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Non-State Actors, Energy Transition Law and Climate Governance Series

TGL Project — Energy Law and Climate Policy Lecture Series

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Published on Tuesday, June 08, 2021

Summary

Our program on non-state actors, energy transition, and climate governance — at the environment, energy and natural resources center at the University of Houston law center — is funded by the European Commission in the frame of the program H2020 and Marie Curie Actions — and we are delighted to partner with the Center for US and Mexican Law here at the University of Houston Law Center and the Center for European Studies at Jean Moulin University of Lyon 3 in France, to conduct research on diverse topics including inter alia non-state actors and climate litigation under the inspiring leadership of Professor Victor Flatt, Co-director of the EENR Center with Professor Gina Warren, but also our chair this morning.

Announcement

Presentation

On behalf of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (EENR) Center at the University of Houston Law Center, I am delighted to announce forthcoming events we’ll host in the frame of our lecture series on Energy Transition and Climate Governance, sponsored by the EU’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, and spearheaded by Dr. Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

Our program on non-state actors, energy transition, and climate governance — at the environment, energy and natural resources center at the University of Houston law center — is funded by the European Commission in the frame of the program H2020 and Marie Curie Actions — and we are delighted to partner with the Center for US and Mexican Law here at the University of Houston Law Center and the Center for European Studies at Jean Moulin University of Lyon 3 in France, to conduct research on diverse topics including inter alia non-state actors and climate litigation under the inspiring leadership of Professor Victor Flatt, Co-director of the EENR Center with Professor Gina Warren, but also our chair this morning. For further information, please feel free to visit our website https://www.law.uh.edu/eenrcenter/

Program

April 3rd, 2020, at 11:00 am (EDT)

  • Melissa K. Scanlan, Visiting Professor, Boston College Law School, Director, New Economy Law Center, Law Professor, Vermont Law School, and Gabe Pacyniak, Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Mexico on Non-Profit Energy Cooperatives as the Catalyst of the Movement of People to Renewable Electricity,

in the panel with Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

December 17, 2020, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Lee Paddock, Distinguished Professorial Lecturer of Environmental Law, George Washington University Law School on The Role of Supply Chain Management in Environmental Governance,

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

January 21st, 2021, at 4:00 pm (CST)

  • Professor Roy Partain, University of Aberdeen, School of Law, on Offshore Methane Hydrates: The Biggest Hidden Issue in Energy Law,

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

January 28, 2021, at 09:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, on Legal Claims of Non-State Actors in Climate Litigation before Foreign Courtrooms,

in the panel with Bernadette Le Baut-Ferrarese, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, in the framework of Droit Global des Changements Climatiques.

February 16, 2021, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota Law School, on Eminent Domain Law as Climate Policy,

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

March 12, 2021, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Joshua Galperin, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, on Uncommon Law: Judging in the Anthropocene,

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, Tracy Hester, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

April 29, 2021, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Uma Outka, University of Kansas School of Law, on Energy Law, COVID, and Energy Burden

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, and Gina Warren, University of Houston Law Center.

May 19, 2021, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Rebecca Bratspie, City University of New York School of Law, on Renewable Rikers: Making a Just Energy Transition That Builds Restorative Environmental Justice

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, Tracy Hester, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

June 17, 2021, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Lisa Benjamin, Lewis & Clark Law School, will on Corporations’ Responses to Climate Change

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

September 23, 2021, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Wil Burns, American University, on Geoengineering Law and Energy Transition

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

October 28, 2021, at 10:00 am (CST)

  • Professor Tibisay Morgandi, Queen Mary University of London, School of Law, on International Energy Law

in the panel with Victor B. Flatt, Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston Law Center.

Places

  • Law Center Building - 4604 Calhoun Rd, Houston
    Houston, America (77204-6060)

Date(s)

  • Friday, April 03, 2020
  • Thursday, December 17, 2020
  • Thursday, January 21, 2021
  • Thursday, January 28, 2021
  • Tuesday, February 16, 2021
  • Friday, March 12, 2021
  • Thursday, April 29, 2021
  • Wednesday, May 19, 2021
  • Thursday, June 17, 2021
  • Thursday, September 23, 2021
  • Thursday, October 28, 2021

Keywords

  • Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law, Energy transition, Non-state Actors, Climate governance and Policy, Non-Profit Energy Cooperatives, Environmental Governance, Offshore Methane Hydrates, Climate Litigation, Eminent Domain, Judging in the Anth

Contact(s)

  • Nzaou-Kongo Aubin
    courriel : anzaouko [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu

Information source

  • Nzaou-Kongo Aubin
    courriel : anzaouko [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu

License

CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

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« Non-State Actors, Energy Transition Law and Climate Governance Series », Lecture series, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, June 08, 2021, https://calenda.org/883158

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