Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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Columbia Law School & Columbia Climate School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law develops legal tools to combat the climate crisis: https://climate.law.columbia.edu/
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🌎📄The Sabin Center’s Margaret Barry published a report analyzing the 630 climate change lawsuits filed in United States courts while President Biden was in office and discusses how the trends in U.S. climate litigation may be evolving during the second Trump administration.
Read: buff.ly/v1XZE0s
Read: buff.ly/v1XZE0s
📚CLIMATE LITIGATION DATABASE!
🔥The most comprehensive resource tracking climate change litigation worldwide, the Climate Litigation Database contains more than 3,000 cases that address climate change law, policy, or science.
🔗💼: buff.ly/wWrlMBA
#climateresources #climateaction #legalresources
🔥The most comprehensive resource tracking climate change litigation worldwide, the Climate Litigation Database contains more than 3,000 cases that address climate change law, policy, or science.
🔗💼: buff.ly/wWrlMBA
#climateresources #climateaction #legalresources
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📚CLIMATE LITIGATION DATABASE!
🔥The most comprehensive resource tracking climate change litigation worldwide, the Climate Litigation Database contains more than 3,000 cases that address climate change law, policy, or science.
🔗💼: buff.ly/wWrlMBA
#climateresources #climateaction #legalresources
🔥The most comprehensive resource tracking climate change litigation worldwide, the Climate Litigation Database contains more than 3,000 cases that address climate change law, policy, or science.
🔗💼: buff.ly/wWrlMBA
#climateresources #climateaction #legalresources
🌍✨We’re Hiring! Climate Justice Fellow (Postdoc)
Starting September 2026, we are seeking a fellow to support climate justice research, advocacy, policy work, resource development, and events—all advancing equity in climate law.
📅⏳Deadline: January 16, 2026
✉️More Details: buff.ly/sBpru1a
Starting September 2026, we are seeking a fellow to support climate justice research, advocacy, policy work, resource development, and events—all advancing equity in climate law.
📅⏳Deadline: January 16, 2026
✉️More Details: buff.ly/sBpru1a
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🌍✨We’re Hiring! Climate Justice Fellow (Postdoc)
Starting September 2026, we are seeking a fellow to support climate justice research, advocacy, policy work, resource development, and events—all advancing equity in climate law.
📅⏳Deadline: January 16, 2026
✉️More Details: buff.ly/sBpru1a
Starting September 2026, we are seeking a fellow to support climate justice research, advocacy, policy work, resource development, and events—all advancing equity in climate law.
📅⏳Deadline: January 16, 2026
✉️More Details: buff.ly/sBpru1a
‼️ 📆 On May 21-22, 2026, we will host our 14th Annual Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship, which will allow junior environmental law scholars to present early-stage work and receive constructive feedback from a panel of senior scholars. More info ➡️ buff.ly/xubshqy
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
‼️ 📆 On May 21-22, 2026, we will host our 14th Annual Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship, which will allow junior environmental law scholars to present early-stage work and receive constructive feedback from a panel of senior scholars. More info ➡️ buff.ly/xubshqy
⏰🌱Closing Soon—Applications Due November 30th!
⚖️The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI)!
🔗Apply before November 30th: buff.ly/sBpru1a
⚖️The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI)!
🔗Apply before November 30th: buff.ly/sBpru1a
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
⏰🌱Closing Soon—Applications Due November 30th!
⚖️The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI)!
🔗Apply before November 30th: buff.ly/sBpru1a
⚖️The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI)!
🔗Apply before November 30th: buff.ly/sBpru1a
🌎📄The Sabin Center’s Margaret Barry published a report analyzing the 630 climate change lawsuits filed in United States courts while President Biden was in office and discusses how the trends in U.S. climate litigation may be evolving during the second Trump administration.
