2023 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) Conference

Each year, Vanderbilt Law School and the Environmental Law Institute identify innovative environmental law and policy proposals in the academic literature. Leading professors, policymakers, and practitioners were invited to discuss the proposals selected this year.

We discussed the following articles:

U.S. Climate Adaptation Policy: J.B. Ruhl and Robin Kundis Craig, 4°C, 106 MINN. L. REV. 191;
Bias in Algorithmic Decision Making Tools: Sonya Ziaja, How Algorithm-Assisted Decision Making is Influencing Environmental Law and Climate Adaptation, 48 ECOLOGY L.Q. 899; and
ESG Mutual Fund Performance: Quinn Curtis, Jill Fisch, and Adriana Robertson, Do ESG Mutual Funds Deliver on Their Promises?, 120 MICH. L. REV. 393.

Panelists included:

Keith Benes, Senior Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy (Algorithm-Assisted Decision Making)
Mohit Chhabra, Senior Scientist, Climate & Clean Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council (Algorithm-Assisted Decision Making)
Carlos Evans, Director of the Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability, City of Dallas (4°C)
Kathryn Geoffroy, Associate, Arnold & Porter (ESG Mutual Funds)
Debra Gore-Mann, President and CEO, The Greenlining Institute (Algorithm-Assisted Decision Making)
Stephen Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist, Better Markets (ESG Mutual Funds)
Anne Kelly, Vice President, Government Relations, Ceres (ESG Mutual Funds)
Joel Scheraga, Senior Advisor for Climate Change Adaptation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (4°C)
Rod Schoonover, Founder and CEO, Ecological Futures Group (4°C)
Hana Vizcarra, Senior Attorney, Earthjustice (4°C)