The word ‘law’ comes from the Old Norse for ‘something laid down or fixed.’ But the law, like the society that authors it in hope of stability, is in fact always in flux. It changes in response to emergent or newly recognized crises and struggles, even as it shapes their course. The two defining and interlinked crises of our time—climate and inequality—have generated countless legal developments. In Talking Climate: Law, an interdisciplinary panel examines some of the most critical and think together about their meaning for climate justice and progress.

This panel, moderated by Climate Museum director and former civil rights litigator Miranda Massie, includes: Vic Barrett, plaintiff in Juliana v. The United States and Democracy Organizer at Alliance for Climate Education; Ama R. Francis, Climate Displacement Project Strategist at International Refugee Assistance Project and non-resident fellow at Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law; and Brian Kahn, Managing Editor at Earther and lecturer at Columbia University’s MA Program in Climate and Society. With a reading by the celebrated poet Layli Long Soldier.