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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T163000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T214959Z
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SUMMARY:Curbing crisis\, protecting life\, enabling implementation: the role of criminal law
DESCRIPTION:Implementing ambitious goals in response to the triple crisis of climate\, pollution and nature loss is proving painfully difficult. A criminal law to deter severe destruction of nature (“ecocide”) could protect vital ecosystems\, support earth guardianship and catalyse strategic positive change. \nSpeakers: Patricia Kameri-Mbote\, Director\, Law Division\, UNEP; Jojo Mehta\, Stop Ecocide Foundation; James Cameron\, Barrister & climate advocate; Paul Polman\, Imagine; Nnimmo Bassey\, HOMEF; Dalia Marquez\, Human rights lawyer & youth voice\, Chief Ninawa Huni Kui\, Alliance of Mother Nature’s Guardians \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Akhenaten Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/curbing-crisis-protecting-life-enabling-implementation-the-role-of-criminal-law/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221117T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T164500
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T214612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T214802Z
UID:3252-1668690900-1668703500@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Universities as key solutions providers: leveraging our local and global networks for innovation
DESCRIPTION:All agree the scientific community is critical to the fight against climate change\, but universities are less present in the debate. Yet our campuses develop thousands of technological\, policy\, and societal innovations each year by working closely with local and global partners across sectors. \nSpeakers: Chair: Professor Annelise Riles\, Northwestern University Dr. Kristy Faccer\, University of Toronto Professor Bill Flanagan\, University of Alberta Henry Ibitolu\, University of Edinburgh Professor Cecile Sabourault\, Université Côte d’Azur Professor Patrizia Lombardi\, Politecnico di Torino \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Thebes Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/universities-as-key-solutions-providers-leveraging-our-local-and-global-networks-for-innovation/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221117T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T144500
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T213007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T213232Z
UID:3245-1668690900-1668696300@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Addressing Climate-induced Loss and Damage and Building Long-term Resilience of Vulnerable Groups
DESCRIPTION:This event focuses on climate-induced migration\, economic losses and damages in food systems & non-economic losses due to change in ways of life. It presents how inclusive & participatory policy & actions\, synergies between DRR & climate policy & processes could scale up climate resilience of all. \nSpeakers: Dr Kamayé Maazou\, Executive Secretary CNEDD & Focal Point UNFCCC for Niger; Mr. Issa Garba\, RJNCC/ AYICC; Ms Vositha Wijenayake\, SLYCAN Trust; Ms Fatchima Nourra\, ANSEN; Mr. Gousmane Moussa\, Coordinator NAP; Mr. Sani Ayouba\, JVE Niger; Representatives from GNDR\, youth; UNFCCC/WIM/LEG representatives \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Memphis Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/addressing-climate-induced-loss-and-damage-and-building-long-term-resilience-of-vulnerable-groups/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221117T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T212020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T212020Z
UID:3243-1668684600-1668690000@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Pathways to Climate & Health Justice: Towards Resilient and Just Health Systems
DESCRIPTION:An expert panel discussion on the impact of climate on health; and how innovative solutions in climate financing\, equitable health surveillance and one health\, can be pursued with justice-oriented strategies to build a resilient health systems. \nSpeakers: Professor Akin Abayomi -Honourable Commissioner for Health Lagos state\, Titilope Akosa\, Dr. Githinji Gitahi\, Group CEO & Group Programmes Director- AMREF\, Dr Marina Romanello\, Lancet Countdown\, Dotun Bobadoye- CEO of GET and Dr Abi Deivanayagam\, Medical doctor\, Researcher. \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Osiris Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/pathways-to-climate-health-justice-towards-resilient-and-just-health-systems/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221117T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T211642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T211642Z
UID:3241-1668684600-1668690000@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Climate-Related Dispute Resolution – Resolving Climate Change outside of State Courts
