Romany Webb

New Book Explores the Need for Climate-Compatible Infrastructure Development and the Legal Issues it Raises - Climate Law Blog The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reached a disappointing conclusion on Saturday. Just a few days earlier, things had…

📗New Book Explores the Need for Climate-Compatible Infrastructure Development and the Legal Issues it Raises

Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Romany M. Webb shows why climate change is, at its core, an infrastructure challenge.

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⚖️The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI)!

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New Book Explores the Need for Climate-Compatible Infrastructure Development and the Legal Issues it Raises - Climate Law Blog The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reached a disappointing conclusion on Saturday. Just a few days earlier, things had looke...

Check out the Climate Law blog for an overview of my latest book and why you should read it. There really is something for everyone in there! blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

It’s arrived! So excited to finally see this in print! Grab your copy now.

🌎We’re Hiring! The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is seeking a Climate Justice Fellow to contribute to work on issues related to climate justice and equity

✅Requirements: J.D. or LLM & interest in climate justice/environmental law
📅Deadline: 1/16/2026
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Wow! Big news!

🌱The Sabin Center is seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join our Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative! 🌬️☀️RELDI partners with communities to advance wind and solar projects, offering research and legal support to overcome renewable energy development barriers.

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The @sabincenter.bsky.social is hiring for not one, but two, attorneys to join our team. For more info and to apply visit: climate.law.columbia.edu/content/jobs...

UPCOMING EVENT: On Oct. 17, the @sabincenter.bsky.social will host a webinar on future directions in the regulation of #marineCDR under the London Convention & Protocol. Register at: tinyurl.com/3xp6uzuu

This week, @sabincenter.bsky.social submitted comments to CARB on implementation of SB905, which requires creation of a program to advance #CDR. This is an important reminder that, even in the midst of federal backsliding, states can make progress. tinyurl.com/49x8p75c

New map and research expose disturbing side effects of AI industry boom: 'There are going to be challenges' As part of the latest wave of Big Tech's spending on AI, Google announced a $9 billion investment to build a new data center campus in Virginia.

"If we want to achieve global climate goals, we simply cannot be building out a whole lot of new fossil fuel infrastructure," Webb said. "Yet we're seeing calls to prolong the life of coal plants and build new gas plants just to support data centers." www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/a...

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Fall colors just starting at Minnewaska State Park

Today @sabincenter.bsky.social hosted a full day symposium on marine carbon dioxide removal law & policy. It was great to dive into international & domestic frameworks, the role of tribes, community engagement, & so much more. Thanks to all of our stellar speakers!

Report: Big businesses are doing carbon dioxide removal all wrong The technology is needed to limit global warming. But corporations are supporting it in lieu of emissions reductions.

A new report from @newclimate.bsky.social finds little corporate support for durable CO2 removal, which is needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C. Those that are investing in the technology aren't doing so in conjunction with deep emissions cuts. @grist.org grist.org/accountabili...

There is still time to register & join ONC at our Queenswood Campus in #Victoria, BC to participate in @sabincenter.bsky.social's #mCDR symposium!

Hear from cross-border #PNW panelists as they discuss marine #CarbonDioxide removal efforts in & around the #SalishSea.

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Not in New York?

Come to ONC's Queenswood Campus in Victoria BC to watch the symposium live!

Hear from cross-border Pacific Northwest panelists as they discuss marine #CarbonDioxide removal efforts in & around the #SalishSea, sharing insights and lessons learned.

🔗 bit.ly/4fVdxEO

#mCDR 🧪

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We've been selected as a CREDO Mobile grant recipient for the month of August! Vote now to help decide how the available funds will be divided between three progressive organizations. www.credodonations.com/organization...

Rethinking the London Convention and Protocol Governance of MCDR in Light of New International Rulings and Landmark International Climate Agreements A new white paper by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University proposes more climate-conscious thinking on how parties currently apply, and how they could more effectively apply, ...

Funded by Ocean Visions, a new white paper from @sabincenter.bsky.social proposes a more climate-conscious approach to how the London Convention & Protocol governs marine carbon dioxide removal. Read the press release ➡️ oceanvisions.org/rethinking-t...

Book cover for the Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law

What is the most exciting part of working on a book? Getting to see the cover design! Hopefully this will be on shelves soon.

🌊📄 The Sabin Center published a new #report, International Legal Guidelines for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Governance under the London Convention and London Protocol.
Read here: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climat...

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Yesterday, the Sabin Center filed not 1, not 2, but 3 (!) separate comments on EPA's proposal to repeal its GHG emissions standards for fossil fuel power plants. Thanks to the team here that contributed!

(4) When conducting environmental assessments for individual mCDR projects, parties must analyze the projects’ climate mitigation benefits alongside their potential environmental harms. (6/6)

(3) Parties must, in accordance with their due diligence obligations, actively pursue scientific information to enable them to assess the availability of mCDR to mitigate climate change. (5/6)

(1) Parties must apply the precautionary approach in a way that does not unduly delay climate mitigation action. (2) Parties must apply the prevention principle alongside precaution and, to this end, consider the potential for regulation to aid in preventing transboundary climate-related harm. (4/6)

The recent Advisory Opinions from #ICJ & #ITLOS shed new light on the meaning of those principles and their application in the climate context. Our report explains what these seminal opinions mean for the LC/LP parties’ approach to regulating mCDR. We reach four key conclusions. (3/6)

Over the last several years, parties to the LC/LP have adopted decisions, resolutions, and amendments on climate-related activities. In doing so, they’ve referenced legal principles and guidelines, like precaution and prevention. (2/6)

📣 New @sabincenter.bsky.social report on the regulation of #mCDR under the London Convention and Protocol by Korey Silverman-Roati and yours truly. 🧵 (1/6)
climate.law.columbia.edu/content/inte...

Join us on September 19 for a discussion of #mCDR law and policy.

My son this morning: Can we listen to that music from the olden days? You know, those classic songs from the early 200s. Sung by the group of girls.

Turns out he was talking about Destiny's Child.

Feeling ancient right now.