✨🌎⚖️Happy New Year from the #SabinCenter! As we go into #2026, we renew our commitment to developing legal tools to advance #climatejustice. With this message, we also bring you our #2025highlights in a short video: climate.law.columbia.edu

#happynewyear2026 #climatechange

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...

🌟 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

Big launch! 🌎
The Model Climate Laws Initiative is out with its first newsletter — helping turn climate ideas into real policy. @greenwatchdogny.bsky.social
📰 Sign up and get involved!
Find the #newsletter here: tinyurl.com/77ryv297

#ClimateAction #ClimatePolicy #sabincenter

#ClimateWeekNYC2025 is in full swing!
Tomorrow the #SabinCenter has a whole host of events you don’t want to miss!
🌎Lunchtime talk with @Robbonta
🌎Climate Litigation Lessons from Brazil
🌎Helping States Turn Climate Commitments into Law
Register here: climate.law.columbia.edu/content/clim...

Navigating Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: From Science to Regulation | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law For further information on the agenda and symposium details please click here FLYER

If you’re interested in learning more about #MDCR, check out this #ClimateWeekNYC2025 symposium, sponsored by #SabinCenter
climate.law.columbia.edu/events/navig...

🌎 #NYC #ClimateWeek is coming up! Be sure to check out some featured events sponsored by the #SabinCenter.
For a full list of events: climate.law.columbia.edu/content/clim...
Be sure to register soon, you don’t want to miss out!

🌊 Is a state still a state if it loses territory to rising sea levels?

🌍⚖️ New blog post from #SabinCenter & @verfassungsblog.de explores “de-territorialized statehood” after the #ICJ’s climate opinion—and what it means for vulnerable nations.

➡️ blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

🌎⚖️ In the latest symposium post between the #SabinCenter & @verfassungsblog.de Markus Gehring reflects on the #ICJ’s trailblazing findings on customary #internationallaw as it applies to #climatechange.
Read the blog here ➡️ bit.ly/4fRAM2q

⚖️ Can the affirmation of legal responsibility without clear guidance on reparation design meaningfully advance climate justice?
📝 New #blogpost from #SabinCenter & @verfassungsblog.de explores the #ICJ’s Climate Opinion and its treatment of #reparations & #remedies.

Annual Review of SEQRA Cases and Developments The New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) turns 50 this year. The statute has changed only a little in the last half century, but it continues to be a font of litigation. The courts…

In #SabinCenter Faculty Director Michael Gerrard’s latest publication, he conducts an annual review of SEQRA cases & developments.
Read the publication here ➡️scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/4664...

Of Warming and Warzones: The Legal Status of Military Emissions in  the ICJ’s Climate Opinion - Climate Law Blog Military activities and armed conflicts are a growing climate liability. Along with thousands of deaths, twelve months of war in Ukraine resulted in around 120 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG)…

📝 In #newblogpost from the @verfassungsblog & #SabinCenter #blogseries, Eva Baudichau reviews how #armedconflicts were addressed in the ICJ proceedings and the legal implications for the regulation of wartime #climateharms.

🧵When the #ICJ released its Advisory Opinion, it didn’t reinvent the law—but it wove together many threads.
📝 In a post from @verfassungsblog.de & #SabinCenter, Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh analyzes the advisory opinion’s treatment of sources & the implications on #internationallaw moving forward.

⭐NEWS⭐ #SabinCenter Faculty Director Michael Gerrard joins #ColumbiaEnergyExchange podcast to discuss the future of #USClimatePolicy after the #EPA recsinds its own ablity to regulate #GHG.
Listen here 🔊www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/a-reckoning-for-core-us-...

⚖️🌎 In two new symposium posts from @verfassungsblog.de and #SabinCenter, authors compare #humanrights in the #IACtHR’s AO-32/25 and the #ICJ’s climate opinion as well as explore the legal implications of the ICJ’s opinion.

⭐NEWS⭐ #ColumbiaLaw recently featured the #SabinCenter and our annual review on their webpage! Learn more about all of our recent initiatives, publications, and blog posts from the last year.
Featured here➡️ www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive... #yearinreview #annualreport

Fiduciary Duties White Paper: Varied Legal Parameters Shape Fiduciaries’ Ability To Act On Climate Risk - Climate Law Blog Commentators who advocate either for or against corporate and asset managers addressing climate risks often refer to “fiduciary duty” as justification for their claims. Yet no field of corporate or as...