DESCRIPTION:How could climate-related disputes be resolved outside of state courts? Analysis of arbitration\, mediation\, and existing dispute resolution fora and litigation alternatives; Explore hypothetical investment and loss & damage disputes. \nSpeakers: Michael Rodi -Germany Michael Mehling -USA Stephan Breidenbach -Germany Elizabeth Healy -Ireland Kathy Porter -Canada Luis Ore -Peru Katharine Rietig -UK Joseph Siegel -USA Christine Peringer -Canada Liliana Pimentel -Brazil Etsuko Kinefuchi -Japan Gregg Walker -USA Ruta Trainyte -Lith \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Amon Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-related-dispute-resolution-resolving-climate-change-outside-of-state-courts/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221117T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221009T222627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T003754Z
UID:3071-1668684600-1668690000@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Official Blue-Zone Side-Event\, Strengthening Legal Tools & Capacity for Climate Justice & Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Serious increases in legal capacity\, backed by awareness and engagement\, are needed to deliver on the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact. How to scale up climate law and governance solutions exponentially\, for net zero and vulnerable countries’ adaptation and resilience\, advancing key SDGs? Held in partnership with Centre for Human Rights and Climate Change Research (C4HR&CCR)\, Corporación Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA)\, Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) & Friendship NGO\, 11am in the Akhenaten Room at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh\, and streamed online here.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/official-blue-zone-side-event-strengthening-legal-tools-capacity-for-climate-justice-resilience/
LOCATION:CoP27 Akhenaten Room\, Sharm-El-Sheik\, Egypt
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221116T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T213453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T213453Z
UID:3248-1668623400-1668628800@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:For food Sovereignty: Voices and proposals from the women of the Global South
DESCRIPTION:Women and indigenous peoples of the Abya Yala and the Global South\, impacted in their collective way of life by climate change\, demand public policies that respect their food sovereignty\, ancestral sciences and technologies that guarantee their own economies. \nSpeakers: Mercedes López Martínez\, Directora de Vía Orgánica /CDMX: Mayra Macedo\, Secretaria de Organización de la ONAMIAP /Perú; Melania Canales Poma\, Coordinadora del ECMIA- Región Sur ; Wilma Mendoza\, Presidenta de la CNAMIB/Bolivia ; Precious Phiri\, Coordinadora del Centro de Manejo Holístico de Zimbawe \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Tutankhamun Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/for-food-sovereignty-voices-and-proposals-from-the-women-of-the-global-south/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221116T120500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221116T125000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221115T071925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T072918Z
UID:3261-1668600300-1668603000@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:From global commitments to local action on biodiversity and climate Launching the ENACT Partnership for Nature-based Solutions
DESCRIPTION:In this high-level session\, the governments of Egypt and Germany\, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) will formally launch the COP27 Presidency’s ENACT Partnership for NbS. \nENACT is a voluntary coalition of state and non-state actors working on NbS to foster collaboration\, bring\ncoherence to their commitments and activities\, and drive political alignment of global efforts on climate\,\nbiodiversity\, and land degradation across the Rio Conventions pertaining to Nature-based Solutions. \nBlue Zone Meeting\nRoom 20\, Area E4 \n  \nDistinguished speakers include:\nH.E. Yasmine Fouad\, Minister of Environment of the Arab Republic of Egypt\nH.E. Steffi Lemke\, German Federal Minister for the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, Nuclear Safety\, and\nConsumer Protection\nH.E. Sherry Rehman\, Minister of Climate Change\, Pakistan\nH.E. Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka\, Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change of the Republic of Malawi\nMs. Brenda Mallory\, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality\, Executive Office of the President\, USA\nH.E. Virginijus Sinkevičius\, European Commissioner for the Environment\nMr Ibrahim Thiaw\, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to\nCombat Desertification (UNCCD)\nMr Nigel Topping\, High Level Climate Champion of the UK\nMs Razan Al Mubarak\, IUCN President\nModerator: Stewart Maginnis\, Deputy Director General of IUCN \n  \n*Note no online link yet for further information.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/from-global-commitments-to-local-action-on-biodiversity-and-climate-launching-the-enact-partnership-for-nature-based-solutions/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221116T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T215338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T220814Z
UID:3256-1668598200-1668603600@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Green hydrogen: how to reconcile North/South stakes in the development of the future market
