Alameda County Bar Association
Democratizing Climate Change Policies: How to Incorporate Environmental Justice Concerns into Law, Policy and Practice
11:30 am -Noon Check In. Lunch included.
Noon - 1:00 pm Presentation
Climate change may hurt disadvantaged communities in California the most, as extreme weather impacts and potential rising resource costs threaten to displace some of our most economically vulnerable communities. How can we design and implement policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a way that protects these residents and provides them with a fair share of the benefits? How can practitioners, planners and state and municipal attorneys incorporate these environmental justice concerns into the fight against climate change?
How can attorneys incorporate climate change concerns into their practice? Is there an ethical or professional responsibility to consider and discuss with clients the climate change implications of their decisions?
Presented by Ethan Elkind, an attorney who directs the climate program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) at UC Berkeley Law. He also has an appointment at the UCLA Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. His areas of focus include land use, transportation, electric vehicles,energy storage, and renewable energy.energy storage, and renewable energy.
As part of this work, he authors policy reports and in-depth studies on environmental topics and is a frequent public speaker at conferences, schools, and other venues. In January 2014, University of California Press published his book “Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail System and the Future of the City.”
The Alameda County Law Library is a multiple activity provider approved by the state Bar of California.
Democratizing Climate Change Policies
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Alameda County Law Library
125 Twelfth Street
Oakland, CA 94607 |
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05/08/2018
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
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