From ERyan at law.fsu.edu Wed Nov 1 14:32:47 2023 From: ERyan at law.fsu.edu (Erin Ryan) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 18:32:47 +0000 Subject: [Law-envtlfsufaculty] Thurs., 11/9 Distinguished Lecture: Michael Gerrard on the Urban Flooding Crisis In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20221213/58/2a/c5/73/e3398fdeecef862064606084_1280x184.jpg] [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20231101/78/31/af/f5/0f92c534e78b82dd412e83b1_1220x686.jpg] Join us at 3:30 next Thursday, November 9, for the Fall 2023 Distinguished Environmental Lecture, where Columbia Law Professor Michael Gerrard will present Urban Flooding: Legal Tools To Address A Growing Crisis. Professor Gerrard is the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Pratice at Columbia University, and the faculty director of the groundbreaking Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. As Professor Gerrard will discuss, climate change is making extreme precipitation events more intense and frequent in many parts of the world. This has led to damaging and often life-threatening flooding in many cities. Urban drainage systems were designed to accommodate rainfall patterns that no longer exist. To help cities cope with this flooding, which will grow more severe in the decades to come, action is required now. Proposals include improved drainage systems; more "green infrastructure" to allow stormwater to infiltrate the soil; systems to store water temporarily; barriers to hold back water; elevating and otherwise redesigning buildings so that critical elements are above flood levels; and relocation of some uses away from vulnerable areas. The lecture will explore the legal issues that arise with each of these proposed actions, discuss how they can be financed, and make recommendations for legal reforms. It also will consider the difficult task of setting priorities and making tradeoffs among potential actions. The Fall 2023 Distinguished Lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture will be held at the FSU College of Law Rotunda, from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET, with a reception to follow. We request that those joining in person, kindly RSVP now by clicking the link or scanning the barcode above. If you cannot attend in person, you can view the livestream by clicking the button below. Join Livestream One general CLE credit has been approved by the Florida Bar for this lecture, including City, County, and Local Government Law certification credit. [Twitter] [Facebook] [Instagram] [LinkedIn] [YouTube] ABOUT US | ACADEMICS | ADMISSIONS & FINANCIAL AID | OUR FACULTY | ALUMNI | CAREERS | STUDENTS Share this email: [Email] [Twitter] [Facebook] [LinkedIn] Manage your preferences | Opt out using TrueRemove? Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. 425 W Jefferson St Tallahassee, FL | 32301 US This email was sent to jparkerflynn at law.fsu.edu. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book. [powered by emma] _________________________________________ Erin Ryan Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor Associate Dean for Environmental Programs Florida State University, College of Law 425 West Jefferson Street / Tallahassee, FL 32306 (850) 645-0072 / eryan at fsu.edu http://www.law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/ryan View my research at: http://ssrn.com/author=391494 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: