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International Environmental Law Committee

Overview
Chairs
- Ken Rivlin
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Reports
- Support for the Formal Recognition by the United Nations of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment (September 14, 2020) PDF
  
  Author(s): International Environmental Law Committee African Affairs Committee Inter-American Affairs International Human Rights Committee United Nations Committee Business & Human Rights Working Group
  
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- The Global Problem of Plastic Pollution: What Can New York Do? (July 22, 2020) PDF
  
  Author(s): Environmental Law Committee International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- Support for the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2018 (May 21, 2018) PDF
  
  Author(s): International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- 2017 Policy Recommendations for the Trump Administration (April 28, 2017) PDF
  
  Author(s): Animal Law Committee Asian Affairs Committee Construction Law Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Energy Committee Environmental Law Committee Foreign & Comparative Law Committee Health Law Committee Technology, Cyber and Privacy Law Committee International Environmental Law Committee International Human Rights Committee Task Force on Legal Issues of Climate Adaptation Task Force on Mass Incarceration Mental Health Law Committee Middle Eastern & North African Affairs Committee Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Task Force on National Security & the Rule of Law Project Finance Committee Sex & Law Committee Transportation Committee U.S. Presidential Transition Drugs & the Law Committee
  
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- Transition Letter to President-Elect Trump Regarding Environmental and Energy Policy (January 06, 2017) PDF
  
  Author(s): Environmental Law Committee Energy Committee International Environmental Law Committee Task Force on Legal Issues of Climate Adaptation U.S. Presidential Transition
  
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- Letter to the United Nations regarding Reducing Pollution as a Sustainable Development Goal (June 11, 2014) PDF
  
  Author(s): International Environmental Law Committee Vance Center for International Justice Committee
  
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- Statement on Rio+20 Outcome Document "The Future We Want" (May 31, 2012) PDF
  
  Author(s): Environmental Law Committee International Human Rights Committee Council on International Affairs United Nations Committee International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- Statement to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton regarding approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline (October 01, 2011) PDF
  
  Author(s): International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- World Trade Organization Implications of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation S.2191 (April 01, 2008) PDF
  
  Author(s): International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- Letter to Congress urging that they give consent to the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (December 01, 2007) PDF
  
  Author(s): International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- Letter to Congress urging they take up and approve Treaty Doc. 103-39: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (October 01, 2005) PDF
  
  Author(s): Environmental Law Committee International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- Letter to Congress urging ratification of the 1997 Protocol (Annex VI) relating to the treaty known as the International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships which would establish certain limits on air emissions from large ocean-going vessels (January 01, 2005) PDF
  
  Author(s): International Environmental Law Committee
  
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- Intro 108-A - A Bill to Amend the Administrative Code of the City of New York, in Relation to City Contracts Involving the Purchase of Wood Products and Materials (March 01, 2003) PDF
  
  Author(s): Environmental Law Committee International Environmental Law Committee
  
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News & Media
- City Bar Association Urges UN to Formally Recognize Human Right to a Healthy Environment (New York Law Journal) (September 17, 2020)
- City Bar Supports Formal Recognition by the United Nations of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment (September 15, 2020)
- New York City Bar Association Launches Business and Human Rights Working Group (January 17, 2020)
- Program Recap: Looking Forward and Looking Back: The Path to Deep Emissions Reductions in New York City’s Buildings (May 28, 2019)
- Looking Forward And Looking Back: The Path To Deep Emissions Reductions In New York City's Buildings (May 20, 2019)
- A Call to Action for New Yorkers (June 07, 2017)
- New York City Bar Association Statement on Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement (June 02, 2017)
- Policy Recommendations for the Trump Administration (April 28, 2017)
- The City Bar’s International Reach - by John S. Kiernan (April 17, 2017)
- The City Bar’s Response to the New Administration (February 15, 2017)
- Seeing green: Vicki Assevero does it for love of the environment (May 01, 2016)
- Opportunities to Raise Public Awareness about Climate Change and the Need for Action (March 31, 2016)
- The World of the City Bar - Debra L. Raskin (January 12, 2015)
- Event Recap: Post Rio + 20: Where Do We Stand 21 Months Later? (April 15, 2014)
- Legal Issues of Climate Adaptation - Carey R. Dunne (May 10, 2013)
- The Environmental and Energy Stakes of the 2012 Elections (September 20, 2012)
- International Environmental Law Committee Podcasts - Law Podcasts (August 22, 2010)

International Environmental Law Committee

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