Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Professor Gerald Torres holds a joint appointment at Yale Law School and the Yale School of the Environment and is the founding director of the Yale Center for Environmental Justice. He is a pioneer in the field of environmental law and has  spent his career examining the intrinsic  connections between the environment,  agricultural and food systems, and social justice. His research into how race and  ethnicity impact environmental policy has been influential in the emergence and evolution of the field of environmental justice.