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Wild Animals in Urban Spaces: How Cities Can Promote Wild Animal Welfare in the Built Environment

NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, Lester Pollack Colloquium 245 Sullivan Street, New York, NY

Cities are often thought of as distinctly human environments. Yet, a wide variety of wild animals continue to make their homes in and around dense urban areas. Experts increasingly accept that human, animal, and environmental health are intrinsically linked. In this vein, cities have the opportunity to consider how they can adapt their built infrastructure […]

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Book Launch | More Equal than Others: Humans and the Rights of Other Animals

Virtual Webinar

At this event, Dr. Raffael Fasel discusses his new book, More Equal than Others: Humans and the Rights of Other Animals, with additional comments from professors César Rodríguez-Garavito, Jeremy Waldron & Mattias Kumm.   SYNOPSIS Unprecedented demands have recently arrived at the doorstep of courts and parliaments the world over: nonhuman animals should receive some of […]

Book Talk: Climate of Contempt

NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, Rm 212 NYU School of Law 245 Sullivan St, New York, NY, United States

The Guarini Center is pleased to invite you to a discussion of Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the U.S. Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship, by David Spence. This is the first event in our Energy Transition Discussion Series in Fall 2024!  SPEAKERS David Spence, Rex G. Baker Chair in Natural Resources Law in the […]

Climate Change and the Courts

NYU School of Law, D'Agostino Hall, Lipton Hall 108 West 3rd Street, New York, NY, United States

As climate change litigation continues to rise in frequency and volume, environmental advocates, and state and local governments are driving innovative legal theories to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for greenhouse gas emissions and move climate policies forward through impact litigation. At the same time, the federal government’s ability to pursue affirmative climate policy has […]

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From Forests to Farms: Tackling the Environmental and Social Impacts of Food Production in Brazil

NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, Lester Pollack Colloquium 245 Sullivan Street, New York, NY

Food systems play a critical role in determining the future of forests around the world. Livestock farming and other forms of agriculture have also had a significant impact on the global climate change landscape. In Brazil, deforestation for pastures is one of the main causes of greenhouse gas emissions, and methane emissions from cattle digestion […]

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