The Climate Resilient Development Project Local Solutions to the Global Crisis: A Guide to Climate Resilient Development   Student Authors Ethan Baer, Caitlin Boas, Gabriella Izquierdo, Laurel Jobe, and Samuel Stewart Land Use Scholars in the Land Use Law Center at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law  Supervising Faculty – John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus[1]   In February 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its Sixth Assessment Report, identified Climate Resilient Development (CRD) as a principal strategy for managing climate change. It ass ..read more

The Climate Resilient Development Project Land Use Law CenterElisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University  “Sustainable Development for All” The IPCC Calls for Climate Resilient Development to Adapt to and Mitigate Climate Change John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus March 17, 2022 Climate Resilient Development is a new frontier in the global response to climate change. Consider the IPCC’s 3675 page report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, released on February 27. Working Group II, which produced the study, also released a 37 page Summary for Policymakers. It defines ..read more

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Blog No. 40 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus [*] Lessons Learned   In this 40th and final blog in our series of reports from our Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project, we focus on lessons we learned over the past two years. During that time, over 30 students working at the Land Use Law Center labored to find and report on innovative land use strategies by local governments to mitigate the adverse effect ..read more

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 38 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*]   Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 3   Local governments are well-equipped to respond to climate change. Using legal authority derived from state planning and zoning enabling acts, municipalities may adopt local land use laws that help lessen the effects of climate change by reducing carbon emissions associated with the built ..read more

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 37 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*]   Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 2   The effects of climate change occur at the local level: storm surges, flooding, wildfires, extreme heat and drought. These all threaten homes, lives and livelihoods, and local governments respond to these threats by adopting policies, plans and regulations to help make safer places for t ..read more

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 36 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: Meg Byerly Williams [*] Low Carbon and Resilient Land Use: Part 1 Natural disasters are expensive and indiscriminate. Every state in the U.S. has communities that are experiencing declining property values due to more frequent drought, wildfires, flooding, extreme heat, mudslides, and/or storm surges and sea level rise (SLR). The new book Choosing to Succeed: Land Use La ..read more

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 35 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Authors: Michael Ohora and Jaclyn McBain Cohen [*]   Using Supportive Housing to Address Homelessness   Supportive housing is a form of permanent affordable housing that provides supportive services, such as “mental health, physical health, language, and cultural needs, education, employment, addiction and recovery, tenant rights and others” to individuals who are ..read more

Elisabeth Haub Law School of Law Pace University Land Use Law Center Supervisor: John R. Nolon, Distinguished Professor Blog No. 34 of the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project Editor: Brooke Mercaldi Contributing Author: Gabriella Mickel [*]   What is Climate Gentrification and Why is it Different?   Climate Gentrification can occur when a neighborhood lacking climate resiliency is made uninhabitable or less attractive to current and potential residents and developers. For example, in Miami, Florida, as the sea level rises and the risk of floods increases, developers are p ..read more