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Faculty and Staff
Experts in Action: Pace | Haub Environmental Law Faculty at Climate Week NYC 2025
Pace | Haub Environmental Law faculty are active contributors to Climate Week NYC 2025, lending their expertise to key discussions on climate law, policy, and innovation. Through panels and speaking engagements across the city, they are helping shape strategies for global climate action and sustainable solutions. Please join us at these Climate Week events featuring our faculty.
The Living City: An Urban Ecocentric Law Summit
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Fordham Law School
New York, NY
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Professor Michael Hamersky, Executive Director of the Pace Energy and Climate Center, will join a panel on “Innovating with the New York Green Amendment” during The Living City: An Urban Ecocentric Law Summit, hosted by ELC at Fordham Law School. This three-part program explores the growing influence of the Rights of Nature and Earth law movements in New York and beyond, with discussions on the New York Green Amendment, foundational Earth Law principles, and urban ecocentrism through law and culture.
Causeway and COPx: Catalysts for Global Change
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
New York, NY
Professor Michael Hamersky, Executive Director of the Pace Energy and Climate Center, will be a featured speaker at “Causeway and COPx: Catalysts for Global Change,” hosted by Newday and COPx. Timed to coincide with the UN General Assembly and Climate Week, this gathering will spotlight women leading global change and introduce Causeway, a new participatory platform designed to channel capital toward deep, measurable, and lasting impact through truth-telling, leadership, action, and meaningful connection.
Register for Causeway and COPx
Climate Change Obligations in International Organizations
Thursday, September 25, 2025
9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Yale Club, Saybrook Room
New York, NY
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Professor Camila Bustos will be a panelist at “Climate Change Obligations in International Organizations” hosted by Yale University. This session will explore how international organizations—from multilateral development banks like the World Bank to sectoral regulators such as the International Maritime Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization—are addressing their obligations to mitigate climate change. The discussion will examine how these institutions can align their financing and regulations with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C objective and how member states’ responsibilities drive increased climate ambition.
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The Climate Litigation Databases 2.0: Relaunch Event
Thursday, September 25, 2025
10:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Open Society Foundations
New York, NY
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Professor Smita Narula, Haub Distinguished Professor of International Law, will be a featured panelist for the relaunch event of the U.S. and Global Climate Litigation Databases, developed by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in partnership with Climate Policy Radar. These open-access resources—now enhanced with advanced search and analysis tools—make it easier for researchers, litigators, and decision-makers to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of climate litigation. The discussion will bring together leading voices in law, policy, and advocacy to explore how climate litigation strategies are changing worldwide, the role of legal data in shaping advocacy and decision-making, and which approaches are proving most effective in driving climate action.
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Accelerating Climate Action through Global Trade
Thursday, September 25, 2025
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Pace University
New York, NY
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Professor Nicholas A. Robinson, University Professor on the Environment at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, will be a featured panelist at “Accelerating Climate Action through Global Trade,” a program co-hosted by Pace University, the Oxford Climate Alumni Network (OxCAN), and The New York Climate Exchange. the event aims to challenge the perceived trade-off between economic imperatives and climate ambition and highlight how global trade can serve as a powerful catalyst for advancing climate action.
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A Mandate for All: The Legal and Civic Imperative to Confront the Climate Emergency
November 12–14, 2025
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, FGV Rio Law, and World Commission on Environmental Law are pleased to announce the upcoming international conference "A Mandate for All: The Legal and Civic Imperative to Confront the Climate Emergency”, from November 12 to November 14, 2025.
Taking place in the cities of Belém, Rio de Janeiro, and White Plains, New York, this three-day event will cover current and relevant topics, such as government responsibility in the face of the climate crisis, the role of large corporations in environmental preservation, the protection of Indigenous peoples, and the importance of legal institutions in the pursuit of climate justice, including but not limited to panels on:
- The acceleration of the climate crisis
- International law and state responsibility for environmental impacts
- The role of governments in taking action against climate change
- The responsibilities of legal professionals in ensuring accountability
This conference provides an ideal opportunity for environmental professionals to connect, network, and learn from internationally renowned lawyers, politicians, and scholars in the fields of environmental law and climate change studies.
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