Request for Proposals: Yale New Directions in Environmental Law 2017 -- Environment, National Security, and Human Rights
Sep 13, 2016
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New Directions in Environmental Law
The New Directions in Environmental Law Conference is soliciting proposals for sessions at the 2017 conference, to be held at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24-25. Sessions can include panel discussions, breakout sessions, or skills workshops. An online copy of this request can be found here <Blockedhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8B1uHuKXq2EcmJvM3FhM0s4NEk> .
Panels and breakout sessions will occur on Saturday, Feb 25. There will be 2 panel discussions, which are highlighted features of the conference. Panels typically feature high-level speakers, and will be attended by the entire conference audience. Breakout sessions occur concurrently, and are driven by conversation and interaction between speakers and audience members. Skills workshops will be offered on the afternoon of Friday, Feb 24, and can be targeted to subsets of the audience population. Skills workshops should be outcome driven; their goal should be to facilitate participant collaboration in the creation of a plan/process. Panel discussions and breakout sessions are typically 75 minutes in length; skills workshops can be up to 3 hours in length. For your reference, the conference agenda for 2016 is located here <Blockedhttp://www.cvent.com/events/new-directions-in-environmental-law-conference-yela-/agenda-7e4e1697d5f94d8fb5e4532d1556ddd6.aspx> .
NDEL 2017’s theme is “Environment, National Security, and Human Rights.” The conference will advance a discussion of climate change as a “threat multiplier”; human lives, national security, and international peace and stability are all at risk from a changing climate. From access to our most basic resources to refugee crises to community risk and resilience, climate change challenges conventional notions of human rights and geopolitical security.
Session proposals will be accepted on all themes and content areas; while we’ve provided sample topics below, we value thematic creativity. Successful proposals will include a law or policy component, and will feature diverse speakers. Session organizers are encouraged to describe how their panelists will critically engage each other, central ideas and problems in their field, and the conference themes broadly.
Sample session topics include:
- The geopolitics of climate and security
- Environmental refugees and humanitarian assistance
- Human rights and earth rights
- Climate and resource security
- Environmental change and community resilience
- National security and the environment
- International security and climate change
- Human health impacts of a changing climate
- Energy security at home and abroad
- Legal frameworks for a changing climate
- Climate change and food security
- The role of women in a changing climate
- Financial risk and environmental change
To submit a proposal, please include the following information in an email or attached document and send it to ndel@yale.edu <mailto:ndel@yale.edu> by October 1, 2016. Successful proposals will be notified by October 7, and will receive funding for travel and lodging for organizers and speakers.
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