DESCRIPTION:Green hydrogen could be the key to achieving carbon neutrality and a new geopolitics is emerging. But what about countries of Middle East and Mediterranean region\, at the heart of the geopolitics of oil\, whose energy dependency factors will be profoundly changed by the rise of hydrogen? \nSpeakers: • Nadia Maïzi\, Mines Paris – PSL from IPCC • Jean Charles Hourcade\, CIRED\, from IPCC • Marcelo Poppe\, CGEE • Parties and RINGO from North and South\, and notably from countries of the Middle East and Mediterranean region\, and from Europe \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Thutmose Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/green-hydrogen-how-to-reconcile-north-south-stakes-in-the-development-of-the-future-market/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221116T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T211202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T220852Z
UID:3239-1668598200-1668603600@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Climate Action through Innovation\, Implementation and Inclusive Multi-level Governance
DESCRIPTION:For urgent climate action\, areas such as carbon neutrality\, climate stabilization\, global commons\, nature\, indigenous communities and gender in and beyond national jurisdiction become key. This event will bring diverse perspectives on innovation\, implementation and multi-level governance approaches. \nSpeakers: NEDO-ICEF; Columbia University; Clean Energy Ministerial; MOEFCC; TERI-Act4Earth-WSDS; Indigenous Information Network \nCop27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Akhenaten Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-action-through-innovation-implementation-and-inclusive-multi-level-governance/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221116T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221116T120000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T210818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T210818Z
UID:3237-1668594600-1668600000@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:MP Transport-Engineering the vision for climate resilient transport (iLab)
DESCRIPTION:The event explores critical levers for a 1.5 degree-aligned\, equitable and resilient transformation: matching the demand/supply of zero emissions fuels; developing a resilient workforce; and creating appropriate national/international policies to support mitigation/adaptation of the maritime sector \nSpeakers: Please see further information under https://unfccc.int/global-climate-action-at-cop-27 \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Action Room 2\, Lotus
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/mp-transport-engineering-the-vision-for-climate-resilient-transport-ilab/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T231500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221116T144500
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T215603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T215603Z
UID:3258-1668554100-1668609900@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:No Solution for Me\, Without Me: UN’s Efforts on Climate Justice through Local Action in Cities.
DESCRIPTION:The transition to a just and inclusive urban environment must put community needs at the forefront. This session will discuss co-benefits\, using examples of local climate action\, that build resilience and share ideas for strengthening policy frameworks that unlock climate finance at the local level. \nSpeakers: Mahmoud Mohieldin\, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion (tbc); Mia Mottley\, Prime Minister\, Barbados (tbc); Rose Molokoane\, Community leader\, SDl (tbc); Elle Davidson\, Urban planner\, Zionep (tbc); Ayham Esmaiel\, Vanuatu Country Coordinator\, UNCDF (tbc); Sönke Kreft\, Executive Director\, MCII (tbc)
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/no-solution-for-me-without-me-uns-efforts-on-climate-justice-through-local-action-in-cities/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T210212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T054740Z
UID:3235-1668537000-1668542400@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:The potential of REDD+ as a Cooperative Approaches and the need for capacity building
DESCRIPTION:Recognizing the potential of REDD+ and how each party will incorporate REDD+ towards their NDC possibly through CA. With REDD+ expected to be implemented at a larger scale\, it is essential to identify the capacity-building requirements under current circumstances. \nSpeakers: Ms Sheam Satkuru (Executive Director\, ITTO)\, UN-REDD Programme\, Korea Forest Service\, Dr Hirata (REDD+ center\, Japan)\, Ms Cecile NDJEBET (REFACOF\, Cameroon)\, Prof Bambang (IPB\, Indonesia) and SERFOR (Peru). \nCOP27\, BlueZone\, Side Event\, Tutankhamon Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/the-potential-of-redd-as-a-cooperative-approaches-and-the-need-for-capacity-building/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T151500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T164500
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T205114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T205114Z
UID:3231-1668525300-1668530700@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Opportunities and challenges in the development of LTS in Latin America and the role of finance
