CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTING TO A WARMING CLIMATE
January 30th, 2021, 9am via ZoomAM – 3:30PM PST
Register Here
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks: Symposium Co-Chairs, Austin Turner and Melissa Quintero
Introductory Speaker: TBD
Keynote Speaker: Laurel Firestone
Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board
10:00 AM
California Water Law Writing Prize Award Presentation
Presenter: TBD
Winner: TBD
BREAK
10:30 AM-11:45 AM
Panel I: Instream Freshwater Flow Regulation, Water Rights, and the Endangered Species Act
Organized by University of San Francisco
Panel II: Climate Change and FERC Hydropower Relicensing on the Tuolumne River
Organized by Golden Gate University School of Law
11:45 AM-1:00 PM
Panel III: Innovations in Water Storage as a Response to Climate Change
Organized by University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Panel IV: Achieving Water Justice in a Changing Climate
Organized by Berkeley Law
LUNCH
2:15 PM-3:30 PM
Panel V: Reevaluating the Costs and Benefits of Operating Dams in the Climate Change Era
Organized by UC Hastings College of the Law
