The Columbia Journal of Environmental Law hosts its annual Climate Change Symposium each spring, featuring presentations by two authors selected for publication in the Journal’s special Symposium Issue. To be considered for the Climate Change Symposium issue, articles may be submitted at any time through the Journal’s standard submissions process.

The 2020 Climate Change Symposium took place on Tuesday, March 3rd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Room 104, Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia Law School. The Symposium featured the following presentations:

• Health Payne, Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law: Pulling in Both Directions: How States Are Moving Toward Decarbonization While Continuing to Support Fossil Fuels, with comments and discussion led by Professor Richard Briffault of Columbia Law School.
• Craig Martin, Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law: Atmospheric Intervention? The Climate Change Crisis and the Jus ad Bellum Regime, with comments and discussion led by Professor Robert J. Goldstein of the United States Military Academy at West Point.