Review

By Daniel Pessar (Harvard Law School '20)[*] There is something fun about watching how the built environment improves over time. Updates to historic buildings, maintenance of hiking trails, and the construction of indoor skydiving venues can all offer a sense of...

By Andrea Galassi[*]  On December 1, 2017 an article entitled “Bat cave solves mystery of deadly SARS virus — and suggests new outbreak could occur” was published in Nature arguing that a single population of horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus) could be the answer to the...

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...