Water in Americas’ Human Landscapes: Tulane Law & Policy Symposium
Sponsored by the Center on Law and the Economy
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The Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy is proud to host an international conference that will generate a space for stakeholders in water law and policy from across the Americas to share pressing issues and solutions regarding their respective water resources, as well as the wide variety of fields they impact. As we all bear witness to the challenges surrounding water in global and local management, we believe the conference will be a dynamic platform for experts to share and learn from each other's experiences and expertise in the matter. Hosted in beautiful New Orleans, Louisiana, the setting for the conference commemorates historical connections between different countries in the Americas and the Crescent City.
Please find a list of tentative topics and workshops below
Topics:
- Mining/Water/Climate Economy: This includes lithium mining and data mining, perhaps meriting multiple sessions
- Legal status of Human right to water: This has been brought up by different organizations we've talked to. Also, we have a paper on this coming out soon.
- Water Law & Policy's economic impact (perhaps two sessions, one focused on Maritime/Navigation Industry/Panama Canal).
- Agriculture: Making law and policy to deal with drought and Making law and policy to manage/encourage/discourage biofuels
- Flooding + Sinking - laws and policy to face SLR, climate change, and floods
- Water-Driven Insurance issues - are the America's at the mercy of a reinsurance industry centered in Europe?
- Integrated Water Management and legal structures
- RAMSAR Convention/ Wetland Protections
- Public Administration of Water - lessons and strategies
- Water Pollution - emerging issues and responses
Workshops:
- Talking to other professions: Expanding on an idea from the dept. of coastal and river science and engineering, here we can invite different faculty from Tulane to talk to lawyers/policy makers so they can understand each other's languages.
- Environmental Litigation across the Americas: Working with AIDA and the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
