Climate Change

Counting What We Consume: A Conversation with NYC Chief Climate Officer Rohit Aggarwala and Food Policy Director Kate MacKenzie

In April 2023, New York City launched its new integrated greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for measuring local contributions to climate change. For the first time, the city is counting emissions from the food and other goods and services that New Yorkers consume. While buildings (35%) and transportation (21%) remain the top sources of local emissions, …

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Call for Papers: IV TRAMEREN International Conference

The Centre for International Law and Governance, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, and the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law, New York University School of Law welcome proposals for paper presentations at the IV TRAMEREN International Conference on Enhancing Climate Action beyond the State, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 1-2, 2022. LEARN MORE

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Counting What We Consume: How Cities Can More Accurately Count Their Contributions to Climate Change

When U.S. cities estimate the greenhouse gas emissions for which they are responsible, cities tend to focus on the emissions that come from activities within their borders and from generating electricity to meet local needs. This approach undercounts cities’ contributions to climate change because it leaves out the GHG emissions that come from the production of …

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Arctic Environmental and Climate Change Governance

The Third International TRAMEREN conference seeks to explore environmental governance in the Arctic by examining institutions, actors and interactions in emerging issues in Arctic ocean governance, such as conservation of marine living resources, the use of the marine Arctic for extractive industries, climate change impacts, and maritime transport issues. Building on the 2016 I TRAMEREN Conference on Maritime …

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Carbon Pricing: Yes. But How?

Wednesday, September 20, 5:00-6:30pm NYU School of Law Snow Dining Room, 4th Floor 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 REGISTER HERE Carbon pricing has an important role to play in providing a broad signal to shift the world’s economies in order to reach the objectives of the Paris Agreement. A recent report of …

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What to Expect on the Road to Paris

“What to Expect on the Road to Paris: A Conversation with Experts at the Center of the UN Conversation” On November 10, 2015 the Guarini Center will host a discussion about the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11). Bryce Rudyk (LLM ’08) Guarini Center, Climate …

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