Read: buff.ly/v1XZE0s
Read: buff.ly/v1XZE0s
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🌎📄The Sabin Center’s Margaret Barry published a report analyzing the 630 climate change lawsuits filed in United States courts while President Biden was in office and discusses how the trends in U.S. climate litigation may be evolving during the second Trump administration.
Read: buff.ly/v1XZE0s
Read: buff.ly/v1XZE0s
🔥📰The Sabin Center was featured in a new article by the American Public Health Association!
🚨Rising global temperatures are on track to exceed 1.5°C. Without immediate intervention, the effects will lead to life-threatening floods, extreme heat and food insecurity.
🔗📖: buff.ly/wpUh0E2
🚨Rising global temperatures are on track to exceed 1.5°C. Without immediate intervention, the effects will lead to life-threatening floods, extreme heat and food insecurity.
🔗📖: buff.ly/wpUh0E2
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🔥📰The Sabin Center was featured in a new article by the American Public Health Association!
🚨Rising global temperatures are on track to exceed 1.5°C. Without immediate intervention, the effects will lead to life-threatening floods, extreme heat and food insecurity.
🔗📖: buff.ly/wpUh0E2
🚨Rising global temperatures are on track to exceed 1.5°C. Without immediate intervention, the effects will lead to life-threatening floods, extreme heat and food insecurity.
🔗📖: buff.ly/wpUh0E2
📖🌱Friday Reads!
This week we’re highlighting two standout climate law publications:
🌐🧒Small Voices, Big Wins
🏗️📘Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law
Check them out here!
This week we’re highlighting two standout climate law publications:
🌐🧒Small Voices, Big Wins
🏗️📘Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law
Check them out here!
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
📖🌱Friday Reads!
This week we’re highlighting two standout climate law publications:
🌐🧒Small Voices, Big Wins
🏗️📘Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law
Check them out here!
This week we’re highlighting two standout climate law publications:
🌐🧒Small Voices, Big Wins
🏗️📘Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law
Check them out here!
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The ICJ's opinion suggests the US "is very likely in breach of its international obligations—including under customary international law & human rights law—to prevent significant climate harm" said @sabincenter.bsky.social's Maria Antonia Tigre
More here on what the AO means for the US
More here on what the AO means for the US
A historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30 - Inside Climate News
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
insideclimatenews.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The ICJ's opinion suggests the US "is very likely in breach of its international obligations—including under customary international law & human rights law—to prevent significant climate harm" said @sabincenter.bsky.social's Maria Antonia Tigre
More here on what the AO means for the US
More here on what the AO means for the US
Reposted by Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
As I describe in detail in my new article in the New York Law Journal, the Trump administration has taken an all-of-government approach to squelching wind and solar.
📰 Trump's Multi-Prolonged Attack on Renewable Energy, by Michael Gerrard (@@michaelgerrard.bsky.social): scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scho...
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
As I describe in detail in my new article in the New York Law Journal, the Trump administration has taken an all-of-government approach to squelching wind and solar.
⚖️COP30 is wrapping up Brazil!
🌍82 countries push for a global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
🤝Turkey–Australia leadership agreement confirmed for COP31
💸Support for the developing nations regarding climate finance gaps
🧒🌱Youth & Indigenous voices spotlighted
🚫Lack of U.S. participation
🌍82 countries push for a global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
🤝Turkey–Australia leadership agreement confirmed for COP31
💸Support for the developing nations regarding climate finance gaps
🧒🌱Youth & Indigenous voices spotlighted
🚫Lack of U.S. participation
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
⚖️COP30 is wrapping up Brazil!
🌍82 countries push for a global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
🤝Turkey–Australia leadership agreement confirmed for COP31
💸Support for the developing nations regarding climate finance gaps
🧒🌱Youth & Indigenous voices spotlighted
🚫Lack of U.S. participation
🌍82 countries push for a global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
🤝Turkey–Australia leadership agreement confirmed for COP31
💸Support for the developing nations regarding climate finance gaps
🧒🌱Youth & Indigenous voices spotlighted
🚫Lack of U.S. participation
📰 Trump's Multi-Prolonged Attack on Renewable Energy, by Michael Gerrard (@@michaelgerrard.bsky.social): scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scho...
