Pronouns: She, her, hers.
Associate Research Scholar, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Climate School
Jerome L. Greene MC4036 New York, NY 10027 USA
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Carolina Arlota is currently an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Law School under the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Her work explores international and domestic (U.S.) laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO2) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading. This line of investigation builds on her previous research on the Paris Agreement and related climate policies. Carolina’s research interests are further detailed at her SSRN webpage.
Carolina is the co-editor of the book Carbon Capture and Storage in International Policy and Law: Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Energy Transition (Elsevier, Oct. 2021). She publishes in law journals as well as in renowned peer-reviewed journals, such as the Review of Law & Economics, and the European Business Law. Her academic credentials also include being a referee for International Review of Law and Economics, Energy Policy, and the Journal of Law and Courts. In addition, she is an invited reviewer for Routledge Publishers.
Carolina holds an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law. Her doctoral thesis investigates the Brazilian federalism vis-à-vis the U.S. federal system discussing how federalism choices adopted by the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 have impacted judicial review since then. In Illinois, Carolina was awarded the Lemann Graduate Fellowship. At the time, she was also a recipient of coveted fellowships granted by the TINKER Foundation to conduct field studies in Brazil and by the Fondation pour le Droit Continental (Université Paris II, Pantheon Assas, located in Paris, France).
Prior to joining the Sabin Center, Carolina was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, where she has taught several courses on international law, including International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, International Business Transactions, Comparative Law, European Union Law, and International Energy Law. Before moving to the United States, Carolina held prestigious clerkships in Brazil and worked as an attorney for Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.¾PETROBRAS, the Brazilian state-controlled oil company. During her tenure at PETROBRAS, then among the top ten largest oil companies, her practice focused on International Commercial Arbitration and International Business Transactions. Carolina is a member in good standing of the New York Bar as well as of the Brazilian National Bar Association. She currently co-chairs the American Branch of the International Law Association¾ABILA’s committee on International Environmental and Energy Law.
Selected publications:
Book Contributions
. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in International Energy Policy and Law: Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Energy Transition, edited by Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa and Carolina Arlota, Elsevier (October 2021; published in the United States in paperback and eBook).
. International Energy Law: Still a Brave New World, by Carolina Arlota and Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in International Energy Policy and Law: Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Energy Transition, Costa and Arlota eds., Elsevier, pages: 3−17 (2021).
. Who is taking Climate Change Seriously? Evidence based on a Comparative Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Regulatory Policies in Brazil, Canada, the European Union, and the United States, by Carolina Arlota and Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in International Energy Policy and Law: Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Energy Transition, Costa and Arlota eds., Elsevier, pages: 235−246 (2021).
. Climate Change, Energy Transition and Justice: Where we are now and where are we (should be) headed?, by Carolina Arlota and Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in International Energy Policy and Law: Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Energy Transition, Costa and Arlota eds., Elsevier, pages: 385−394 (2021).
. The Impact of (Mis)Communication on International Commercial Arbitration. Entry written by invitation for the “Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication,” edited by Eric Kramer et al., Oxford University Press (2020). Peer-reviewed contribution.
. Steven Shavell, by Carolina Arlota and José Borges Teixeira Junior, in Análise Econômica do Direito: Principais Autores e Estudos de Casos (Law and Economics: Main Authors and Case Studies), edited by Vinicius Klein and Sabrina Maria Fadel Becue, CRV: pages 377−399 (2019).
. Invited Preface for Oil Royalties: Justice and Sustainability (“Royalties de Petróleo: Justiça e Sustentabilidade”), by Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa (Synergia, 2018).
. Do Specialized Constitutional Courts Make a Difference? Evidence from Brazilian State Supreme Courts (Carolina Arlota and Nuno Garoupa). Book chapter in “Studies on Contracts and Business: An International Perspective from the Economic Analysis of Law,” bilingual edition organized by Ivan Pompeu, Lucas Bento, and Renata Pompeu Editors (Almedina, 2017), pages 75−117.
Articles in Law Reviews & Professionally Edited Journals
. “When Federal Law goes Unnoticed: Assessing the CISG’s Applicability across U.S. Courts based on an Empirical Research of Cases from 1988 to 2020,” by Carolina Arlota and Brian McCall (Forthcoming in 2023, in the American Business Law Journal).
. “The United States Climate Change Policies and COVID-19: Poisoning the Cure” by Carolina Arlota. Pace Law Review, Vol. 41 (2021), pages: 94-148. Link: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/plr/vol41/iss2/3/
. “International Commercial Arbitration in the Aftermath of the Pandemic: A Law and Economics Account,” by Carolina Arlota, Gujarat National Law University: Journal of Law & Economics—GNLU, Vol. 3, Issue 2 (March 2021), pages: 26-48. This specialized journal is edited by Law & Economics professors. (By invitation). Link: http://gjle.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Vol-III-A2.pdf
. “International Energy Law and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Possibilities” by Carolina Arlota. ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law, Vol. 27, Issue 2 (2021), pages: 275-292. (Invited publication due to presentation at the 2020 American Branch of the International Law Association’s International Law Weekend Conference).
