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The Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastEducating girls in Africa using carbon offsetsMyanna Dellinger interviews Guðný Nielsen who explains how her organization, SoGreen, uses carbon offsets for the education of girls in Africa and how that, in turn, helps reduce climate change.
SoGreen is an Icelandic Climate Tech startup based out of her hometown Reykjavik, Iceland. SoGreen focuses on scaling up climate solutions that are founded in social impact and community development in low-income countries.
2022-08-2929 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastClimate Change Governance
While the U.S. and other national governance systems are arguably not taking sufficient and certainly not sufficiently urgent action against climate change, other inroads may work better. Further, new behavioral science shows new ways of persuading both corporations and individuals to think and act in better ways in relation to climate change. In this episode, EinStrong law and policy director Myanna Dellinger, Esq., will talk with Dr. Kristian S Nielsen of Cambridge University about private and public climate governance for climate change mitigation in the U.S. and beyond.
Dr. Kristian S Nielsen is a postdoctoral re...
2022-08-1249 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastThe Amazon is burning – is Paris too?Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews law professor and Brazilian attorney Dr. Carolina Arlota of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, who compares climate change action in Brazil to that in the United States. Among other things, she promotes the view that litigation may help advance the agenda even if positive outcomes are not achieved at the judicial scale because of, among other things, the “poltical question doctrine.” Professor Arlota also discusses the Brazilian Constitution, which promotes environmental protection.
This interview is based on Dr. Arlota’s article "The Amazon Is Burning—Is Paris, Too? A Comparative Analysis Between The...
2021-10-0440 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastThe Keystone Pipeline System: An Exercise in FutilityHear law professors Sean Kammer (PhD) and Myanna Dellinger (PhD candidate) discuss why the corporate and conservative attempts at keeping the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline will inevitably fail and why, then, it would be more expedient from an environmental and business point of view to face reality sooner rather than later. This holds true despite the fact that any president does have the power to issue an Executive Order regarding the project.
Under the Paris Agreement, we must, among other things, reach net zero emissions by 2050 to help the world – and ourselves – limit cata...
2021-02-0836 min
Phillip Lanos PodcastElecting A Judge To The LA County Superior Court with Myanna Dellinger | Election 2020Myanna Dellinger is on the 2020 election ballot for a spot on the LA County Superior Court as a judge. From what it cost to be on the ballot, to explaining the levels of powers Judges are granted Myanna takes us through the whole spectrum needed to inform our vote. Myanna also speaks on the others running for the same spot as a judge and the holes in their claims. This is also the first episode with a Law professor who breaks down her own views on a career in Law. If either a career in law or having a...
2020-10-1539 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastSustainability and Governance - Taking Steps for the FutureProfessor Myanna Dellinger interviews Christine Harada, the former Federal Chief Sustainability Officer under the Obama Administration. Ms. Harada is currently working with the XPRIZE Foundation as a Bold Innovator, developing the next XPRIZE for Clean Air. Christine is also a Senior Fellow with the Los Angeles CleanTech Incubator, where she helps build out the cleantech economy in Los Angeles, CA.
Christine explains what her duties were under the Obama Administration, and how those duties are (hopefully) being carried out under the Trump Administration.
This episode was recorded at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
2017-08-1029 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastRegenerative AgricultureIn this epispode, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews David R. Montgomery, a MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He is author of The Hidden Half of Nature and Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, as well as other award-winning popular science books. He lives in Seattle with his wife, author and biologist Anne Biklé, and Loki, their guide-dog dropout.
What if there was a relatively simple, cost-effective way to help feed the world, reduce pollution, pull carbon from the atmosphere, protect biodiversity, and make farmers money to boot? Through fieldwork spanning three decades and si...
2017-06-1231 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastThe Logic and Controversies of GeoengineeringIn this podcast hosted by Professor Myanna Dellinger, Dr. Stefan Schäfer presents his view on the pros and cons of the ever-controversial, but, in his view, also promising aspects of climate geoengineering.
Dr. Stefan Schäfer is a political scientist interested in the history, philosophy and politics of science and technology. He leads a research group on climate engineering at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam and is Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford. He was a guest researcher at the Berlin Social Science Cent...
2017-05-1825 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastSuper Smart Energy GridsIn this podcast, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Dr. Armin Haas on how smart energy grids could solve some of the issues surrounding sustainable energy.
Armin Haas is a senior researcher in the Systemic Risk project of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam (IASS), and leads the IASS activities within the EU Horizon 2020 projects Dolfins and Green-Win. Moreover, he leads the research line Integrated Risk Governance of the Global Climate Forum (GCF). At IASS his main research foci concern the economic, ecological and social sustainability of the financial system, and innovative contributions to the management and governance...