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
📰 Trump's Multi-Prolonged Attack on Renewable Energy, by Michael Gerrard (@@michaelgerrard.bsky.social): scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scho...
🌍⚖️Climate Litigation Newsletter!
📊Global CL Report 2025
📝Blog series on Climate Reparations + ICJ Advisory Opinion
📚Maria Antonia Tigre on youth-led CL
🇺🇸Clean Truck Partnership injunction
🌐ECtHR’s first procedural climate rights ruling
🎤Webinar recap: Relaunch of the CL Database
🔗 buff.ly/BI9dWhq
📊Global CL Report 2025
📝Blog series on Climate Reparations + ICJ Advisory Opinion
📚Maria Antonia Tigre on youth-led CL
🇺🇸Clean Truck Partnership injunction
🌐ECtHR’s first procedural climate rights ruling
🎤Webinar recap: Relaunch of the CL Database
🔗 buff.ly/BI9dWhq
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🌍⚖️Climate Litigation Newsletter!
📊Global CL Report 2025
📝Blog series on Climate Reparations + ICJ Advisory Opinion
📚Maria Antonia Tigre on youth-led CL
🇺🇸Clean Truck Partnership injunction
🌐ECtHR’s first procedural climate rights ruling
🎤Webinar recap: Relaunch of the CL Database
🔗 buff.ly/BI9dWhq
📊Global CL Report 2025
📝Blog series on Climate Reparations + ICJ Advisory Opinion
📚Maria Antonia Tigre on youth-led CL
🇺🇸Clean Truck Partnership injunction
🌐ECtHR’s first procedural climate rights ruling
🎤Webinar recap: Relaunch of the CL Database
🔗 buff.ly/BI9dWhq
Reposted by Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
🌱The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative! 🌬️☀️RELDI partners with communities to advance wind and solar projects, offering research and legal support to overcome renewable energy development barriers.
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🌱The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative! 🌬️☀️RELDI partners with communities to advance wind and solar projects, offering research and legal support to overcome renewable energy development barriers.
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu
🚨NY delays implementation of All-Electric Buildings Act.
The Sabin Center's Amy Turner notes that "This is not a legal decision. This is a political decision...We don't have any reason to think that the Second Circuit was going to overturn the trial court's judgment."
🔗https://buff.ly/EVuTroI
The Sabin Center's Amy Turner notes that "This is not a legal decision. This is a political decision...We don't have any reason to think that the Second Circuit was going to overturn the trial court's judgment."
🔗https://buff.ly/EVuTroI
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨NY delays implementation of All-Electric Buildings Act.
The Sabin Center's Amy Turner notes that "This is not a legal decision. This is a political decision...We don't have any reason to think that the Second Circuit was going to overturn the trial court's judgment."
🔗https://buff.ly/EVuTroI
The Sabin Center's Amy Turner notes that "This is not a legal decision. This is a political decision...We don't have any reason to think that the Second Circuit was going to overturn the trial court's judgment."
🔗https://buff.ly/EVuTroI
🧭⚙️Climate attribution science plays a central role in climate litigation and policy-making. The science is central to legal debates on the causal links between human activities, global climate change, and impacts on human and natural systems.📚🌡️🌪️
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
Home - Climate Attribution
Climate attribution science plays a central role in climate litigation and policy-making. The science is central to legal debates on the causal links between human activities, global climate change,…
climateattribution.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🧭⚙️Climate attribution science plays a central role in climate litigation and policy-making. The science is central to legal debates on the causal links between human activities, global climate change, and impacts on human and natural systems.📚🌡️🌪️
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
📢Environmental, social contradictions abound as UN Climate Change Conference kicks off in Brazil🇧🇷🔥! Sabin Center Director Michael Gerrard warns that “International climate law remains extremely weak—whether a country meets its climate pledges is a matter of domestic politics.”