🧑⚖️ Not all fiduciary duties are created equal. A new #SabinCenter white paper explores how legal differences shape whether fiduciaries—directors, trustees, asset managers—can act on climate risk.

📖 Read: blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

#ClimateRisk #FiduciaryDuty

⭐NEWS⭐ @columbialawschool.bsky.social recently featured the #SabinCenter: Year in Review! Learn more about all of our recent initiatives, publications, and blog posts from the last year.Featured story ➡️ www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive...

⭐ Media Mention: After #SabinCenter published “Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles,” Skeptical Science broke down each claim in weekly posts!
Read Skeptical Science here ➡️ skepticalscience.com/rebutting-33...
Report ➡️ scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climat...

⚖️🌎 The ICJ's climate change opinion is making waves—but not always for what it said.

In two symposium posts from @verfassungsblog.de and #SabinCenter, authors explore what the Court held back and what it revealed about itself in the process.

⚖️🌎 In two symposium posts from @verfassungsblog.de and #SabinCenter, authors explore questions about the implications of the #IACtHR’s AO-32/25 on #humanrights.

Read more here ➡️ blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

And here ➡️ blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

🌍In this post—as part of the symposium between the #SabinCenter & @verfassungsblog.de—Ecab Amor Vázquez & Theresa Amor-Jürgenssen discuss a key feature of the #IAcTHR's AO-32/25: the #Rights of #Nature.
🍃➡️ Read more here: blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
#climatejustice #climatechange

A Blueprint for Rights-Based Climate Action: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency - Climate Law Blog A Historic Advisory Opinion On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued Advisory Opinion No. 32—the most important and progressive document yet released by an…

⚖️ 🌍 #SabinCenter & @verfassungsblog.de launched a symposium on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion on the #climateemergency. The introduction provides context, repercussions, & 10 key takeaways. Follow for more blog posts in this series!
blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

🌍⚖️ 🏙️ The #SabinCenter & Environmental Advocates NY (@greenwatchdogny.bsky.social) launched the Model Climate Laws Initiative which will support the development of strong state-level laws and regulations to combat #climatechange.

🌍⚖️ 🏙️ The #SabinCenter & Environmental Advocates NY (@greenwatchdogny.bsky.social) launched the Model Climate Laws Initiative which will support the development of strong state-level laws and regulations to combat #climatechange.

🌍⚖️ 🏙️ The #SabinCenter & Environmental Advocates NY (@greenwatchdogny.bsky.social) launched the Model Climate Laws Initiative which will support the development of strong state-level laws and regulations to combat #climatechange.

🌍⚖️ 🏙️ The #SabinCenter & Environmental Advocates NY (@greenwatchdogny.bsky.social) launched the Model Climate Laws Initiative which will support the development of strong state-level laws and regulations to combat #climatechange.

📉 🔋The #SabinCenter published a new report, which finds that local laws & lawsuits targeting #renewables is becoming more prevalent in the US.
Press release ➡️ buff.ly/Bz63zJJ
Full Report ➡️ buff.ly/JWL77KK

🌊 Curious about marine carbon dioxide removal regulation? Join the #SabinCenter & ‪@nyseagrant.bsky.social‬ on September 19th for a symposium exploring the legal & policy issues surrounding marine CO2 removal #mCDR
Learn more about the event & register here:
events.columbia.edu/go/Navigatin...

New Book on Brazil and Climate Justice Explores the Frontiers of Climate Litigation in the Global South - Climate Law Blog As of June 2025, Brazil had the third largest number of climate litigation cases of any country in the world. To date, a total of 135 climate cases have been brought in Brazil—surpassing other major…

Brazil is the 3rd most active country for climate litigation—with 135+ cases, mostly since 2020. In new blog post, the #SabinCenter explores this surge & highlights new book Brazil and Climate Justice: Pioneering Litigation for a Global Cause #ClimateLitigation blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

Tracking steps taken by the Trump administration to scale back federal climate mitigation & adaptation measures, the #SabinCenter Climate Backtracker has logged over 150 actions.
🪡