BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260325T2008Z-1774469281.3645-EO-745259-1@10.73.9.4 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260518T120715Z CREATED:20260325T160520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T203700Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T171500 SUMMARY: Byse Workshop Session 6: Localism in the Climate Regime DESCRIPTION: Thursday\, April 2 2026\, 3:45-5:15\; Hauser Hall 104 In this session\, we turn to the climate regime and ask: what are the stakes and ep istemic challenges of treating climate change as a “global problem” when it s impacts are so unevenly distributed across localities? Institutional inno vations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Thursday\, April 2 2026\, 3:45-5:15\; Haus er Hall 104

In this session\, we turn to the climate regime and ask: what are the stakes and epistemic challenges of treating climate change as a “global problem” when its impacts are so unevenly distributed across loca lities? Institutional innovations under the United Nations Framework Conven tion on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have sought to incorporate the voices of af fected communities. Yet these efforts raise critical questions about the fo rms of engagement they offer and the significance of participation in and o f itself. How\, moreover\, do we assess vulnerability and affectedness\, gi ven their varied and geographically dispersed manifestations?
Building on these developments\, some scholars argue that climate governance must b ecome more decentralized\, localized\, and experimental. Is this a promisin g reimagining of global governance\, or does it risk dispersing responsibil ity? We will also examine how international climate commitments are impleme nted at the municipal level\, considering critiques of a shift from mitigat ion to adaptation\, and of an emerging climate infrastructure that connects well-resourced global cities to private capital while leaving others behin d.

LOCATION:Hauser Hall\; 104 Lumbard Classroom GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Kathryn Rose Weaver":MAILTO:kweaver@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/byse-workshop-session-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR