Fifth Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium 2024

The Fifth Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium considers environmental justice and biodiversity loss, with a focus on the Adirondacks; the latest science on the local and regional impacts of climate change; and recent developments and complexities of responding to climate change.

Moderator:
Carl Howard, Former Chair, NYS Bar Assoc. Envtl. And Energy Law Section (NYSBA EELS); Co-Chair, NYSBA EELS Global Climate Change Committee; author, Global Climate Change Blog; Asst. Regional Counsel, US EPA, Region 2

Speakers:
Aaron Mair, Biodiversity/Adirondacks/environmental justice – Adirondack Wilderness Campaign Director; Board Member and former President, Sierra Club; Member, Envtl. Justice Advisory Group, NYS Dept. of Envtl. Conservation; former Albany Pinebush Preserve Commissioner; former Spatial Analyst and Program Research Specialist, NYS Dept. of Health.
Mark Wysocki, Scientific view of extreme weather – Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University.
Michael B. Gerrard, Domestic developments relating to decarbonization – Andrew Sabin Prof. of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School; Founder and Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

Event Co-Chairs:
Matthew J. Sinkman, Gibbons P.C.
Jullee Kim, Cole Schotz P.C.

Sponsoring Committee:
New York City Bar Association Committee on Environmental Law, John Rousakis and Jullee Kim, Co-Chairs

Co-Sponsoring Organization:
New York State Bar Association, Environmental and Energy Law Section (EELS)
EELS Global Climate Change Committee, Michael B. Gerrard, J. Kevin Healey,
Virginia C. Robbins, and Carl Howard, Co-Chairs
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Columbia Climate School, Columbia University