On Wednesday, July 9th, Niv Meyerson presented at the Science and Environment Conference in Tel Aviv - an annual professional conference that serves as the broadest environmental forum in Israel. It brings together academics from various disciplines, senior officials from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, representatives from civil society organizations (environmental and social NGOs), industry leaders, and representatives from companies developing green technologies. Niv presented as part of the panel “Law and the Environment: Regulation and Policy in the Face of Climate Change,” chaired by Prof. Oren Perez. He presented a paper co-authored with Prof. Yotam Kaplan, which has not yet been submitted for peer review, on the topic of climate enrichment in Israel namely, how the legal doctrine of unjust enrichment can be used as a tool to address the climate crisis under Israeli law.

Later that evening, Niv also gave a talk as part of Tel Aviv Municipality’s “Science on Tap” event, which featured speakers from the conference delivering accessible lectures to the general public. His talk was titled: “Legal Climate: Are the Courts the Right Venue for Advancing Climate Justice?”

The Just Lab was pleased to host its spring workshop.

The event included opening remarks and updates by Prof. Yotam Kaplan, followed by a presentation of the paper “Climate Lies & Unjust Profits” by Prof. Yael Lifshitz.

The workshop featured comments and a response by Prof. Daniel Friedmann, followed by an open discussion.

Prof. Yotam Kaplan presented the group’s work at a conference hosted by Yale Law School, which explored the intersection of private law and climate change.

The event was part of a broader academic initiative that will culminate in the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Private Law, edited by Prof. Douglas Kysar and Prof. Ernest Lim.

The group contributed a chapter on climate change and the law of unjust enrichment, which was the focus of the presentation.

More information about the conference is available here.

The opening event of the project featured welcoming remarks, a presentation of the project by Prof. Yotam Kaplan, and a fascinating lecture by Dr. Ohad Somech on the opioid crisis and unjust enrichment law.

The lecture is part of the "Ecologies of Private Law" series, organized by the Amsterdam Center for Transformative Private Law.

For more information, please refer to the official event page.