[IntLawProfessors] Call for Proposals - University of San Diego - “California to Paris: Linking Energy and Climate Policy at the Subnational, National, and International Levels.”

[Elizabeth Bhappu]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

University of San Diego Climate & Energy Law Symposium

Proposals due: June 15, 2015 - Please pass this on to all interested list
serves

On Friday, November 6, 2015, the University of San Diego School of Law will
host its Seventh Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium. With this Call for
Proposals, you are invited to submit a title and abstract of an article
that you can present at the Symposium and publish in the Seventh Volume of
the SAN DIEGO JOURNAL OF CLIMATE & ENERGY LAW. If we select your proposal,
the University will pay for all travel expenses to and from the Symposium.
Also, you must submit your completed article to the Journal’s editors by
the date of the Symposium (November 6, 2015) for consideration in the
Seventh Volume.

The theme of our 2015 Climate & Energy Law Symposium is “California to
Paris: Linking Energy and Climate Policy at the Subnational, National, and
International Levels.” In the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties
(COP- 17, 2011), governments agreed to “develop a protocol, another legal
instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention
applicable to all Parties,” for adoption at COP-21 in December 2015 in
Paris, France. In the absence of comprehensive federal action in the U.S.,
the Obama administration has relied on executive authority to advance
climate policy, including U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed
Clean Power Plan regulations, which attempts to link discrete state
policies. If adopted, these regulations could spur action in many states
that have not already acted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the
electricity sector. Similarly, the role of linking discrete subnational and
national policies at the international level is a topic of current
discussion as it may allow consistency with the United Nations Convention’s
principle of “common but differentiated responsibility”.

At the University of San Diego’s Seventh Annual Climate & Energy Law
Symposium, academic and policy experts will analyze and assess three
aspects of this complex issue.

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   U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan and State Responses – The proposed Clean
   Power Plan regulations would provide a framework for states to develop
   greenhouse gas reduction policies in the form of a State Implementation
   Plan, at least for the electricity sector. Several legal questions have
   arisen in response, including dormant commerce clause considerations, the
   relationship between a federal plan implemented between the EPA and state
   regulation of electricity to regulate, and the limits of executive action.
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   U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan as a Framework for International Action –
   Can the Clean Power Plan and other climate related executive actions serve
   as an example of the type of linkages that could be attractive for a
   protocol or other legal instrument at COP 21? Could a similar framework be
   a mechanism for bilateral or multilateral agreements between countries? Is
   it possible for the Obama Administration to pursue an Executive Agreement
   that would not need Senate ratification?
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   Subnational Participation in International Climate Agreements – Several
   states already have comprehensive policies to reduce emissions. What is the
   role of subnational entities such as states or provinces in international
   agreements? What meaningful bilateral agreements could states enter into?
   Are protocols in place to permit and facilitate subnational participation
   in international climate discussions?

   All article proposals related to these broad issues in climate and
   energy law are welcome. It is not necessary for an article to focus
   specifically on California law and policy. If you are interested in
   participating, please submit the following materials to Elizabeth Bhappu at
   ebhappu at sandiego.edu.
    1.

      (1)  The proposed title of your article and a brief 300 word
      abstract;
       2.

      (2)  Your CV; and,
       3.

      (3)  Written acknowledgement that you will attend the Symposium on
      Friday, November 6, 2015, and submit

      a complete draft of your article to the SAN DIEGO JOURNAL OF CLIMATE &
      ENERGY LAW by that same date.

   The University of San Diego Climate & Energy Law Symposium is co-hosted
   by the Energy Policy Initiatives Center

   (EPIC) and the SAN DIEGO JOURNAL OF CLIMATE & ENERGY LAW .
   Please submit your proposal by Friday, June 15, 2015. We look forward to
   hearing from you!
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