. “The Amazon is Burning—Is Paris, too? A Comparative Analysis Between the United States and Brazil Based on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change” by Carolina Arlota. The Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 52, Issue 1 (2020), pages: 161-214. This article was listed on SSRN’s Top Ten Download List (June 17, 2021) for Energy Law & Policy eJournal. Link: https://articleworks.cadmus.com/geolaw/zsx00121.html
. “How President Trump’s War on Science Undermines Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policies” by Carolina Arlota. Environmental Law Reporter (December 2020), pages: 10999-11021. The ELR is consistently ranked among the top five environmental law journals in the country, according to the Washington and Lee law journals ranking. The ELR is a professionally edited journal. This article was listed on SSRN’s Top Ten Download List (June 16, 2021) for ERN: National, Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession (Topic), ERN: Other Public Choice: Public Goods (Topic), ERN: Positive Analysis of Policy-Making & Implementation (Topic), ERN: U.S. & Canada (Topic), PSN: Science & Technology (Topic) and Public Choice: Public Goods eJournal. Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3840351
. “Does the United States’ Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Pass the Cost-Benefit Analysis Test?” by Carolina Arlota. University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Vol. 41, Issue 4 (2020), pages: 881-938. Link: https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2009&context=jil
. “Is the Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) justified by the Results of Cost-Benefit Analysis?” by Carolina Arlota. University of California Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, Vol. 29 (2019), pages: 93-128. Link: https://berkeleylawir.tind.io/record/1129194?ln=en
. “Cost & Benefit Analysis of the United States’ Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change,” by Carolina Arlota, Gujarat National Law University: Journal of Law & Economics—GNLU, Vol.1, Issue 1 (2018), pages: 45-63. This specialized journal is edited by Law & Economics professors. (By invitation). Link: http://gjle.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Arlota.pdf
. “Why Michigan v. EPA requires that the Meaning of the Cost/Rationality Nexus be Clarified,” by Daniele Bertolini and Carolina Arlota. Fordham Environmental Law Review, Vol. 29, Issue 2 (2017), pages: 125-155. Link: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/elr/vol29/iss2/
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
. “The Role of Science in Bridging the Climate Governance Divide in the Wake of the 2021 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and the Glasgow Climate Pact,” by Carolina Arlota (Frontiers on Climate Change, J. B. Ruhl & Robin Craig Eds., Forthcoming 2023).
. “The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Foreign Investment and Investment Arbitration Disputes: From Energy Transition Disrupted to the Path Forward to a Greener Future,” by Carolina Arlota, Journal of World Energy Law and Business, Vol. 15, Issue 5 (Oxford, 2022), pages: 382-395. Link: https://academic.oup.com/jwelb/article-abstract/15/5/382/6665825?redirectedFrom=fulltext
. “Civil Law versus Common Law: Direitos de Propriedade na Indústria do Petróleo,” by Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa and Carolina Arlota, Revista de Direito da Energia—RDE (2018), pages: 203-244.
. “Should Local Governments be included in the Constitution? A Comparative Analysis between the U.S. and the Brazilian Supreme Court’s Reasoning Regarding Annexation Laws,” by Carolina Arlota, University of Bologna Law Review, Vol. 2, Issue: 2 (2017), pages: 149-186. Link: https://bolognalawreview.unibo.it/article/view/7493/7214
. “Do Specialized Constitutional Courts Make a Difference? Evidence from Brazilian State Supreme Courts,” by Carolina Arlota and Nuno Garoupa. Texas A&M University School of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper n. 16-53; and European Business Law Review, Vol. 27 (2016), pages: 487-500. This paper was in the SSRN’s Top Ten Download List in April and May of 2015. Link: https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/European+Business+Law+Review/27.4/EULR2016021
. “Addressing Federal Conflicts: An Empirical Analysis of the Brazilian Supreme Court, 1988- 2010,” by Carolina Arlota and Nuno Garoupa, Review of Law & Economics, Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2014), Pages: 137–168. Link: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/rle-2013-0037/html
CONTACT
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EXPERTISE
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Law, Climate Change Law, Climate Policy, International Environmental and Energy Law, Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, Paris Agreement, Law and Development, Law and Economics, Comparative Law, Cost-benefit Analysis, Foreign Investment and the Energy Transition.
EDUCATION
. Doctor of Science of Law (Juris Science Doctor—JSD): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law, from Fall, 2010 to Spring, 2015.
. Master of Laws (LL.M): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law, from Fall, 2009 to Spring, 2010.
. Graduate Course at the School of Magistrates of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Escola de Magistratura do Estado do Rio de Janeiro—EMERJ), from August, 2003 to December, 2007, with a specialization in legal teaching.
. Bachelor of Laws (LL.B): Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro—PUC-Rio, from January, 1998 to July, 2003. Selected for an exchange program at the New York State University, New Paltz (Fall, 2002).
HONORS & AWARDS
Awards and Fellowships
. Fellowship awarded by the University of Chicago Law School for the 2018 Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics held in the University of Chicago Law School.
. Fellowship awarded by the University of Chicago Law School for the 2015 Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics held in the University of Chicago Law School.
. Fellowship awarded by the Fondation pour le Droit Continental—Civil Law Initiative, held in the University Paris II, Panthéon-Assas: Paris, France (2014).
. Travel Grant from the Graduate College of the University of Illinois (2012).
. TINKER Foundation Graduate summer research fellow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2011).
. Scholarship granted by the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign for the JSD Program (2010-2015).
. CALI Award for Excellence Achievement in European Union Law (Fall 2010).
. LEMANN Institute for Brazilian Studies Graduate Fellowship (2009-2010).
. CALI Award for Excellence Achievement in Comparative Law (Spring 2010).
. Scholarship granted by the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign for the LL.M Program (2009).