Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet
Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and
Management at Columbia University. Professor Sachs is widely considered to be the world’s leading
expert
on economic development and the fight against poverty. The Emmett Center is
co-sponsoring this event with the UCLA Anderson School's Center for
Global Management. EVENT REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON MARCH 14, 2013.
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Mark Jariabka, Executive Director of Islands First, will speak on how his environmental nonprofit works to build the capacity of small island developing states to advance their environmental agendas on the international stage. Please RSVP.
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We brought together NGOs, policy analysts, and legal and political science scholars working both in the U.S. and in India on climate change issues. Panels will focus on promising routes for engaging with India post-Copenhagen; challenges for domestic progress in India on climate and energy; and the intersection of international trade law and climate questions in India-US relations.
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Conference on leading developments in Chinese law and their implications for U.S.-China relations, including speakers on civil society, environmental law, commercial arbitration, and legal reform generally in China.
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The Environmental Law Society presents an informal brownbag discussion with the UCLA School of Law delegation to Copenhagen's Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, led by Prof. Cara Horowitz of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment. Professor Horowitz and the student delegates will talk about their experiences and impressions of the ongoing international climate negotiation process.
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