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Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level: Zoning in Response to Sea Level Rise
The increase in global temperatures caused by human activity is contributing to sea-level rise worldwide. Humans are discharging vast amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere resulting in the melting of glaciers and the expansion of seawater as it warms....
Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level: Using Local Land Use Authority to Achieve Climate Resilient Development
Author: John R. Nolon; Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus; Co-counsel, Land Use Law Center In the recently released Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Climate Resilient Development is described as a principal...
A Constitutional Right Not to Travel? Using the Inverse of an Established Constitutional Right in the Climate Migration Context to Challenge Harmful Government Action
Climate Migration Anthropogenic climate change is arguably the problem of our generation. Unchecked burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, unsustainable development practices, industrial agriculture, and the global transportation sector are just a few examples of the...
Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level: Leveraging FEMA Programs for Floodplain Remapping Initiatives: A Guide for Local Municipalities
Floods present one of the greatest threats to communities in the United States. Flooding is involved in 90% of all natural disasters and every state has experienced a flood in the last five years. In response to the increases in federal disaster relief due to...
Refreshing Freshwater Wetlands Regulation – Impact on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
The New York State 2022-2023 Budget[1] amendment QQ updated the State’s approach to freshwater wetlands regulation. Enforcement of the Freshwater Wetlands Act is delegated to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (the “Department”, “DEC”, or...
The Role of Environmental Rhetoric in Judicial Decision Making
Aristotle defined rhetoric as “the faculty of discovering in any particular case all of the available means of persuasion.” Today, rhetoric is broadly defined as “a mode of altering reality…by the creation of discourse which changes reality through the mediation of thought and action.” In layman’s terms, rhetoric concerns the discourse regarding how situations are framed. Environmental rhetoric, by extension, encompasses the way environmental situations or events (e.g., the climate crisis) are framed through writing, oration, conversation, etc.
The Climate Resilient Development Project Local Solutions to the Global Crisis: A Guide to Climate Resilient Development
The Climate Resilient Development Project Local Solutions to the Global Crisis: A Guide to Climate Resilient Development Student Authors Ethan Baer, Caitlin Boas, Gabriella Izquierdo, Laurel Jobe, and Samuel Stewart Land Use Scholars in the Land Use Law Center at...
The Climate Resilient Development Project
The Climate Resilient Development Project Announcing the Appointment of Dexter H. Locke, Ph.D., as Science Advisor to the Land Use Law Center John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus September 26, 2022 On March 17th, the Land Use Law Center announced its...
Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level: “Sustainable Development for All” – The IPCC Calls for Climate Resilient Development to Adapt to and Mitigate Climate Change
The Climate Resilient Development Project Land Use Law Center Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University “Sustainable Development for All” The IPCC Calls for Climate Resilient Development to Adapt to and Mitigate Climate Change John R. Nolon, Distinguished...
Lessons Learned
Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Blog No. 40 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus [*] Lessons Learned In this 40th and final...