2017-03-3038 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastWater Resources ManagementIn this podcast, Myanna Dellinger interviews Dr. Falk Schmidt on his experience and views regarding water resource management in today's world.
Dr. Falk Schmidt studied at Free University Berlin Philosophy, Business and Law. He got his PhD in Political Sciences, focusing on global freshwater governance. In the past 15 years, he has been working both in academia and the public sector, in Germany and with the United Nations. He joined the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in 2010 and is currently the leader of an initiative that brings together science, policy and society for the implementation of the sustainable de...
2017-02-2138 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastTransitioning EnergyIn this podcast, Myanna Dellinger interviews Craig Morris on his experience and views regarding how the German energy sector transitioned from fossil fuels to modern energy sources through grass-roots movements. The lessons learned have been adopted by other countries and maybe there is hope of using this model for an energy transition in more stubborn countries such as the United States.
Craig Morris (@PPchef) is currently a Senior Fellow at the IASS. Coauthored with Arne Jungjohann, his book Energy Democracy is the first history of Germany’s energy transition, the Energiewende. He has served as technical editor of I...
2017-01-2625 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastClimate Geoengineering and Its GovernanceWhat can we do today to work toward adequate governance of climate engineering down the road? In this podcast, Myanna Dellinger discusses with Matthias Honegger why governance urgently requires a global conversation open to all, which can help unearth concerns, risks and opportunities associated with various new ways to dealing with climate change in the context of expected future impacts from climate change itself.
After studying environmental system sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology, Matthias Honegger has been working since the beginning of 2012 on international climate policy in developing countries and on climate negotiations as a c...
2017-01-1728 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastLoss and Damage under the Paris Agreement
In this interview, recorded August 10th, 2016, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Wil Burns on Loss and Damage under the Paris Agreement.
Wil Burns is the Co-Executive Director of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment in the School of International Service at American University. He formerly directed the Energy Policy & Climate program at Johns Hopkins University, and is the immediate past President of the Association of Environmental Studies & Sciences.
Wil holds a Ph.D. in International Environmental Law from the University of Wales-Cardiff School of Law.
See also:
http://www.dcgeoconsortium.org
http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org
2016-08-1639 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastEnvironmental Compliance and Enforcement in the United States EPA RegimeThis interview was recorded on July 11th, 2016. Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Rick Reibstein about the problems and issues surrounding the compliance and enforcement of environmental issues.
Rick Reibstein teaches environmental law to nonlawyers at BU and Harvard Extension School.
He spent almost three decades with the state of Massachusetts helping companies and others to comply with environmental rules and go beyond them to reduce the use of toxics, energy and water. He also spent a few years as an enforcement attorney for the US EPA and the state of Massachusetts, and has worked with both agencies to coordinate...
2016-07-2141 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastVolkswagen Emission "Dieselgate" Scandal, Part II
This interview was recorded on June 9th, 2016. Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Professor of Law Gregory C. Keating of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law about the issues surrounding the Volkswagen Diesel emission scandal. Professor Keating joined the USC Law faculty in 1991. He teaches torts, legal ethics, and seminars in legal and political philosophy. He takes an interest in the remedies aspect of the VW “dieselgate” scandal.
Professor Keating graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College, and earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the department of Politics at Princeton University, where he specialize...
2016-06-2722 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastNuclear Power in France and Beyond, Part IIITo avoid the worst effects of climate change, it has become clear that fossil fuels must be left in the ground.
Nuclear power has resurfaced on the scene as a potentially viable energy source after the phase-out of fossil fuels. In this three part-series, you will be able to hear from experts in the field discuss both the pros and cons of nuclear energy and related future energy issues.
This is part three of the series. In this part, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Gabrielle Hecht. Gabrielle Hecht is professor of history at the University of Mich...
2016-03-2238 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastNuclear Power in France and Beyond, Part II To avoid the worst effects of climate change, it has become clear that fossil fuels must be left in the ground. Nuclear power has resurfaced on the scene as a potentially viable energy source after the phase-out of fossil fuels. In this three part-series, you will be able to hear from experts in the field discuss both the pros and cons of nuclear energy and related future energy issues.
This is part two of the series. In this part, Professor Dellinger interview Dr Jonathan Cobb. Dr. Cobb is a Senior Communication Manager at the World Nuclear Association, ba...
2016-03-1625 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastNuclear Power in France and BeyondTo avoid the worst effects of climate change, it has become clear that fossil fuels must be left in the ground. Nuclear power has resurfaced on the scene as a potentially viable energy source after the phase-out of fossil fuels. In this three part-series, you will be able to hear from experts in the field discuss both the pros and cons of nuclear energy and related future energy issues.
