Covid-19 Research


Articles/Op-eds
- Professor Jason Czarnezki's op-ed feature in The Hill, "Lessons from the Climate and COVID-19 crises".
- Professor Jason Czarnezki's op-ed feature in The Local, "An American Perspective on the Swedish Coronavirus Strategy".
- Professor Margot Pollans' op-ed featured in the Los Angeles Times: "Everything wrong with our food system has been made worse by the pandemic".
- Professor Nicholas Robinson's essay featured in the American College of Environmental Lawyers, "Coronavirus, We Thought We Knew Ye! The Wuhan Potential Pandemic".
- Professor Nicholas Robinson's feature in International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), "COVID-19- How Do We Prevent the Next Outbreak?"
- Professor Nicholas Robinson and Christian Walzer's op-ed featured in Scientific American, "How Do We Prevent The Next Outbreak?"
- Professor Nicholas Robinson (with Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director of Land and Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) article "Clean Water as a Pathway to Stopping COVID-19 and Advancing Biodiversity", featured on the Environmental Law Institute Blog.
- Professor Nicholas Robinson's article "The Next Pandemic is Here", featured on The Environmental Forum, the Enviornmental Law Institute's Policy Magazine for the Environmental Profession.

Blog Posts
- Professor Nicholas Robinson - The Normandy Chair for Peace Blog Post - “Preventing the Next Pandemic”
- LLM Candidate, Andrea Galassi - "Coronavirus Outbreak: A Chance To Give A Break To Wild Animal Trade?"
- Harvard Law School ’20, Daniel Pessar - "When Cleaning Products Are Registered As Pesticides"

Food and Beverage Law Clinic
- The Food and Beverage Law Clinic, in collaborating with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Shearman & Sterling LLP, has offered pro bono legal services and resources to farms and food businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis who cannot afford market-rate legal services, through their COVID-19 Legal Support Project.
- The Food and Beverage Law Clinic published an FAQ on funding programs available to small- and mid-size farms in response to COVID-19 funding relief programs.
- Professor Jonathan Brown, Director of our Food and Beverage Law Clinic and Professor Melanie DuPuis held a virtual meeting, "The Pandemic and Our Food System: Why We Might Want to Move Our Food Supply Closer to Home".

Interviews
- Professor Jonathan Brown was interviewed on the podcast Talk Farm to Me, discussing the FAQ and the Clinic’s work.
- Professor Jason Czarnezki participated in a radio interview on 1310 News discussing the COVID-19 Pandemic, Climate Change, and Sustainability- (21:40 mark).
- Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh participated in an interview for News12 Westchester- "Earth Day Under Quarantine Leads to Positive Impact on the Environment" – addressing the plastic bag ban.

Webinars
- Professor David Cassuto participated in an online international seminar via Sympla, discussing ethical and environmental issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Professor Hiroko Muraki-Gottlieb was an invited expert on the United Nations Global Compact's COVID-19 Task Force, where she discussed the recent joint publication of UNESCO-IOC and UN Global Compact, "Advancing Science for Sustainable Ocean Business: An Opportunity for the Private Sector", which she collaborated on with Professor Peter Girguis, Harvard University.
- Professor Nicholas Robinson held a webinar lecture on ways to avert the next pandemic for the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
- Professor Nicholas Robinson presented, “Ecological Legal Pathways to Avert the “Next” Pandemic" at the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Webinar Series- Using Environmental Law Tools to Address Global Pandemics.
- Professor Nicholas Robinson presented, "Attaining ONE HEALTH Through International Environmental Law" and was a participating panelist in the webinar, "Knowledge Dialogue: International Cooperation to Prevent the ‘Next’ Pandemic".

Land Use Law Center
Professor John Nolon and Haub Enviro Law Students, Jessica Roberts, Jillian Aicher, and Colt Watkiss- "Reframing Sustainability: Introducing the Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project", recently published on the Green Law Blog.
Professor John Nolon and Haub Enviro Law Students, Jessica Roberts, Jillian Aicher, and Colt Watkiss- "Planning for Public Health: A New Beginning for Land Use Law", recently published on the Green Law Blog.
Professor John Nolon, Haub Enviro Law Students, Jessica Roberts, Jillian Aicher, Colt Watkiss, and Contributing Researcher, Gabriella Mickel- "The Role of Density in Combatting Climate Change and Covid-19", recently published on the Green Law Blog.
Professor John Nolon, Haub Enviro Law Students, Jessica Roberts, Jillian Aicher, Colt Watkiss, and Contributing Researcher, Gabriella Mickel- "Novel Coronavirus Claims Implicate Age-Old Property Rights Questions", recently published on the Green Law Blog.