DESCRIPTION:Share progress and good practices in the development of Long-Term Strategies in Latin America and discuss the role of climate finance to accelerate resilience and decarbonization\, highlighting the Peruvian experience. \nSpeakers: Min. of Env-Perú Min. of Env-Chile Min. of Env-Colombia Min. of Env-Argentina Climate Promise UNDP NDC Partnership Decarboost 2050 Pathways IADB. \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Tutankhamun Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/opportunities-and-challenges-in-the-development-of-lts-in-latin-america-and-the-role-of-finance/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T151500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T164500
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T202936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T204234Z
UID:3218-1668525300-1668530700@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Sharing best practices and lessons learned from capacity building for implementation of Article 6
DESCRIPTION:For the robust implementation of Article 6\, it is important to strengthen support for capacity building and international coordination. To this end\, this event shares experience of the capacity building activities\, including institutional arrangement for authorization\, registry and A6 reporting. \nSpeakers: UN agencies\, research institutes\, Multilateral Development Banks\, Parties\, private sector being involved with Article 6 capacity building \nLocation: COP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Akhenaten Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/sharing-best-practices-and-lessons-learned-from-capacity-building-for-implementation-of-article-6/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T163000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T205554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T205925Z
UID:3233-1668524400-1668529800@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Towards a Robust VCM: Government Actions\, Private Sector Engagement\, and Carbon Market Integrity
DESCRIPTION:Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) is key to achieving the Paris Agreement goals. The side event will highlight recent developments in the VCM including discussions on carbon market integrity\, increasing efforts of the governments\, and engagements with the private sector to mobilize climate financing. \nSpeakers: Climate Change Center\, YoungSook Yoo and Choi Jai-chul; AORA\, Jin Yong Ho; ArtiECO\, Dae Bong KIM; Environmental Defense Fund\, Pedro Barata; Oeko-Institut\, Lambert Schneider; OPEMH\, Hajar Khamlichi; other experts from the government and international organizations \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Akhenaten Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/towards-a-robust-vcm-government-actions-private-sector-engagement-and-carbon-market-integrity/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T133000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T214119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T080825Z
UID:3250-1668513600-1668519000@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Recognition of the Inherent Rights of Nature: A universal paradigm in defense of Mother Earth
DESCRIPTION:The “Recognition of the Inherent Rights of Nature” panel will be a hybrid event held at the Blue Zone of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh\, Egypt on November 15th\, 2022\, at 11H30 (UTC+2). \nInternationally recognized experts will convene at this panel to share and debate their views and experiences on emblematic cases of the Rights of Nature\, an innovative legal approach that recognizes ecosystems as subjects of rights. \nThe speakers will present cases all over the world\, from ones submitted to the International Rights of Nature Tribunal (“False solutions to the climate change crisis” and “The Amazon\, a threatened living entity”) to real cases happening in Ecuador (Los Cedros)\, in Spain (Mar Menor)\, and the possibility of a case in Mexico. \nThe convergence of initiatives happening around the planet implies a need to change the anthropocentric paradigm and adopt a new socio-ecosystemic perspective which recognizes that human beings are an inalienable part of Nature. \nHybrid Event as part of COP27. You can find more information here:  Recognition of the Inherent Rights of Nature: A universal paradigm in defense of Mother Earth – Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) \n  \n \nLOCATION: 12pm\, Area D Room 15
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/recognition-of-the-inherent-rights-of-nature-a-universal-paradigm-in-defense-of-mother-earth/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T133000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T203658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T204244Z
UID:3224-1668511800-1668519000@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Enhancing climate action through rights-based\, gender-responsive\, and integrated approaches
