Pace Environmental Law Review

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature is the largest conservation group in the world.  It holds a Congress of its members (governments and NGOs) every four years, and Pace Law's Center for Environmental Legal Studies, as a voting member, sends a...

David Cassuto The title of this post is also the title of my forthcoming essay in Law, Culture & the Humanities (a special issue on Law & Food).  Get it here. Here’s the abstract: Law and food are distinct concepts, though the discipline (Law and Food) implies...

It's hard to know exactly what to say about Rio, and perhaps much too early to assess its impact.  While no one seems to be declaring the conference a resounding success, some commentators argue that it was a useful undertaking with good results, especially in the...

On June 26, the D.C. Circuit issued its opinion in Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc. v. EPA, which upheld EPA’s regulations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) as pollutants.  Many insurance companies believe that this ruling will aid them in defending against...

The preliminary work of the conference came to a conclusion Tuesday and the UNCSD has begun.  The signs are obvious -- traffic is even more snarled, the police presence more pronounced, red bereted soldiers with automatic weapons patrol Copacabana beach, black cars...

Dean Emeritus Richard Ottinger comments on an announcement from the UN Secretary-General's Sustainable Energy for All initiative, which will be holding a High Level Side Event today: It is very encouraging to see that countries are making significant new contributions...

Dr. Catherine Tinker is a friend and former adjunct professor of Pace Law School.  She directed the first grants for Pace's Brazil exchange program, and participated in the historic 1992 Earth Summit. She has also taught international environmental law and other...

The United Nations Environment Programme recently released its fifth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5), a report on world progress towards the environmental aspects of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For those who lack the time to absorb all 525 pages of...

Green Planet (Planeta Verde)/Jurists’ Conference, held at the Rio Supreme Court on the 16th and 17th On June 16th, Bakary Kante of UNEP exalted the role played by the environment on sustainable development, arguing that the environment is not just one of three pillars...