October 2023— Dean Randall S. Abate accepted an invitation from Columbia Law School’s blog on corporate governance and financial regulation to submit an article furthering the conversation from his piece, “Fool Me Once, Shame On You: Promoting Corporate Accountability for the Human Rights Impacts of Climate Washing,” that neatly tied human rights compliance mechanisms into companies’ characterizations of their climate change compliance.
Dean Abate was invited to write a piece to be published on CLS Blue Sky Blog summarizing his expertise and provide further thought leadership in the field. His featured article “Time to Hold Corporations Accountable for the Human Rights Impacts of Climate Washing” was published and is available here.
Dean Randall S. Abate is the Assistant Dean for Environmental Law Studies at the George Washington University Law School. Dean Abate has taught domestic and international environmental law for nearly 30 years at seven U.S. law schools and has delivered lectures in over 25 countries. His areas of expertise include climate justice litigation with special emphasis on protection of youth, Indigenous communities, and other marginalized populations. He also is an expert on climate washing. Dean Abate served as the inaugural Rechnitz Family and Urban Coast Institute Endowed Chair in Marine and Environmental Law and Policy at Monmouth University as well as the Director of the Institute for Global Understanding. Dean Abate has published six books and about 40 law journal articles and book chapter with recent emphasis on climate change law and justice.