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Environmental, social contradictions abound as UN Climate Change Conference kicks off in Brazil
As climate leaders gather in Belém — the so-called gateway to the Amazon — the host city lays bare disparities between global ambitions and local realities.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
📢Environmental, social contradictions abound as UN Climate Change Conference kicks off in Brazil🇧🇷🔥! Sabin Center Director Michael Gerrard warns that “International climate law remains extremely weak—whether a country meets its climate pledges is a matter of domestic politics.”
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🌎⚖️ Mission Statement 🌎⚖️
We, at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, explore complex issues in #climate and #energy law at both the domestic and international levels — providing cutting-edge legal research and tools to combat the #climatecrisis. 💡🌱
👉 Learn more: climate.law.columbia.edu
We, at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, explore complex issues in #climate and #energy law at both the domestic and international levels — providing cutting-edge legal research and tools to combat the #climatecrisis. 💡🌱
👉 Learn more: climate.law.columbia.edu
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🌎⚖️ Mission Statement 🌎⚖️
We, at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, explore complex issues in #climate and #energy law at both the domestic and international levels — providing cutting-edge legal research and tools to combat the #climatecrisis. 💡🌱
👉 Learn more: climate.law.columbia.edu
We, at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, explore complex issues in #climate and #energy law at both the domestic and international levels — providing cutting-edge legal research and tools to combat the #climatecrisis. 💡🌱
👉 Learn more: climate.law.columbia.edu
🌎We’re Hiring! The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is seeking a Climate Justice Fellow to contribute to work on issues related to climate justice and equity
✅Requirements: J.D. or LLM & interest in climate justice/environmental law
📅Deadline: 1/16/2026
🔗More Details: buff.ly/R2zU9i8
✅Requirements: J.D. or LLM & interest in climate justice/environmental law
📅Deadline: 1/16/2026
🔗More Details: buff.ly/R2zU9i8
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🌎We’re Hiring! The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is seeking a Climate Justice Fellow to contribute to work on issues related to climate justice and equity
✅Requirements: J.D. or LLM & interest in climate justice/environmental law
📅Deadline: 1/16/2026
🔗More Details: buff.ly/R2zU9i8
✅Requirements: J.D. or LLM & interest in climate justice/environmental law
📅Deadline: 1/16/2026
🔗More Details: buff.ly/R2zU9i8
🚨 New Comment Letter Alert!
Cynthia Hanawalt and Andrew J. Fitch have submitted a Comment Letter responding to the EPA’s proposal to gut the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). 📊The EPA is pretending not to understand the public-informing purposes of its GHGRP.
📘Read here: buff.ly/DA2Yp6n
Cynthia Hanawalt and Andrew J. Fitch have submitted a Comment Letter responding to the EPA’s proposal to gut the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). 📊The EPA is pretending not to understand the public-informing purposes of its GHGRP.
📘Read here: buff.ly/DA2Yp6n
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨 New Comment Letter Alert!
Cynthia Hanawalt and Andrew J. Fitch have submitted a Comment Letter responding to the EPA’s proposal to gut the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). 📊The EPA is pretending not to understand the public-informing purposes of its GHGRP.
📘Read here: buff.ly/DA2Yp6n
Cynthia Hanawalt and Andrew J. Fitch have submitted a Comment Letter responding to the EPA’s proposal to gut the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). 📊The EPA is pretending not to understand the public-informing purposes of its GHGRP.
