Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Liable for Climate Change Harms in California

[NOTE: Speakers begin at 5:56]

The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law invite you to a stimulating conversation exploring whether and how the fossil fuel industry can be held liable for the harms climate change is inflicting on communities.



Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018 Time: 6:00 p.m. PST
Live streamed from the Fowler Museum at UCLA


Welcome: Edward A. Parson, Dan and Rae Emmett professor of environmental law, and faculty co-director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law

Featured Remarks: Honorable Cristina Garcia, Assemblymember, California’s 58th Assembly District

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Panelists
* Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy and chief climate
* Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro professor of environmental law and faculty co-director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law
* Honorable Serge Dedina, mayor, Imperial Beach, CA; executive director, Wildcoast
* Alex Hall, professor in the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and director of the Center for Climate Science, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
* Gladys Limon, executive director, California Environmental Justice Alliance

Ken Kimmell, president, Union of Concerned Scientists, will provide closing remarks.