Law and Justice Go Planetary
New York Climate Week 2025
Date: September 22 8:30aAM-4:00PM
Location: NYU Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge, 40 Washington Square South, New York.
This event is co-organized by NYU School of Law, The Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Network (BES-Net) Consortium, Soka Gakkai International, SwedBio, and the Climate Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN) and supported by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat.
The one-day event held during New York Climate Week, will examine how planetary thinking can reorient law-framing and application, knowledge-making practices, and financing arrangements towards just interventions for our collective ability to sustain and improve life for all.
8:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast & Registration
9:00 am - 9:30 am Introduction & Framing: Planetary Thinking in Law and Politics
Benedict Kingsbury (New York University)
Elisa Morgera (UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, University of Strathclyde)
9:30 am - 11:00 am Planetary Pathways in International Law: The Climate Change Advisory Opinions
Doreen Lustig (Tel Aviv University)
Bryce Rudyk (New York University)
Phoebe Okowa (Queen Mary University of London)
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Planetary Knowledge and Legal Regimes
Chair: Angelina Fisher (New York University)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Planetary Financing: Implementation and Reparation
Note: If you register on the day of the event and do not hold an NYU ID, we will do our best to process your registration. However, building access is not guaranteed, and the approval process may take up to twelve hours.
