Distinguished professor of law Sarah Bloom Raskin was invited to become a member of the Senior Consultative Group for the Energy Transition Accelerator, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, Bezos Earth Fund, and the Rockefeller Foundation that is aiming to accelerate the just clean energy transition by mobilizing private capital to pay for carbon credits. The consultative group, chaired by John Kerry, the inaugural U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State, brings together independent experts with a range of experience and knowledge in areas including carbon markets, energy transition, equity, and diplomacy.
Raskin also conducted an independent consultation for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat to ensure greater transparency and accountability of individual non-state entities’ net-zero pledges, transition plans and progress reporting.
Distinguished professor of law Jonathan Wiener spoke about his research at venues such as the Inter-American Development Bank, the NYU Law School European University Institute (EUI), Paris Dauphine-PSL University and in several locations throughout Iceland. He also chaired a session entitled “Solar Radiation Modification: A Conversation with the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada,” at an event hosted by Resources for the Future (RFF) in Washington, D.C.
Clinical professor of law Michelle Nowlin spoke at the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit in December 2023; Nowlin and Nancy Lauer also worked with several waterkeeper organizations across the state to collect and analyze data on litter pollution, worked with several plastic coalitions to reduce plastic waste, and helped host a workshop about plastics at Duke in D.C. to bring together members of the government, NGOs, and academia.
In the halls of Congress, distinguished professor of international business law Timothy Meyer testified about international trade, greenhouse gases and the U.S. steel and aluminum industries. Senior lecturing fellow Stephen Roady testified before a subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives in opposition to efforts to accelerate oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Roady also presented at the University of Miami and serves as member of the “The Code Project” assembled by the Pew Charitable Trusts focused on protecting the ocean floor.