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Sustainable Energy Lecture Series: New Opportunities for Action in Climate Law
October 1, 2020 at 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
| Location: | This event will be held virtually. Please register to receive a link to access the event. |
| Cost: | Free |
Most depictions of international climate law focus on multilateral fora for example, those commitments made under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change such as the Paris Agreement. However, a new and equally important field of law has emerged on the topic of climate risk that is, the financial risks incurred by companies from events caused by climate change. The exciting thing about this rapidly evolving body of law is that it enables private actors to bring cases before domestic courts around the world. These cases have the potential to have a profound impact on the companies and actors at the very source of the climate problem. Emerging trends of private action in climate law leads us to consider the dynamic and significant opportunities for furthered climate action.
5:30-5:40 Login
5:40-6:20 Presentation
6:20-7:00 Q&A
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Joanna Dafoe is an advocate for ambitious climate law and policy
and is committed to climate leadership in both the public and
private sector. She is an instructor of international climate law at
Queen’s University Faculty of Law, and currently serves as the
National Director of Climate Change with the Insurance Bureau of
Canada. Previously, Joanna was the Senior Advisor to Canada’s
Ambassador for Climate Change with the Federal Government. She
received her JD from Yale Law School, as well as graduate degrees
in business and environmental science from Yale.