Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and Resources

The Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and Resources (CLEAR) addresses emerging environmental law issues, particularly serving as a leader on the laws related to climate change adaptation. The center helps inform policymakers, leaders, and practitioners about the circumstances brought about by environmental disruption, options for legal change given this disruption, and it provides a forum for educating the North Carolina and national legal and business communities about opportunities related to these changes.

"All climate-sensitive systems of society and the natural environment . . . will need to adapt to a changing climate or possibly face diminished productivity, functioning and health." -Environmental Protection Agency

CLEAR'S Fall 2011 Newsletter is Now Available

Latest News

CLEAR Director Victor Flatt Presents ELI Seminar on Federal Climate Change Adaptation: Current Efforts, Political Debates, and Future Potential. More...
CLEAR Director Victor Flatt presents at workshop on Disasters and Sociolegal Studies in Onati, Spain. More...
CLEAR releases report on the important role of non-profits in long term disaster recovery. Read the story.
The Institute for Homeland Security Solutions has posted the research brief: Assessing the Disaster Recovery Planning Capacity of the State of North Carolina, the first part of a CLEAR/UNC Center of Excellence for Homeland Security project which addresses how states plan for long term disaster recovery and climate change adaptation.

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