DESCRIPTION:This session will provide a platform to unpack the findings of the review to address SRHR needs in the climate crisis at programme and policy levels and to advocate for more gender-responsive climate commitments in the NDCs\, and the need to bring young people to the forefront of policy dialogue. \nSpeaker(s): United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Khufu Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/enhancing-climate-action-through-rights-based-gender-responsive-and-integrated-approaches/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T204115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T204253Z
UID:3226-1668511800-1668517200@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Engaging Business\, Finance and Government in Climate Action and Solutions for Biodiversity
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: IIN\, ACBA\, CSABC\, and AWF will secure representative speakers who will speak to perspectives of IPLCs\, African and Chinese civil society\, government\, private sector\, development partners\, and others as appropriate. \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Thebes Room \n 
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/engaging-business-finance-and-government-in-climate-action-and-solutions-for-biodiversity/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T203531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T204311Z
UID:3222-1668511800-1668517200@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Advancing Nationally Determined Contributions: Signs of Progress
DESCRIPTION:Developing countries will highlight their progress on the Paris Agreement with a focus on three themes: just transition; adaptation; and forests\, land and nature. Despite the challenges\, countries continue to enhance second generation NDCs and will share inspiring stories of bold action being taken. \nSpeaker(s): Mr. Achim Steiner\, UNDP | Mr. Ovais Sarmad\, UNFCCC | Hon Thérèse Coffey\, DEFRA UK | Pham Van Tan\, Vietnam | Madeleine Diouf Sarr\, LDC Chair | Cayetano Casado\, Green Climate Fund | Jochen Flasbarth\, State Secretary\, Germany | Hon. Matthew Samuda\, Jamaica | Ms. Arancha Soreng | Ms. Elizabeth Gulugulu \nOrganizers: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); International Labour Organization (ILO); Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) \nCOP27\, Side Event\, Blue Zone\, Hatshepsut Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/advancing-nationally-determined-contributions-signs-of-progress/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221115T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T203233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T220610Z
UID:3220-1668511800-1668517200@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:How can SIDS harness capacity building for Article 6 cooperation?
DESCRIPTION:SIDS have been bypassed by carbon markets in the past. How can this be prevented under Article 6? The side event discusses approaches to capacity building in SIDS involving North-South and South-South collaboration\, including simplification of methodologies and new activity types. \nSpeaker(s): Mod: Axel Michaelowa (University of Zurich and Perspectives Climate Research); Flavien Joubert (Minister of Agriculture\, Climate Change and Energy\, Rep. Seychelles); Kaja Weldner (PCR); Marie-May Jeremie\, Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust; Juliana Kessler (PCR); Stephan Hoch (PCR) \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Akhenaten Room
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/how-can-sids-harness-capacity-building-for-article-6-cooperation/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221114T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221115T144500
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
CREATED:20221114T204832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T054359Z
UID:3229-1668431700-1668523500@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Jointly combating the Climate and Biodiversity crises: the critical role of Nature-based Solutions
DESCRIPTION:At COP26\, UNFCCC Parties clearly recognised the interlinked crises of climate change and biodiversity loss\, and the critical role of nature in delivering benefits for both adaptation and mitigation. This session will explore how this can now be meaningfully operationalised with practical cases. \nSpeakers: Speakers will include high-level officials from IUCN’s State and NGO members\, donors and partners\, and other leading experts. \nCOP27\, Blue Zone\, Side Event\, Thebes
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/jointly-combating-the-climate-and-biodiversity-crises-the-critical-role-of-nature-based-solutions/
CATEGORIES:upcoming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221114
DTSTAMP:20260510T231523
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SUMMARY:Climate Law and Governance Specialisation Course
