Three Degrees: The Law of Climate Change and Human Rights (Part 1)

This program is available for CLE credit to Washington and Oregon attorneys only.

Part 1 of a 4-part series entitled, "Three Degrees: The Law of Climate Change and Human Rights"

The conference is a student-led effort aimed at challenging legal scholars, NGO leaders, and policy makers to confront the humanitarian crisis at the heart of climate change. The centerpiece of the conference, a Socratic (Fred Friendly) dialogue moderated by a former PBS facilitator, will challenge panelists to debate legal responses to a fictitious disaster scenario based on a two to three degree centigrade rise in the Earth’s temperature. Most climate conferences organized for lawyers focus on technical mitigation tactics. While lessons in technical climate solutions are valuable to lawyers, this conference will force participants to directly confront the role of law in anticipating and responding to foreseeable human consequences of climate change. The ethical role of the law is a central conference theme.

8:30–8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks Victoria Steere

8:45–9:15 a.m. Opening Ceremony Climbing Poetree “Hurricane Season: The Era of Unnatural Disasters”

9:15–9:25 a.m. The Conference Inspiration: Six Degrees Author Mark Lynas

9:30–10:15 a.m. Climate Science Overview with David Battisti

10:15–10:40 a.m. The Public Health Impacts of Climate Change with Nora Connors

11:00–12:15 p.m. Intergenerational Equity and Ethics: The Role of Law in Protecting Future Generations

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