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Session Type: AALS Open Source Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Room: Grand Salon Section 15

Floor: First Floor

Climate change is one of the most pressing social justice issues of our time. Climate change has triggered unprecedented investment in renewable energy. However, these investments may replicate the injustices of fossil fuel-based energy systems if they are not informed by the concept of energy justice. This panel breaks new ground by examining a range of energy justice regulatory challenges from the perspective of international law, U.S. law, and foreign domestic law. The panel will analyze the under-theorized concept of energy justice and explain how energy justice might be applied in practice. The panel will also discuss how energy justice intersects with environmental justice, human rights, climate justice, indigenous rights, and energy democracy. The goal is to invite further engagement with these linkages and to underscore the pressing need for practical solutions.