DESCRIPTION:Climate Law and Governance Specialisation Course 2022: Training for International Certificate \nTo train a new generation of climate specialists worldwide capable of advancing climate law and governance and advocating for implementation\, the Climate Law and Governance Initiative hosted a half-day Climate Law and Governance Specialization Course. More than 400 learners registered for this year’s online course\, which was held on 13 November 2022 during the UNFCCC COP27. \nThe specialization course\, chaired by Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship\, University of Cambridge / Executive Secretary\, CLGI and Senior Director\, CISDL) and Maitre Ayman Cherkaoui (Lead Counsel\, CISDL / Director\, Hassan II International Centre for Enviro Training)\, focused on strengthening capacity for climate law and governance. The interactive\, intensive capacity-building course provided a foundational understanding of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC and included sessions on Law\, Governance & Climate Mitigation; Climate Law & Governance on Adaptation\, Loss and Damage; and Climate Law & Governance on Finance\, Compliance & Transparency. The course featured lectures by leading global professors and experts Dr Markus Gehring (Lead Counsel\, CISDL / Associate Professor\, Univ Cambridge)\, Prof Michael Mehling (Deputy Director\, MIT Centre for Energy and Environment Research / Professor\, University of Strathclyde)\, Maitre Ayman Cherkaoui\, Adv M. Hafijul Islam Khan and Adv Wendy Miles KC. \nThree breakout sessions allowed participants to share country experiences and analyze climate law and policy approaches with colleagues from around the world. Nearly 170 participants successfully passed the post-course assessment and received a climate law and governance certification. These particiants were invited to join a global Registry which is part of a CLGI Glasgow COP26 Pledge to increase climate law and governance capacity from 600 to 6\,000 specialists by 2024. \nThe event has passed\, but registration had occurred via Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-law-and-governance-specialisation-course/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Climate Law and Governance Day
DESCRIPTION:Climate Law & Governance Day 2022 took place during UNFCCC COP27\, Entirely Online on Friday 11 November 2022. \nClimate Law and Governance Day 2022 built on a series of special events co-hosted by key partners from the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) during the UNFCCC climate conferences since the 2005 MOP1/COP11 in Montreal\, Canada to mobilise the international law and governance community to help implement the UNFCCC and most recently\, the Paris Agreement in the context of the global Sustainable Development Goals. This global international symposium facilitated meaningful dialogue between COP delegates\, observers and stakeholders\, also keen students\, with an interest in national and international law and governance related to climate change\, including government representatives and leaders\, leading international and domestic legal practitioners\, and renowned legal experts. In partnership with local hosts from the Ain Shams University\, events occurred entirely online. \nClimate Law & Governance Day 2022 Themes \nFour key themes were identified in consultation with the CLGD Programme Committee from the vision set by Egypt as the UNFCCC CoP27 President. Each theme was led by a CLGI Chair: \n1. Operationalising the Paris Agreement: Exploring the challenges and opportunities of market and non-market mechanisms\, transparency frameworks\, compliance mechanisms\, loss and damage\, the Global Stocktake and other elements of operationalizing the Paris Agreement and other relevant international legal instruments. \n2. Testing Legal and Governance Tools for High Ambition Implementation: Innovating legal and governance instruments for climate mitigation\, adaptation and finance\, creating synergies within and across sectors\, and strengthening capacity amongst legislators\, policymakers and institutions\, in the context of pandemic recovery measures to help or hinder high ambition implementation of NDCs and LTSs under the Paris Agreement. \n3. Advancing Climate Resilience and Climate Justice: Engaging civil society and the legal community\, including courts and professionals\, in accelerating climate action\, enhancing transparency and ensuring accountability\, integrating rights-based approaches into climate actions\, advancing the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for loss and damage with effective structures including for financing actions to address loss and damage\, and climate migration. \n4. Net Zero Legal Frameworks to Enable Climate Neutral Investment and Finance: Exploring the legal tools and obstacles in promoting sustainable climate finance\, investment flows and global supply chains to implement the Paris Agreement\, including reductions in fossil fuel subsidies\, considering contributions of private international law\, international trade and investment law. \nThe Objectives of Climate Law & Governance Day 2022 were the following: \n1. To inspire and optimize legal and institutional reform for achieving current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement\, supporting the 2023 Global Stocktake efforts and increasing the ambition of the next round of NDCs. \n2. To profile and share innovative international\, national\, and local law and governance challenges\, mechanisms and good practices relating to global efforts to address climate change. \n3. To catalyse knowledge exchange and co-generate new climate law and governance scholarship\, insights and approaches\, facilitating new dialogue and partnerships. \n4. To strengthen capacity\, collaboration among the climate law and governance community of practice to implement the Doha Amendment\, Paris Agreement and COP outcomes\, supporting achievement of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nThe event has passed\, but registration had occurred via Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-law-and-governance-day/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:past events
