How can you keep up with the COP15 negotiations? Thousands of journalists from every type of media outlet are on-site covering the proceedings, and the blogging and online broadcast productions are extensive. However, access to most negotiating rooms is restricted to negotiators, which is one reason rumors in the corridors [...]
Posts for December, 2009
Environmental and Energy Insights
December 14, 2009Environmental & Energy Insights from Michael Wara
December 11, 2009US climate legislation depends on the availability of forest carbon credits for reducing costs within the cap and trade. These international reductions are expected to both provide credits to fill the strategic reserve and to be an important component of the carbon offset portfolio. Without REDD credits, the US emissions [...]
Audio Q & A: Legal Matters with David J. Hayes and Michael Wara
December 3, 2009Law Enforcement And The Mentally Ill
December 1, 2009Marriage Battleground Shifts To Massachusetts
December 1, 2009Neuroscience and Sentencing
December 1, 2009The latest edition of the Stanford Lawyer magazine features an article on neuroscience and law, focusing on the likelihood and implications of admitting evidence about a defendant’s brain function. Although it is uncertain whether brain imaging data will ever be admitted as a tool in assessing the guilt of a [...]









