Douglas Kysar\, Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School
This event is jointly organised by the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, the LSE Global School of Sustainability (GSoS)\, Yale Law School and the National University of Singapore.
This event marked the launch of a landmark Oxford Handbook exploring whether and how private law can play a meaningful role in addressing the climate crisis. The evening featured opening remarks from Lord Sales\, Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court\, followed by the editors and a panel discussion with leading scholars and practitioners.
The Handbook itself brings together 46 chapters by world‑leading experts examining how climate change affects—and is affected by—private law. It challenges traditional assumptions about the limits of private law\, highlights the evolving role of courts\, and argues for more interconnected legal approaches to address global\, intergenerational environmental harm.
Douglas Kysar\, Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School
Ernest Lim\, Chan Sek Keong Professor of Private Law at the National University of Singapore
The Right Hon Lord Sales\, Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court
Joana Setzer\, Associate Professorial Research Fellow at LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, Co-lead of LSE’s Global School of Sustainability of the Mobilising legal\, political\, and governance systems theme of LSE’s Global School of Sustainability.
Michael Gerrard\, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School and Faculty Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Margherita Cornaglia\, Barrister at Landmark Chambers
Franziska Arnold-Dwyer\, Associate Professor of Law at University College London