Agenda

NDEL 2020: State & Local Action for Climate Solutions

Innovative legal and policy solutions to the climate crisis through the lens of environmental justice

Friday, February 7
	The Knob - Third Floor, Kroon Hall
Friday 12:00-12:45p	Registration
Friday 12:45-1:00p	Opening Remarks
	Burke Auditorium 3rd Fl, Kroon	Bowers Auditorium Sage Hall
Friday 1:00-2:30p	Cities and Emissions Mitigation: From the Paris Climate Agreement to the Green New Deal Caitlin McCoy, Harvard Law School Karl-Ludwig Schibel, Climate Alliance of European Cities Douglass Sims, Natural Resources Defense Council Ken Gillingham, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies	Coastal Climate Adaptation Grover Fugate, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council Brad Howe, SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC Katie Spidalieri, Georgetown Climate Center Shimon Anisfeld, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
	Room 319 3rd Fl, Kroon	The Knob 3rd Fl, Kroon
Friday 2:30-3:30p	Breakout Session: Subnational Climate Policymaking	Breakout Session: Panel Coffee Chats
	Burke Auditorium 3rd Fl, Kroon	room 321 3rd fl, kroon
Friday 3:30-5:00p	Energy and Just Transition Judith Judson, Ameresco Darren Springer, Burlington Electric Department Jill Tauber, Earthjustice Narasimha Rao, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies	Rights of Nature Mari Margil, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights Kamealoha Smith, Hanalei River Heritage Foundation Addison Luck, Yale University Sponsored by the Belonging at Yale Initiative & Yale Student Environmental Coalition
	Burke Auditorium - Third Floor, Kroon Hall
Friday 5:00-6:00p	Keynote Michael Méndez UC Irvine Professor Author of Climate Change from the Streets
	The Knob - Third Floor, Kroon Hall
Friday 6:00-7:30p	Conference Reception
Saturday, February 8
	The Knob - Third Floor, Kroon Hall
Saturday 9:00-10:00a	Breakfast & Registration
	Burke Auditorium 3rd Fl, Kroon	Bowers Auditorium Sage Hall
Saturday 10:00-11:30a	State Coalitions for Climate Action Dennis McLerran, Cascadia Law Group Richard Revesz, New York University School of Law Martin Suuberg, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Dan Esty, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Yale Law School	Climate and Sustainable Food & Agriculture Rachel Atcheson, Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, NYC Latha Swamy, City of New Haven Chloe Waterman, Friends of the Earth Jon Lovvorn, Yale Law School
	Burke Auditorium - Third Floor, Kroon Hall
Saturday 11:30a-1:00p	Lunch and Keynote Rob Klee Lecturer, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Former Commissioner of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
	Burke Auditorium - Third Floor, Kroon Hall
Saturday 1:00p-2:30p	Labor and Climate Organizing Michelle Martinez, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition Michigan State Representative Laurie Pohutsky Nayyirah Shariff, Flint Rising Angie Liao, Yale Law School
	Burke Auditorium 3rd Fl, Kroon	Room 321 3rd Fl, Kroon
Saturday 2:30-4:00p	Climate Change Litigation Wesley Kelman, Hagens Berman Suzanne Sangree, Baltimore City Solicitor's Office Hana Vizcarra, Harvard Law School Josh Galperin, University of Pittsburgh Law School	Breakout Session: Sunrise Movement Workshop
	The Knob - Third Floor, Kroon Hall
Saturday 4:00-6:00p	Closing Reception