Climate Justice with the Petrie-Flom Center
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. As part of our retrospective and the Salata Institute’s Climate Week, journey through our past and present climate justice work.
Introduction
Events
The Petrie-Flom Center hosts lunchtime discussions, book talks, conferences, and webinars throughout the year, often with partners and affiliates. Below are a sample of recent climate-related events we’ve been involved with.
May 8, 2025
Mental Health and Climate Change: When a Global Crisis and Planetary Emergency Collide
April 18, 2024
Case Update: The European Court of Human Rights’ Climate Judgments
April 9, 2024
Locked in a Hotbox: The Impact of Climate Change on the Incarcerated
April 1, 2024
When Youth Sue to Protect the Planet and their Health: Inside a Bold Legal Strategy to Fight Climate Change
March 29, 2024
The Role of Courts in Advancing the Right to a Healthy Environment: Lessons from Latin America
February 10, 2023
Climate Change and Health: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium
Bill of Health
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December 12, 2024
COP29 and the UNFCCC’s Health Turn: Progress or Peril?
By Thalia Viveros Uehara and Alicia Ely Yamin
February 29, 2024
Intersectionality, Indigeneity, and Disability Climate Justice in Nepal
By Pratima Gurung, Penelope J. S. Stein, and Michael Ashley Stein
December 22, 2023
Climate Change and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Key Takeaways from the WHO-WIPO-WTO Trilateral Symposium
By Aparajita Lath
August 14, 2023
Climate-Resilient and Accessible Architecture
By Abhishek Kumar and Kavya Poornima Balajepalli
August 8, 2023
Understanding Climate and Disability Justice: Mitigating Structural Barriers to the Right to Health
By Cynthia Golembeski, Ans Irfan, Michael Méndez, Amite Dominick, Rasheera Dopson, and Julie Skarha
August 1, 2023
Disability-Inclusive Climate Justice Through Agroforestry
By Pavan Muntha and Chloe Rourke
July 21, 2023
Disability Participation and Empowerment in the Context of Climate Action: A Human Rights Obligation
By Elisavet Athanasia Alexiadou
July 19, 2023
Climate Resilience Planning: A Life-Saving Entry Point for Incorporating Disability Voices into Policy
By Rafaello Adler-Abramo
July 18, 2023
Examining the Climate Change-Migration Nexus from a Disability Lens
By Divya Goyal
February 10, 2023
Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy
By Daniel Swartzman
February 14, 2022
Weathering the Climate Crisis: The Health Benefits and Policy Challenges of Home Weatherization
By James R. Jolin
October 8, 2021
Building Power Across Movements for Health Justice
By Solange Gould
October 2, 2020
Climate Change and Pregnancy: Policies for Impact
By Cydney Murray
February 1, 2019
Should We Consider Climate Editing to Combat Global Warming?
By Nir Eyal
December 14, 2018
Climate Change is Harming Health and the Treatment is Medicine, Law, and Bioethics
By Renee N. Salas
October 2, 2018
Hurricane Florence and the health effects of climate change
By Alexandra Slessarev
September 1, 2017
What if Trump Censors Climate Science? Scientific Research Policy and Law under the Trump Administration
By Dov Fox
October 31, 2014
The Medical Liability Climate: The Calm Between Storms Is the Time For Reforms
By Michelle Mello
Digital Symposia
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November 19, 2024
Climate Change and Health: Mobilizing Public International Law into Action
July 17, 2023