LI@SX: Michael Gerrard

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Channel: Columbia GSAPP · 2012 · Education

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2012.05.08
http://events.gsapp.org/event/live-interview-studio-x-lisx-michael-gerrard

On Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 we kicked off an ambitious evening of conversations on the future of nation-state sovereignty.

At 6pm, we welcomed Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School, for a live interview discussing "drowning nations" and climate change law. The list of whole countries at risk from sea-level rise is both extraordinary and growing, from the Marshall Islands to the Maldives, posing a series of unanswered questions about migration, citizenship, geopolitical power, and even the very definition of a state.

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