On behalf of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (EENR) Center at the University of Houston Law Center, this events will be held in the frame of virtual lecture series on Energy Transition and Climate Governance, sponsored by the EU’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and spearheaded by Dr. Aubin Nzaou.

On behalf of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (EENR) Center at the University of Houston Law Center sponsored by the EU’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, and spearheaded by Dr. Aubin Nzaou.

Program

September 29, 2021

10 Am U.S. Central Time

• Professor Wil Burns, PhD (American University—Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy) on Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal and International Law.

The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Tracy Hester, Gina Warren and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

1 hour of CLE credit pending.

Registration

The registration link is here: Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal Virtual Lecture 

Oct. 13, 2021

10-11 am U.S, Central Time

• Joseph E. Aldy (Harvard University—Harvard Kennedy School of Government) on Learning How to Build Back Better: The Role and Potential of Clean Energy Policy Evaluation. 

The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Victor Flatt, Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

Registration

The registration link is here: Learning How to Build Back Better Virtual Lecture

Oct. 28, 2021

10-11 am ET

• Tibisay Morgandi (Queen Mary University of London—School of Law). 

Nov. 10, 2021

• 09-10 am CT (8 am MT), Jan Laitos (University of Denver—Sturm College of Law). 

Nov. 22, 2021

10-11 am ET

• Lisa Sachs (Columbia University—Columbia Law School). 

Recording

Role and Implications of International Investment Law for Energy, Natural Resources and Climate

Dec. 1^st, 2021

9:00am U.S. Central Time

• Professor Troy Rule (Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) on Sustainable Energy Transition And Electric Utilities: Utility Mission Creep. 

The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

Registration

The registration link is here: Utility Mission Creep

Recording

Utility Mission Creep 

Dec. 8, 2021

9:00am U.S. Central Time

• Professor Robert Percival (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) on Are Democracies Capable of Responding Effectively to the Climate Crisis? 

The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Victor Flatt, Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

Registration

The registration link is here: Are Democracies Capable of Responding Effectively to the Climate Crisis?

Recording

Are Democracies Capable of Responding Effectively to the Climate Crisis?   

Dec. 15, 2021

9:00am U.S. Central Time

• Professor Tibisay Morgandi (Queen Mary University of London School of Law) on Energy Security in International Law. 

The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Victor Flatt, Tracy Hester, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

Registration

The registration link is here: Energy Security in International Law 

Recording

Energy Security in International Law 

Jan. 20, 2022

9:00am U.S. Central Time

• Michael Livermore (University of Virginia—School of Law), Reviving Rationality: Saving Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Sake of the Environment and Our Health

The panel will include University of Houston Law Center professors and scholars Tracy Hester, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.  

Registration

The registration link is here: Reviving Rationality

Recording

Reviving Rationality: Saving Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Good of the Environment and Our Health 

Feb. 2022

• Jonathan Gilligan (Vanderbilt University—Law School).

Feb. 17, 2022

9:00am U.S. Central Time

• Professor Cymie R. Payne(Rutgers University School of Law), Governing Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity Loss: Can We Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time?. 

The panel will include University of Houston Law Center professors and scholars Victor Flatt, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.   

Registration

The registration link is here: Governing Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity Loss. Please feel free to join us!

March 17, 2022

9:00am U.S. Central Time

• Professor Daniel Magraw, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) : The Right to a Healthy Environment.

Registration

The registration link is here: The Right to a Healthy Environment. Please feel free to join us!

Mar. 22, 2022

9:00am U.S. Central Time

• Michael Vandenbergh (Vanderbilt University—Law School).

Apr. 5, 2022

10-11 am ET,

• Our next webinar wille feature Professor Daniel E. Walters (Penn State Law) on Grid Governance in the Energy Trilemma Era: Remedying the Democracy Deficit will be on the panel with University of Houston Law Center scholars Gina Warren and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

The registration link is here: Grid Governance in the Energy Trilemma Era: Remedying the Democracy Deficit. Please feel free to join us!

