Cities are experimenting with a range of policy and regulatory tools to reduce energy use in the building sector as a pathway to substantial carbon emission reductions. Increasingly, cities are turning to policies that reduce information asymmetries and knowledge gaps through data transparency, focusing on existing buildings and the potential to achieve up to 50% […]
Plastics present a relatively new and significant threat to the marine environment. Production and use of plastics has increased globally in the past decades, and much of it ends up adrift in the ocean. The impact of this marine plastic pollution is far-reaching. Plastic in the ocean does not biodegrade; rather, it breaks down again and […]
Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 6:30 – 8:00 pm NYU School of Law Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 REGISTER HERE 1.5 credit of CLE in Areas of Professional Practice Please join the Guarini Center and a group of experts from industry, government and NGOs for a discussion on “Expanding Electric […]
“If you wait until the species’ numbers are actually small enough that it’s going to become extinct, it may be difficult or too late,” said Richard Stewart NYU law professor. Read the full New York Times article, Law That Saved the Bald Eagle Could Be Vastly Reworked.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 6:30 – 7:45 pm Wine and cheese reception to follow. NYU School of Law Lipton Hall 108 West 3rd Street New York, NY 10012 REGISTER HERE 1 credit of CLE in Areas of Professional Practice The data centers that power our search engines, social media sites and so much more […]
by Scott Stringer and Danielle Spiegel-Feld When storm clouds gather, 62 square miles of roofs keep us dry in New York City. Unfortunately, most of the dozens of inches of rain that hit New York each year cascades into our gutters, swelling sewers and often causing raw sewage to pour into our waterways. The city […]
In the United States, city governments have been among the most vocal actors in pledging climate action. Yet, in both their greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and their climate action plans, cities are often leaving out a significant piece of their own climate footprint—the GHG emissions embodied in the meat and dairy products consumed in cities. […]
Vegetated, or “green,” roofs provide numerous social and environmental benefits to urban areas. Compared with conventional roofs, green roofs promote biodiversity, reduce building energy use, decrease noise, and improve the productivity of solar photovoltaic installations. They can also mitigate the urban heat island effect and reduce stormwater runoff, thereby diminishing flooding and pollution of local waterways. […]
The planned closure of the Indian Point nuclear facility, which currently supplies about 25 percent of New York City’s electricity, could cause a substantial rise in greenhouse emissions and local air pollution if concerted action is not taken to secure alternative clean energy resources for the City. In this Policy Brief, Guarini Center Energy Law […]
The Guarini Center, along with the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law and the Center for International Governance Innovation, welcomes proposals for paper presentations at the II TRAMEREN’s International Conference on Frontiers in Ocean Environmental Governance: Private Actors, Public Goods, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 17th and 18th of September 2018. The […]
