State & Local Solutions to the Climate Crisis: 2020 New Directions in Environmental Law Conference

The New Directions in Environmental Law Conference (NDEL) is an annual conference jointly hosted by Yale Law School (YLS), the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES), and the Yale Environmental Law Association (YELA). This year’s conference will take place at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies on Friday and Saturday, February 7 and 8, 2020.
 

NDEL 2020: State & Local Solutions to the Climate Crisis will explore how states and local actors have been leading the nation in implementing innovative climate change solutions. State and local actors have been zealous in setting progressive laws and policies to address the consequences of climate change and mitigate future harm. These policies can serve as blueprints for other states, cities, and the nation at large.

Thematic Sessions

We are looking for proposals for thematic focused panels with state and city experts and community members. These sessions will be held in smaller classrooms to encourage conversation and interaction between speakers and the audience.

Session proposals will be accepted on one or more of the following themes and content areas. Cross-cutting panels are encouraged. Successful proposals will include a law or policy component and will feature diverse speakers in terms of backgrounds, perspective and gender. Session organizers are encouraged to describe how their panelists will critically engage each other, central ideas and problems in their field, and the conference themes broadly.

All sessions should be 65 minutes in length. For your reference, the conference agenda for 2019 is located here.

To submit a proposal, please fill out the entry form and add any additional information to ndel@yale.edu by December 1 , 2019. 

We encourage community-based organizations to apply.

Individual Speakers

Proposals for individual speakers are also accepted on the following themes:

  • Comparative climate change litigation and innovative law and policy strategies
  • Climate-induced displacement and migration
  • Indigenous peoples, sovereignty and climate change
  • International climate negotiations and regimes

Proposals can be submitted by filling out the entry form.  Questions can be directed to ndel@yale.edu and to Hope Bigda-Peyton, Program Chair, at hope.bigda-peyton@yale.edu.

Successful proposals will be notified in late December/early January. All successful proposals will be given a budget for panelist/speaker travel reimbursement.

 We are looking forward to receiving your submissions!