Three Degrees, a student led effort, will confront the humanitarian crisis at the heart of climate change.
Overview:
University of Washington School of Law students are convening over forty panelists from around the world for Three Degrees: The Law of Climate Change and Human Rights Conference, May 28–29, 2009. Three Degrees will bring together a diverse panel of lawyers, scholars, scientists, World Bank and UN leaders, NGOs, policy makers, and citizens of affected regions to confront the direction the global legal order must head to provide relief to people impacted by climate change.
Featured Speakers:
Kim Taylor-Thompson
Mary Robinson
Henry Shue
Marc Limon
David Battisti
Victoria Hykes Steere
Sponsors:
The Linden Rhoads Dean’s Innovation Fund
The Gates Public Service Law Program
The University of Washington School of Law
Partners:
The Climate Project
Contacts:
Conference organizers: Jeni Krencicki Barcelos & Jen Marlow
UW School of Law Media Relations Director: Shari Ireton
Press:
UW Law Press Release
Download the full Press Kit.
Press Coverage:
Three Degrees in Worldchanging.
Three Degrees in The Huffington Post, by Sanjay Khanna.
Three Degrees in Grist, by Jonathan Hiskes.
Three Degrees in The Daily Score, the blog of Sightline Institute.
Three Degrees in People & Place, by Howard Silverman. People & Place is a publication of Ecotrust.
Three Degrees in Real Change, Seattle’s street newspaper
UW Law School Press Releases
