Join us for a conversation with The Honorable Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 4:00 PM (Pacific Time) UCLA School of Law, Room 1314
385 Charles E Young Drive East Los Angeles, CA 90095

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ABOUT THE TALK
Senior Irish diplomat Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason will share her experiences and insights on the negotiation and resolution of global conflicts, including during her time on the UN Security Council.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason assumed her role as Ireland’s 19th Ambassador to the United States in August 2022. Geraldine was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York (2017- 22). Previously, she served as Ambassador to France (2014-17), Second Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) (2011-14), Ambassador and Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU (2005-11)), and Director of the National Forum on Europe (2004-05).
During her career, Ambassador Byrne Nason has served in Brussels, New York, Paris, Vienna and Helsinki. As Second Secretary-General in the Department of the Taoiseach from 2011-2014, she was the highest ranking female public servant in Ireland. During that period, she also was Secretary General of Ireland’s Economic Management Council.

On her arrival in New York, Ambassador Byrne Nason led Ireland’s successful campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, and led the New York Security Council team for the 2021-2022 term. Geraldine was Chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for 2018 and 2019. She has also co-chaired high-level political negotiations on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and on the ‘Samoa pathway’ for Small Island Developing States.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Kal Raustiala holds the Promise Institute Chair in Comparative and International Law at UCLA Law School and is a Professor at the UCLA International Institute, where he teaches in the Program on Global Studies. Since 2007 he has served as Director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. From 2012-2015 he was UCLA’s Associate Vice Provost for International Studies and Faculty Director of the International Education Office. Professor Raustiala's research focuses on international law, international relations, and intellectual property.

Sponsor(s): Burkle Center for International Relations, Center for European and Russian Studies, International & Comparative Law Program (ICLP) at UCLA School of Law, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law

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Cooperating for the Climate Book Talk with Joanna Lewis
China is the world’s largest producer of both CO2 emissions and green technology, so that nation is playing an outsized role in deploying green energy technologies to address the climate crisis. What is the current state of international climate cooperation with China and what does history teach us?  
 
Joanna Lewis will present the results from her new book, “Cooperating for the Climate,” which examines motivations, science, and politics behind international clean energy technology collaboration with China. Her talk will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Alex Wang, Faculty Co-Director of the Emmett Institute.
 
Joanna I. Lewis is Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Energy and Environment and Director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is the author of the award-winning book “Green Innovation in China” and was a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report.

Cosponsored by: UCLA Asia Pacific Center

Mining is mission-critical to addressing the climate crisis. And so is confronting the legal and environmental issues surrounding mineral extraction.

Jurisdictions across the globe are racing to transform their energy sources to meet decarbonization goals and transition away from fossil fuels. This energy transition depends on a robust and reliable supply of critical minerals, which must be mined, processed, and distributed in ways that often create environmental and health risks, and in the process can reshape global political dynamics.

The Emmett Institute’s 2024 symposium will explore the wide range of pressing issues raised by this ever-expanding need for critical minerals. Our moderators and panelists from around the world will confront the policy drivers of this energy transition; governance questions related to supply chains; the rise of resource nationalism with its implications for the U.S. and the global order; and the risks to communities created by critical minerals mining and ways to reduce those risks.

Join us on Friday, March 8 at the UCLA School of Law for an all-day exploration of these topics through a keynote address and three panel discussions. Please RSVP here at this link and stay tuned for more details about the symposium.

Date: Friday, March 8, 2024
Location: UCLA School of Law

This is an in-person event.

Climate Justice and Climate Litigation in the US and the EU: Comparative Perspectives

Courts in the US and EU are being asked to adjudicate cases related to climate change. Some of the challenges to address a cross-border issue like global warming are the same on both sides of the pond. But differences between judicial systems mean that US and European courts also face their own unique challenges. Hear a lively discussion of the comparative legal systems as it relates to climate law between Alberto De Franceschi, professor of law at the University of Ferrara in Italy, and UCLA Law professors William Boyd and Cara Horowitz.

DATE: Thursday, February 1, 2024
TIME: 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Room 1314
Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP and attend in person.

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Too often, local governments stigmatize and criminalize those without housing, rather than complying with their obligation to fulfill the right to housing. Governments' response compounds the problem for those who are unhoused by frequently limiting their mobility within the city and making life even harder for them as they struggle to find shelter.

As the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches, we are looking at how the right to housing enshrined in the UDHR's Article 25 has (or hasn't) been respected, protected and fulfilled in the United States.  

Earlier this year, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights Soledad García Muñoz visited Los Angeles. She issued a report of her findings concerning the situation of persons experiencing homelessness in the US, with a special focus on LA County. During this event, García Muñoz will present her report and we'll hear responses and updates on the situation's progress towards realizing human rights from:
 

• Shawn Pleasants
  • Lived Experience Advisory Board for LAHSA
  • (Participating in his individual capacity, not on behalf of LAHSA)
• Sonia Verdugo
  • Ground Game
• Kim Reeder
  • ACA 10 Coalition
• Moderation by John Raphling
  • Human Rights Watch
  
  
• Response by Eunisses Hernandez
  
• LA City Councilmember, District 1

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