Conference on Science and Law of Sea Level Rise: Reducing Legal Obstacles to Managing Rising Seas; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Spring 2024

该项目汇集了科学、公共政策、法律和新闻领域的专业人士，在海平面上升（SLR）的跨学科研讨会上，旨在解决有效的美国沿海弹性政策和实践的机遇和挑战。环境法研究所将邀请法学院和学术部门的学者和学生研究人员：1)就与海平面上升有关的关键法律主题编写白皮书；2)在佛罗里达的一个跨学科研讨会上发表他们的发现。该研究将强调在以前的研讨会上提出的主题，如海平面显著上升的必然性，制定全面应对措施的紧迫性日益增加，以及调整法律制度以应对直接和加速的社会影响的必要性。潜在的更广泛的影响包括提高科学家、政策制定者和公众的能力，使他们能够基于海平面上升和沿海适应和恢复力的新兴科学来理解和做出决策。会议及其附带活动将有助于与会者和与他们互动的社区增进对这些问题的跨学科理解，并使他们能够在必要时更有效地进行沟通。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project brings together professionals in science, public policy, law, and journalism in an interdisciplinary symposium on sea level rise (SLR) aimed at addressing opportunities and challenges to effective U.S. coastal resilience policy and practices.The Environmental Law Institute will engage scholars and student researchers from law schools and academic departments to: 1) develop white papers on key legal topics related to sea level rise; and 2) deliver their findings at an interdisciplinary symposium in Florida. The research will underscore themes raised at previous workshops such as the inevitability of significant sea level rise, the increasing urgency of developing comprehensive responses to it, and the necessity of adapting the legal system to address immediate and accelerating societal impacts. The potential Broader Impacts include promoting the ability of scientists, policymakers, and the general public to understand and make decisions based on the emerging science of sea level rise and coastal adaptation and resilience. The conference and its attendant activities will contribute to increasing cross-disciplinary understanding of the issues by the participants and the communities with whom they interact and enable them to communicate more effectively as necessary.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.