Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Exploring How Today's Development Affects Future Generations Around the Globe

Sustainable Development Law & Policy ("SDLP") is a student-run initiative at American University, Washington College of Law that focuses on reconciling the tensions between environmental sustainability, economic development, and human welfare. The SDLP journal embraces an interdisciplinary approach to provide a fuller view of current legal, political, and social developments. Our mission is to serve as a valuable resource for practitioners, policy makers, and concerned citizens promoting sustainable development throughout the world.

Current Issue

Opportunities and Challenges
in Global Clean Technology

Upcoming Issue

Sustainable Development
in the Courts

SDLP hopes to provide a forum for practitioners to discuss the legal, social, and political realities of advocating for sustainability in the courtroom.

Deadline for submissions:
September 28, 2009

Recent Issues:

Volume IX 2008-09	Global Food & Agriculture Climate Law Reporter 2009 Global Clean Technology	Journal du Droit et Politique du Développement Durable Eté 2009 Revista del Derecho y la Poltica del Desarrollo Sostenible Verano 2009
Volume VIII 2007-08	Environmental Change and Polar Regions Climate Law Reporter 2008 Federal Environmental Policy	Journal du Droit et Politique du Développement Durable Eté 2008 Revista del Derecho y la Poltica del Desarrollo Sostenible Verano 2008
Volume VII 2006-07	Sustainable Energy Climate Law Reporter 2007 Oceans & Fisheries Law	Journal du Droit et Politique du Développement Durable Eté 2007 Revista del Derecho y la Poltica del Desarrollo Sostenible Verano 2007
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Past Contributors Include:

Global Clean Technology -- Spring 2009

Stephen Humphreys, International Council on Human Rights Policy: Perspective: Technoloy Transfer and Human Rights: Joining Up the Dots
Federico Caprotti, University College London, Department of Geography: China's Cleantech Landscape; The Renewable Energy Technology Paradox
Stephen Kho, Bernd G. Janzen, & Holly M. Smith, Akin Gump: BOrder Adjustment Measures in Proposed U.S. Climate Change Legislation: A New Chapter in America's Leadership on Climate Change?

Climate Law Reporter -- Winter 2009

Dr. Allen D. Hecht, Director for Sustainable Development, Ofice of Research and Development of the U.S. EPA: Resolving the Climate Wars
Les Lo Baugh & William L. Troutman, Environmental Practice Group of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.: Assessing the Challenges of Geologic Carbon Capture and Sequestration: A California GUide to the Cost of Reducing CO2 Emissions
Jacqueline Peel & Lee Godden, Melbourne Law School: Planning for Adaptation to Climate Change: Landmark Cases from Australia

Global Food & Agriculture -- Fall 2008

Meredith Niles, Coordinator of the Cool Foods Campaign: Sustainable Soils: Reducing, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change with Organic Agriculture
Terrence P. Stewart & Stephen J. Norton, Law Office of Stewart and Stewart: The Global Food Crisis: Urgent Need and Emerging Solutions
Simon Nicholson, American University: Commentary: Genetically Modified Organisms and Global Hunger: A Real Solution?

Environmental Change in Polar Regions -- Spring 2008

William J. Snape III, American University & Center for Biological Diversity: Radical Environmental Change In The Polar Regions Is The Globe's Wake-Up Call
Karen Kraft Sloan, Former Canadian Ambassador for the Environment, & David Hik, University of Alberta in Edmonton: International Polar Year As A Catalyst For Sustaining Arctic Research
Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Convention on Biological Diversity: Climate Change And Biodiversity In Polar Regions
Donald K. Anton, The Australian National University College of Law: False Sanctuary: The Australian Antarctic Whale Sanctuary And Long-Term Stability In Antarctica
Dr. James D. Ford, McGill University: Supporting Adaptation: A Priority For Action On Climate Change For Canadian Inuit

Sustainable Development Law and Policy