Apr. 14, 2022

10-11 am ET, | 9:00 am U.S. Central Time

• Professor Michele Okoh (Duke University School of Law). Forgotten Waters.

Will be on the panel, University of Houston Law Center's scholars Tracy Hester and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

Registration

The registration link is here: Forgotten Waters. Please feel free to join us!

May 5, 2022

10-11 am ET | 9:00 am U.S. Central Time

• Smita Narula (Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law) Can a Right to a Healthy Environment Deliver Climate Justice?

Will be on the panel, University of Houston Law Center's scholars Gina Warren and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

The registration link is here: Can a Right to a Healthy Environment Deliver Climate Justice? 

May 19, 2022

9:00 a.m. U.S. Central Time

• Deepa Badrinarayana (Chapman University), The Pursuit of Environmental Justice

Will be on the panel, University of Houston Law Center's scholars Victor Flatt and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

Registration   

June 2, 2022

10-11 am ET | 9:00am U.S Central Time

The US, Struggle to Establish a Comprehensive Legal Framework to Address Climate Change.

• Katrina Wyman (New York University School of Law), Sarah Herring Sorin Professor of Law, NYU School of Law 
• Will be on the panel, University of Houston Law Center's scholars Gina Warren and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

The registration link

Please feel free to join us!    

June 9, 2022

10-11 am ET | 9:00 a.m. U.S. Central Time

• Cary Coglianese (University of Pennsylvania—Carey Law School), Litigating EPA Rules: A Fifty-Year Retrospective of Environmental Rulemaking in the Courts. 

The panel will include University of Houston Law Center's scholars Victor Flatt and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

Registration link

June 23, 2022

9:00 a.m. U.S. Central Time

• Don Elliot (Yale University—Yale Law School), Environmental Law: Lessons from the U.S. Experience. 

The panel will include University of Houston Law Center's scholars Tracy Hester and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo. 

Registration link 

December 8th, 2022

On behalf of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (EENR) Center at the University of Houston Law Center, I am delighted to announce the forthcoming event we’ll host in the frame of our virtual lecture series on Energy Transition and Climate Governance.

Our next webinar will be on December 8th, 2022, at 9:00 AM U.S. Central Time, and feature Professor Michael Gerrard (Columbia University) on Expediting the Approval of Renewable Energy Projects. The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Tracy Hester, Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

The registration link is here.

Expediting the Approval of Renewable Energy Projects

January 12, 2023

9:00 AM U.S. Central Time

• Professor Anastasia Telesetsky (California Polytechnic State University), Winds of Change? Expansion of Industrial Offshore Wind and Reflection on the need for Ocean Ethics.

The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Victor Flatt, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

The registration link is here: 

Winds of Change?: Expansion of Industrial Offshore Wind and Reflection on the need for Ocean Ethics

January 31, 2023

9:00 AM U.S. Central Time

• Professor Mary Christina Wood (University of Oregon School of Law), Confronting the other Climate Imperative: An Approach to Sky Cleanup Using Natural Climate Solutions (NCS).

The registration link is here: 

Confronting the other Climate Imperative: An Approach to Sky Cleanup Using Natural Climate Solutions (NCS)

February 23, 2023

9:00 AM U.S. Central Time

• Professor Judd Sneirson (Southern University Law Center) on ‘On (Corporate) Purpose.’

Registration link

March 23, 2023

9:00 AM U.S. Central Time

• Professor Nadia B. Ahmad (Barry University School of Law) on ‘Transnational Energy Law Regimes and Systems Dynamics.’

The registration link is here:

Transnational Energy Law Regimes and Systems Dynamics

April 13, 2023

2:00 PM U.S. Central Time

• Professor Katrina F. Kuh (Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, Pace University) on ‘Avoiding Performative Climate Justice.’

Registration link

June 8, 2023

09:00 AM U.S. Central Time

Professor Sheila Foster (The Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy, and Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University) on ‘Climate Justice: Understanding the Link Between Land Use, Climate Risk, and Social Vulnerability.’ The panel will include Professors and UHLC scholars Gina Warren, and Aubin Nzaou-Kongo.

Registration link