📘Read here: buff.ly/DA2Yp6n
🌟 Happy Monday! 🌟 The Sabin Center team is delighted to welcome two new recent hires: Andrew Kieffer and Rebecca Lowy. Read about their background and what their work will focus on: blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang... #staffnews #SabinCenter #climatelaw
STAFF NEWS: Andrew Kieffer Joins the Sabin Center as Fellow for the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative and Rebecca Lowy Joins as Climate Law Fellow - Climate Law Blog
Andrew Kieffer joined the Sabin Center in September 2025 as a Fellow with the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative, which uses legal research and engagement to support siting utility- and communi...
blogs.law.columbia.edu
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🌟 Happy Monday! 🌟 The Sabin Center team is delighted to welcome two new recent hires: Andrew Kieffer and Rebecca Lowy. Read about their background and what their work will focus on: blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang... #staffnews #SabinCenter #climatelaw
🔥New on the Sabin Center Blog! Check out the 🧵below to find out more about the two most recent blog posts:
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🔥New on the Sabin Center Blog! Check out the 🧵below to find out more about the two most recent blog posts:
🔍⚖️insideclimatenews.org is tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions/policies in which the Trump administration is a party. The selection of cases draws from the Sabin Center's climate litigation database! 📊
Read: buff.ly/FugtwzR
Climate Litigation Database: buff.ly/A9CBnxx
Read: buff.ly/FugtwzR
Climate Litigation Database: buff.ly/A9CBnxx
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard - Inside Climate News
Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party.
insideclimatenews.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🔍⚖️insideclimatenews.org is tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions/policies in which the Trump administration is a party. The selection of cases draws from the Sabin Center's climate litigation database! 📊
Read: buff.ly/FugtwzR
Climate Litigation Database: buff.ly/A9CBnxx
Read: buff.ly/FugtwzR
Climate Litigation Database: buff.ly/A9CBnxx
📣November Newsletter!
✨Spotlight: Andrew Kieffer & Rebecca Lowy
💼Openings: RELDI Fellow & Climate Justice Fellow
📚Featured Publication: Legal Models for Public-Private City Greening Partnerships
🗂️Resource Highlight: Community Benefits Agreements Database
🌍New Blog Posts: Climate law conflicts
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✨Spotlight: Andrew Kieffer & Rebecca Lowy
💼Openings: RELDI Fellow & Climate Justice Fellow
📚Featured Publication: Legal Models for Public-Private City Greening Partnerships
🗂️Resource Highlight: Community Benefits Agreements Database
🌍New Blog Posts: Climate law conflicts
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📰🌏Sabin Center Newsletter (November 2025)
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November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📣November Newsletter!
✨Spotlight: Andrew Kieffer & Rebecca Lowy
💼Openings: RELDI Fellow & Climate Justice Fellow
📚Featured Publication: Legal Models for Public-Private City Greening Partnerships
🗂️Resource Highlight: Community Benefits Agreements Database
🌍New Blog Posts: Climate law conflicts
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✨Spotlight: Andrew Kieffer & Rebecca Lowy
💼Openings: RELDI Fellow & Climate Justice Fellow
📚Featured Publication: Legal Models for Public-Private City Greening Partnerships
🗂️Resource Highlight: Community Benefits Agreements Database
🌍New Blog Posts: Climate law conflicts
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📢Maria Antonia Tigre will be delivering a keynote speech tomorrow, 11/6, at Leiden University College in The Hague! Hosted by the NNHRR Working Group on Human Rights & the Climate Crisis, she will present at the Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights Annual Conference.🎤🏛️
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
📢Maria Antonia Tigre will be delivering a keynote speech tomorrow, 11/6, at Leiden University College in The Hague! Hosted by the NNHRR Working Group on Human Rights & the Climate Crisis, she will present at the Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights Annual Conference.🎤🏛️
🌱The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative! 🌬️☀️RELDI partners with communities to advance wind and solar projects, offering research and legal support to overcome renewable energy development barriers.
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🌱The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative! 🌬️☀️RELDI partners with communities to advance wind and solar projects, offering research and legal support to overcome renewable energy development barriers.
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu
🔗 Visit: buff.ly/mCJTXyu