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The Paris Climate Accord and Dissatisfaction
Joseph Z. Fleming
The Paris Climate Accord was a voluntary and non-enforceable approach to resolving climate issues.
U.S. Impact on Paris Climate Agreement
Lisa S. Zebovitz
The United States Climate Alliance, currently comprised of 14 states, is “committed to the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.”
U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
Violaine du Pontavice
What will be the future for the world’s climate issue?
Hotter and More Intense
Lori Tripoli
Multiple Category 5 hurricanes. Drought. Wildfires. Climate change isn’t just damaging the environment and our health. It’s impacting the bottom line.
Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Overview and Update
Beatriz Paulo de Frontin and Márcio Pereira
An overview of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Paris Climate Accord
Mark L. Stermitz
The accord could affect the economic and social circumstances of farmers, ranchers, and small town residents whose lives are connected with the large deposits of fossil fuels in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
Floating Infrastructure
Kerri L. Barsh
The ability to move a water treatment plant closer to the populations that the plant would serve and then re-locate that facility to another location as demographics change or in the event of a natural disaster could prove invaluable.
Going Global
Joseph K. Reinhart, Esq. and Meredith Odato Graham, Esq.
Expanding the scope of environmental review for the energy sector.
A Trump Administration Is a Reality. So, Now What?
John W.H. Denton AO
"How do we make intelligent choices and decisions now when US policy is unclear? Inauguration Day is 20 January 2017. It is useful to look at the key policy approach identified in the campaign."
For the Greater Good
Nancy Lippincott
San Francisco nonprofit specialist Rosemary Fei on advice for young careerist women and helping make the world a better place.
Q&A with Konstantin Mikhel at Vlasova Mikhel & Partners
Best Lawyers
A Q&A with Konstantin Mikhel of Vlasova Mikhel & Partners about his experiences and the legal field in Belarus.
Motion Sustained
Elise Scott, Madalyn Brown, and Bob DeMott
Corporate social responsibility isn’t just good for the planet—increasingly, it’s good for business, too.
Q&A with Jeff Hirsch of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Nicole Ortiz
"There is national mobility in Canada, so there is, in essence, free movement of lawyers across the country."
Are Consumer-Driven Sustainability Efforts Effective?
Best Lawyers
Listed environmental lawyers share their thoughts on who should be leading the current sustainability movement.
Q&A with Herb Gerson of FordHarrison
Best Lawyers
A Q&A with Advisory Board member herb Gerson of FordHarrison on the current climate surrounding his practice area and the firm.
Q&A with Panayotis Bernitsas at Bernitsas Law
Best Lawyers
A Q&A with Advisory Board member Panayotis Bernitsas at Bernitsas Law.
Q&A with Andrey Goltsblat of Goltsblat BLP LLP
Best Lawyers
A Q&A with Ad Board member Andrey Goltsblat of Goltsblat BLP LLP discussing the legal climate in Russia.
Outcomes Focus: Environmental Impact Bonds are All About Results
Jeremy King
Environmental Impact Bonds offer governments, investors and non-government participants the opportunity to focus on outcomes rather than activities.
Jumping Hurdles toward the Finish Line
Meredith Aldridge, Colleen Welch, and Alicia Hall
Forty-five years of progress with Title IX.
Taking a Stance in the C-Suite
Kate Rockwood
The era of "no comment" to social and political questions is over. But what risk does the rise of so-called activist CEOs hold for a company?
A Better Bottom Line
Margaret Pierce
How Benefit Corporations are leading the charge to save the world.
Solar Energy Incentives and Licensing Procedures In Turkey
Serap Zuvin
The primary legislation for the investments on solar energy resources is the Law on Utilization of Renewable Energy Resources for Generating Electrical Energy2 ("RER Law").
Water Futures
John Ettorre
By themselves, desalination, conservation, and system re-engineering won't solve our water puzzle. But together, they just might work.
The New Era for Health Care Services in the United States
Bobby Guy & Brook Bailey
The future of Obamacare is unclear, and what U.S. health care will look like when the political fuss is over is an inquiry punctuated by a very large question mark.
Brexit
Charles Cardon, Carmen Maria Mozun Munoz, Tiago Ferriera de Lemos, and Lia de Pessoa Negrao
Attorneys from France, Spain, and Portugal weigh in on the effects that Brexit may have on their respective countries.
