Climatarian, nature lover, XC skier and sailor, environmental law teacher at Pace Law. Author of Live Sustainably Now, A Low-Carbon Vision of the Good Life
Joined November 2008
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Karl Coplan retweeted
This is such a great challenge. Decarbonising the IPCC requires dealing with all the thorny issues: "hard-to-abate", carbon dioxide removal, offsets, fairness, etc.
And who is better placed to demonstrate what is possible than the IPCC itself!
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Karl Coplan retweeted
Prelim Round III is underway with @haublawatpace judges, incl. Dean for Academic Affairs and Law Operations @profgross, Emerita Prof Ann Powers, Visiting Scholar Hope Babcock, #NELMCC legend Emeritus Prof @kcoplan (who joins us all the way from Canberra, Australia! 🇦🇺)
Karl Coplan retweeted
A trillion extra trees is about the most additional trees that could be fit onto the planet Earth.
It would be an amazing feat, but would still only eat 10-15 years worth of current human carbon emissions.
Trees are great, but can't substitute for reducing carbon emissions.
Karl Coplan retweeted
That would be rocking the boat. cc
@TimPuko @jendlouhyhc @kcoplan @KiethEllison @Vicki_A_Arroyo @Cohan_Ds
@HarvardEELP @evanlehmann With a 2ndary NAAQS for GHGs (not PRIMARY!), I think it's worth a shot. Wrote a law review art on how it could work. prospect.org/environment/tim…
Karl Coplan retweeted
Obviously the thing if you're well-educated and well-off is to sell a plant-based diet like crazy while flying from place to place. Whether or not you can help that huge, gradual social shift (which I hope for too), the great thing is, you look good and have to change nothing.
Karl Coplan retweeted
My law school professor @kcoplan used to do this every day. Kayak across Hudson River, bike to Pace, teach, return.
Karl Coplan retweeted
Western lifestyles are the problem
Beware western finger pointers
-the middleclass pointing at the 1%,
-the west pointing at "overpopulation"
-consumers pointing at the corporations they buy from
-voters pointing at the other side
…all just different forms of #denialism😵💫
Karl Coplan retweeted
Huge thanks to our @NELMCC_HaubLaw leader Prof @kcoplan for writing the stellar #cleanwateract #NELMCC2022 Problem. At its simplest, this year’s Problem revolves around the reduction of pollutants in a #water body and conflicting views on the best way to do so. @PaceEnvClinic
Karl Coplan retweeted
Exciting times @HaubEnviroLaw today with #NELMCC2022 set to start! @PaceEnvClinic attorneys will be serving as judges! Look out for Profs. @kcoplan @thegoodomen, our alums, & our friendly @Waterkeeper friends on the bench! Good luck to all teams!!
Day 1 of #NELMCC2022! Competitors, coaches, judges..are you ready to kickoff the largest interschool moot court comp. of any kind under one roof? We,@HaubEnviroLaw @PaceEnviroLaw @HaubLawatPace @NELMCC_HaubLaw, are ready! Learn more & join us for the Final law.pace.edu/nelmcc
Karl Coplan retweeted
Actually the top 10% in the US averages 54.9t, so far above where I was pointing. As shown below:
nature.com/articles/s41893-0… The hope and challenge for winning consent on climate change is not ordinary Americans, it's well-educated Americans.
Karl Coplan retweeted
Check out this important contribution to #climatechangelaw #education by my terrific @HaubEnviroLaw colleagues. For me, what is most welcome about this publication is its comprehensibilty to non-lawyers.
@ProfKTQ @SmitaNarula @kcoplan @RadinaValova @RabagoEnergy @HaubLawatPace
🆕 Climate Change Law: An Introduction by @kcoplan, Shelby D. Green, Katrina Fischer Kuh and @SmitaNarula from @PaceEnviroLaw and @RabagoEnergy and @RadinaValova
🆓 Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 free on Elgaronline ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978183910130…
Karl Coplan retweeted
Prof Emeritus @kcoplan of @HaubLawatPace delivers an online lecture on US Citizen #Environmental #enforcement and #water protection to @studybuaa law school. Congrats and many thanks to @HaubEnviroLaw graduate, Dr @wanghuishihan on organizing this great collaboration.
Karl Coplan retweeted
"Country X promises to become carbon neutral in 2060."
"80 year old man promises to quit smoking and drinking in 2060."
Karl Coplan retweeted
People to follow who have written books on what the Paris agreement actually means (and all of their books are good, look them up):
@KA_Nicholas @ClimateHuman @kcoplan @LetsFishSmarter @lloydalter
Karl Coplan retweeted
The awkward truth for those continuing to rationalize their own non-Paris agreement energy use. @kevinclimate has been the most effective teacher for many of us.
Prof Kevin Anderson has managed to teach me more about the reality of climate change than any other climate scientist. I like how he has done this without flying for nearly 20 years. youtu.be/wcobuqiSo8I
Karl Coplan retweeted
For #ClimateWeekNYC, #Read a Q&A with LIVE SUSTAINABLY NOW author @kcoplan. "Someone has to take the first step. If climate-woke environmentalists don’t make the first move, who will?" buff.ly/3tQGrxv @columbiaclimate @ClimateGroup #Sustainability
Karl Coplan retweeted
It's #ClimateWeekNYC! @kcoplan's "vision for living an ethical, meaningful, and sustainable life in the face of the climate crisis is an inspiration to all those who care about the environment." -Tatiana Schlossberg #ReadMore buff.ly/3zui36p @columbiaclimate @ClimateGroup
Karl Coplan retweeted
And is ideal, as we demonstrate in this new paper: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