In part one, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Mycle Schneider, an independent international analyst and consultant on energy and nuclear policy based in Paris, France. Mr. Schneider is the convening l...
2016-02-221h 11
The Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastEnvironmental Law in China: A Paper Tiger or Actual Change?China has declared “war on pollution” with several new environmental laws and the willingness to take action against climate change. Awareness of the severe and lingering environmental problems in China is increasing, both domestically and externally. Does this truly mean that China will finally take meaningful, active steps to combat air, water and land pollution, or are the initiatives merely aspirational with other issues continuing to take precedence despite much promising rhetoric? In this podcast, Myanna Dellinger interviews three law professors with unique insight into Chinese environmental law and its potential enforcement.
Joseph W. Dellapenna is a Profess...
2015-11-1152 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastAsset Owners Disclosure ProjectLooking beyond COP21: How will asset owners respond to an international climate agreement and the global energy transition to low-carbon?
Given the sluggishness of regulatory action against climate change in most nations and at the international scale, many companies continue to derive significant income from activities that endanger the climate.
In turn, many professional investment companies such as pension funds, mutual funds, in the US and Europe, and sovereign wealth funds invest in such “high carbon” assets, placing pension savers’ and other stakeholders’ assets at great risk. The level of risk-taking represented by high-carbon assets leaves investment fiduciaries open to legal liab...
2015-09-2142 min
The Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastThe Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations - part 2On March 1, 2015, a group of experts in international law, human rights law, environmental law, and other law adopted the Oslo Principles on Global Obligations to Reduce Climate Change. These experts came from national and international courts, universities and organizations located around the world. In part two of two podcasts on the Oslo Principles, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Philip Sutherland, a Professor at the Stellenbosch University Faculty of Law in South Africa. Professor Sutherland was one of 13 experts contributing to the recent formulation of the “Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations” and will be adding his insight to the previous comm...
2015-06-1436 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastThe Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change ObligationsOn March 1, 2015, a group of experts in international law, human rights law, environmental law, and other law adopted the Oslo Principles on Global Obligations to Reduce Climate Change. These experts came from national and international courts, universities and organizations located around the world.
In part one of two podcasts on the Oslo Principles, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in New York. Professor Gerrard is a world-renowned expert on environmental law and in particular climate change law.
Part two will consist...
2015-06-0124 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastKenya, Environment and Public ParticipationIn this podcast, Professor Myanna Dellinger interviews attorney Ruth Nzioka who is a legal intern with the Institute for Institute for Law and Environmental Governance (ILEG) in Nairobi, Kenya. ILEG is an independent, non-profit public interest law and policy organization focused on promoting sustainable development. We work with local communities, governments, the private sector and civil society organizations (CSOs) to ensure fair, balanced and equitable development policy choices to improve peoples’ lives and protect the environment.
Professor Dellinger spoke with Ms. Nzioka in Eugene, Oregon in early March about what she sees as pressing environmental issues in Kenya a...
2015-04-2826 min
The Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastAtmospheric Trust LitigationDoes anyone have legal rights to “the atmosphere” and thus a stable climate? Professor of Law Mary Wood argues that governments in the United States and abroad hold the atmosphere in trust for the general public and are thus accountable for reducing carbon pollution to protect the climate for current and future generations. Tracing the origin of the well-established public trust doctrine to Roman law, Professor Wood discusses with Associate Professor of Law Myanna Dellinger how this enduring principle of law has resulted in judges requiring governments to protect, for exampe, rivers, lakes and oceanfronts. Professor Wood explains how some NGOs...
2015-02-2126 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastCO2 Warning Labels on Gas Pumps in Berkeley, CaliforniaStarting in the spring of 2015, the city of Berkeley, California, will require that warning labels featuring the following text be affixed to gas station pumps:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that consumption of energy products derived from fossil fuels contributes to climate change. To learn about how you can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, go to: www.cityofberkeley.info/fuel.
The Western States Petroleum Association has threatened to file suit, claiming that the labeling program imposes "onerous restrictions" on businesses and "compels speech in violation of the First Amendment of the United States...
2015-02-0126 minThe Global Energy & Environmental Law PodcastClimate GeoengineeringClimate change... should it be solved by governments at various scales or by technological innovation? Or is there a third path involving both options? In this podcast, Dr. Wil Burns discusses how climate geoengineering might find some valuable use as a temporary and limited method of alleviating the dire and urgent effects of climate change until a long-term solution to the underlying problem can be found. Dr. Burns takes a pragmatic scientific approach to the somewhat controversial issue of geoengineering, but does not advocate it as an end-all, be-all solution. After explaining the currently most promising geoengineering techniques, Dr. Burns...
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