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Future Forward: How Lawyers Can Embrace Sustainability
The April/May 2025 issue of the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal contains the best single article I’ve seen thus far on what lawyers can do to advance sustainability and address climate change. The ABA has kindly granted me permission to reproduce that article below. …
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ABA Encourages Lawyers to Incorporate Sustainable Development into Law Practice
On August 5, 2024, the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) House of Delegates (HOD) overwhelmingly approved Resolution 513, which reaffirms its longstanding support for sustainable development and emphasizes the importance of incorporating sustainability into the practice of law. This resolution…
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New Book Offers Expert Recommendations for a Sustainable United States
As the global movement for social and environmental justice gains momentum, we are in need of grounded and implementable solutions. A new book co-edited by Scott Schang and me–Governing for Sustainability–provides just that. The book recommends steps to advance each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global goals unanimously approved by United Nations…
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Who is John Dernbach?
John C. Dernbach is a Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability at Widener University, Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, and director of its Environmental Law and Sustainability Center. He writes extensively on climate change and sustainable development. Read on