International Environmental Law Documents
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
16 June (9 AM - 1 PM)Register here: https://wvu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rTAEcna6RqS9_RlkTza9ng
Welcoming
Paolo Farah,Chair of the 2nd Energy Transition Colloquium & WVU Eberly College, Rockefeller School of Policy and Politics
Bradley Wilson,
Director of the Center for Resilient Communities, WVU Eberly College, Geography
9:00 – 10:00 am
I. Facilitating the Energy Transition I: Public International Law, Trade and Climate Change
1. Larry Catá Backer, Pennsylvania State University, School of Law and School of International Affairs (USA), Facilitating the Energy Transition: A Human Right and Soft Law Perspective
2. Mahatab Uddin, University of Guelph (Canada) and University of Southern Denmark, Centre for Law, Sustainability, and Justice (Denmark), Trade and Climate Change for the Promotion of Clean Energy Technologies
3. Francesco Adamo, University of Eastern Piedmont, Geoprogress - NPO (Italy), Funds for Energy Transition in the Environmentally Creditors Countries
10:00 – 10:30 am
Questions and Answers: Larry Backer, Mahatab Uddin, Francesco Adamo, Paolo Farah
10:30 – 10:45 am - Break
10:45 – 11:45 am
II. A Transition on the Making: The Case of Appalachian
1. Michaud Gilbert, Loyola University Chicago, School of Environmental Sustainability (USA), The Decline of the Coal Economy in Southern Ohio and the Recent Growth of the Solar Industry: Challenges and Opportunities through Public Engagement
2. Stefania Staniscia, West Virginia University, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, School of Design & Community Development, Landscape Architecture (USA), Art-based Approach to the Energy Transition: Land Mine Reclamation in West Virginia
3. Nicholas Ashford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT (USA)
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Roundtable and Cross Talk Dialogue: Larry Backer, Mahatab Uddin, Francesco Adamo, Michaud Gilbert, Stefania Staniscia, Nicholas Ashford, Paolo D. Farah
17 June (9 AM - 1 PM)
Register here: https://wvu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U-He006sToqm7NNxjmMwMw
Welcoming
Paolo Farah,Chair of the 2nd Energy Transition Colloquium & WVU Eberly College, Rockefeller School of Policy and Politics
Bradley Wilson,
Director of the Center for Resilient Communities, WVU Eberly College, Geography
III. Facilitating the Energy Transition II: An International and Comparative Perspective
1. Imad Antoine Ibrahim, Qatar University, Center for Law and Development – CLD (Qatar), Energy Transition and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7: A Legal Appraisal in the Context of the MENA Region
2. Simón Ladino Cano, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris (France), Unleashing a Just Transition in Latin America: Insights for Tackling Energy Transition Obstacles in the Pacific Alliance Countries (to be confirmed)
3. Beibit Shangirbayeva, Gumiloyv Eurasian National University, Department of International Law, Law School, Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Nexus Between Extraction of Natural Resources and Political Reform: A Case of Kazakhstan
10:00 – 10:30 am
Questions and Answers: Imad Antoine Ibrahim, Simón Ladino Cano, Beibit Shangirbayeva
10:30 – 10:45 am – Break
10:45 – 11:30 am
IV. Facilitating the Energy Transition III: The EU Perspective
1. Luigimaria Riccardi, University of Pisa, Department of Political Science (Italy), Power To Gas and ‘Green’ Hydrogen in the EU: The Energy Transition Between Innovation and Fragmentation
2. Martin Svec, Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, Department of Energy Law, Institute of Law and Technology, REPowerEU: EU’s Energy Transition in the Context of Russian Aggression against Ukraine
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Roundtable and Cross Talk Dialogue: Imad Antoine Ibrahim, Simón Ladino Cano, Beibit Shangirbayeva, Luigimaria Riccardi, Martin Svec, Paolo D. Farah
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The international conference is organized by the Rockefeller School of Policy and Politics, Department of Public Administration of West Virginia University, USA.
The event is in collaboration with the WVU Center for Resilient Communities (CRC), the WVU Eberly College Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative on Global Challenges
and Local Response Initiatives & WVU Eberly College Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative on Climate, the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Interest
Group on International Environmental Law and Interest Group on Intellectual Property Law, and gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development, UK2nd Energy Transition Colloquium, April 28, 2022 session: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/588d870bd7a2e7e17e54a2a7/6223842b01d5562...
Recording of this event can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TntVlsHkNSg -
On Friday, April 16 at noon, five experts from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will present case studies of their local work on globally significant issues such as refugee asylum, COVID-19, racism, antisemitism and disaster relief.
This is part of an interdisciplinary effort at the Eberly College that will explore how to handle global challenges in general and how to respond to them at national, regional, state, city and local levels. The project welcomes collaborators from within and outside West Virginia University. To learn more and get involved, contact Paolo Farah at pdfarah@mail.wvu.edu.
Presenters and topics
Robert Blobaum, Department of History: “Racism and Antisemitism”
Cynthia Gorman, Department of Geology and Geography: “Contemporary Struggles Over Political Asylum”
Kathryn Pirie, Master of Public Administration student, Department of Public Administration: "Policies to Slow the Spread of COVID-19: A Review of Successes and Failures"
Herschel Thomas, Department of Political Science: “Non-State Actors in Disaster Response and Recovery”
Moderator: Paolo Farah, John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, Department of Public Administration at West Virginia UniversityThe recording for this event can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6z8F5ZJa4w