WCL Professor, Student & Alum go to WSSD

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The first event is the Global Judicial Symposium. It will host Chief Justices and other senior Judges from fifty countries around the world. The participants will examine instruments that give legal validity to emerging international principles of environmental law, including those in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and identify materials and information they will need in their daily practice to assist them in making informed decisions on issues of environmental law.

Professor Zaelke will also co-host the official announcement of INDUSTRY GENIUS: INVENTIONS AND PEOPLE

PROTECTING THE CLIMATE AND ITS FRAGILE OZONE LAYER, written by himself and Steven O. Anderson of the U.S. EPA. The book, to be published this fall, profiles ten companies that have invented new technologies that benefit the environment. Each chapter blends the challenges and triumph of the engineers and managers behind the development of the invention with precise explanations of the new technology. Companies include Seiko-Epson, inventor of a kinetic powered watch; Honda, which recently released one of the first commercially available hybrid cars; and Energy Star, the government labeling program that inspired appliance companies across the country to reduce the energy consumption of their products.

The World Summit on Sustainable Development will bring together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government officials, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups to focus the world's attention toward meeting the difficult challenges of sustainable development. Participants will consider how to improve people's lives and conserve our natural resources in the face of rising demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.

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