with
Dr. Sharon Yadin
Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions and Yezrael Valley College School of Public Administration and Public Policy
May 1st, 2024 at 14:15-15:45
Hybrid event: Zoom* and room 1013, Hamadrega building, University of Haifa**
Abstract
Sharon Yadin’s new Cambridge Elements Book Fighting Climate Change Through Shaming contends that regulators can and should shame companies into climate-responsible behavior by publicizing information on corporate contribution to climate change. Drawing on theories of regulatory shaming and environmental disclosure, the book introduces a “regulatory climate shaming” framework, which utilizes corporate reputational sensitivities and the willingness of stakeholders to hold firms accountable for their actions in the context of the climate crisis. The Book explores the developing landscape of climate shaming practices employed by governmental regulators in various jurisdictions via rankings, ratings, labeling, company reporting, lists, online databases, and other forms of information-sharing regarding corporate climate performance and compliance. Against the backdrop of insufficient climate law and regulation worldwide, the Book offers a rich normative and descriptive theory and viable policy directions for regulatory climate shaming, taking into account the promises and pitfalls of this nascent approach and insights gained from implementing regulatory shaming in other fields.
The book is available in open access here: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009256230
Dr. Sharon Yadin is a fellow at the Center and a Senior Lecturer of Law and Regulation at the Yezreel Valley College School of Public Administration and Public Policy. She is an Associate Editor at Springer Nature’s Humanities & Social Sciences Communications Journal. She has published some 30 articles in prominent journals in Israel and the United States, including Harvard Journal on Legislation, Environmental Law, Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin, and Harvard Business Law Review Online, as well as three books. Her latest book, Fighting Climate Change Through Shaming, was published by Cambridge University Press. She edited or is currently editing book chapters in leading publications and special volumes at prominent law reviews. Her work is frequently cited by the Israeli Supreme Court, and her thesis on regulatory contract doctrine was accepted into Israeli law in a precedential ruling on natural gas regulation.
Dr. Yadin earned her doctorate degree in law from Tel-Aviv University and her post-doctorate from The Hebrew University. Her research focuses on soft regulatory strategies employed by administrative agencies, such as contractual regulation and regulation by shaming. She has also worked on projects that aim to shed light on the digital aspects of the administrative state, pertaining to legislation and regulation. Her research at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions deals with climate change regulation.
Dr. Yadin has won several scholarships and academic awards, including the Gorney Award for Young Public Law Scholars, the Lakers Prize for best media regulation paper, the Lady Davis post-doctoral scholarship, and the Zvi Meitar doctoral scholarship. She has also received various research grants and teaching awards. She has served as a public representative at the Israel Press Council and as a council member at the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. She serves as a public committee member at Maala (a non-profit promoting corporate social responsibility) and as a board director at the Israeli Law and Society Association. She is also a member of the Climate Social Science Network at Brown University. Dr. Yadin advises governmental regulators, as well as multinational firms.
Her research is available at http://sharonyadin.com/e
