Disaster Response – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Resilience to Climate Change Impacts

Click here to return to the Status of Biden Administration on Climate, Public Health and Environment, and Environmental Justice main page. The Biden administration has released billions in funds for […]

October 26, 2022

Legal Analysis

Equitable Disaster Relief: An Analysis of FEMA’s Legal Authority to Integrate Equity under the Stafford Act

The Stafford Act’s nondiscrimination provision provides the statutory authority for FEMA to redesign its programs in an “equitable and impartial manner,” including reforming programs that currently disproportionately exclude low-income communities and communities of color.

October 13, 2021

U.S. Disaster Displacement in the Era of Climate Change: Discrimination & Consultation Under the Stafford Act

Read Hannah’s note published in the Harvard Environmental Law Review here: U.S. Disaster Displacement in the Era of Climate Change: Discrimination & Consultation Under the Stafford Act Environmental disasters displace […]

October 23, 2020

Socializing the CZMA: How Redefining “Community Resilience” Is Changing Coastal Management

As sea levels rise and catastrophic disasters become more frequent, coastal states are searching for ways to keep their communities safe and economies afloat. These strategies fall under the general […]

May 18, 2020

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Judge Alice Hill Speaks with Hana Vizcarra about National Security and Climate Change

Please click here for a full transcript of this episode. Hana Vizcarra talks with Alice Hill, senior fellow for climate change policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. A former judge […]

February 11, 2020

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Hana Vizcarra Interviews Erik Landry about Corporate Climate Scenarios and Strategic Resilience

For a full transcript of this conversation please click here. In this episode our Staff Attorney Hana Vizcarra, speaks with Erik Landry, SM ’18 and research associate in the MIT Office […]

December 9, 2019

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Hana Vizcarra Interviews Jesse Keenan on Climate Adaptation and Finance

Click here for a transcript of this episode. In this episode Hana talks with Jesse Keenan, a social scientist and lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the […]

November 13, 2019