Tag Archives: climate change

Climate Change Litigation in Ontario: Hot Prospects and International Influences

March 18, 2016carbon budget, causation, climate change, foreign judgments, international law, justiciability, litigation, public nuisance, public trust, standard of care, standing, Stepan Wood, UrgendaStepan

I recently spoke about climate change litigation at the Ontario Bar Association's Institute 2016 as part of a panel with former Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Stephen Goudge, now of the law firm Paliare Roland, and John Terry of Torys, one of the authors of the excellent treatise The Law of Climate Change in Canada. The event was organized by Jennifer […]

EJS Clinical pilot project a great success

April 30, 2015NewsCanadian Environmental Law Association, climate change, clinic, EBR, Ecojustice, environmental justice, Environmental Review Tribunal, environmental rights, legal research, municipal government, Osgoode, partner organizations, pilot project, soil, sustainability, West Coast Environmental LawStepan

In January 2015, Osgoode Professor Stepan Wood and McMurtry Fellow David Estrin welcomed six Osgoode JD students into the Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clinical pilot project, the precursor to the EJS Clinical Program that will begin in September 2015.