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SUMMARY:Pre-CoP Academic Climate Law Conference
DESCRIPTION:This Pre-CoP Academic Climate Law Conference is organized by our local hosts and partners\, at the Law School of Ain Shams University\, Cairo. More details coming soon.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/pre-cop-academic-climate-law-conference/
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SUMMARY:Strengthening Capacity to Deliver the 'Paris Rulebook' through Climate Law and Governance
DESCRIPTION:Bonn Climate Change Conference 2022 (SB 56): Strengthening Capacity to Deliver the ‘Paris Rulebook’ through Climate Law and Governance \nWould you like to share ideas on how to implement the Paris Agreement pledges & the rule book through law & governance innovation? Are you interested in networking with others on climate law & governance issues? Are you interested in helping to set the law & policy agenda towards COP27? \nDescription: Serious increases in capacity\, backed by awareness and engagement\, are needed to deliver Paris Agreement rules & pledges\, also advancing key SDG targets on education\, infrastructure & gender\, & justice. How to scale up fast? How can climate law & governance contribute\, especially across Africa and Europe\, setting the implementation agenda for CoP27 and beyond? \nCo-chairs: Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Senior Director\, CISDL / Leverhulme Professor\, University of Cambridge) & Dr Floridea Di Ciommo (Co-Director\, cambiaMO | changing MObility) \nSpeakers: Adv Ayman Cherkaoui (Lead Counsel\, CISDL / Morocco); Adv Hafij Khan (Legal Fellow\, CISDL / ExCom Member\, Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage); Patricia Bohland (Co-Lead\, Life e.V.); Dr. Alexandra Masako Goossens-Ishii (Representative to the UN\, SGI); Mr. Michael Nwafejoku (President\, International Foundation for African Children)\,* \nClosing Remarks: Prof Ahmed Khalifa (Professor\, University of Ain Shams / Egypt)* & Dr M. Antonieta “Antoinette” Nestor (Coordinator\, CISDL Climate Law and Governance Initiative / Fellow\, University of Cambridge) \nNote: Participation is in person for accredited UNFCCC SB delegates. Parties and Observers can also join online by registering here\, through the UNFCCC Secretariat remote participation arrangements explained here. \nYou can find the full poster with QR code here: Bonn Side Event Poster_single_FINAL
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/strengthening-capacity-to-deliver-the-paris-rulebook-through-climate-law-and-governance/
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SUMMARY:Outcomes Statement - Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
DESCRIPTION:Please click here to download a PDF version of this Outcomes Statement\nAdvancing Legal & Policy Frameworks for Ambition\, Obligation & Finance\nClimate Law & Governance Initiative 2021\nDuring the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP26 \nBackground & Report on Outcomes – 09 Nov 2021\nLegal and institutional transformation is urgently required to support efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels; to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change; to foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development; and to make finance flows consistent with a pathway towards sustainable development. \n169 out of 186 countries have stressed the importance of legal and institutional reform in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the global response to climate change under the Paris Agreement. As 99 countries also emphasize in their NDCs\, increases in capacity and practice are crucial for implementation and compliance\, as new research by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)\, the University of Cambridge and other partners from Climate Law and Governance Initiative has shown. \nClimate finance in many forms\, if private and public law and governance can be mobilised at all levels to accelerate ambition and convert ambition to obligations\, is crucial in all respects. Indeed\, with many countries pledging net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner\, alignment of $130 trillion in finance with the Paris Agreement through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (Gfanz) before 2050\, and the Adaptation Fund renewed to higher levels than ever before\, law and governance improvements are needed now. For these pledges to meet reality\, binding regulations\, carefully crafted contracts\, disclosure obligations and thousands of other legal tools are required on all levels\, rebuilding trust\, accountability and compliance towards climate justice. \nAs Paris Agreement representatives\, observers and stakeholders gather in Glasgow for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) from 1-12 November 2021\, the world also convened a community of leading law faculties and legal institutes\, international organization counsel\, government authorities\, law associations\, judges\, professionals and others responsible for inspiring\, innovating and building law\, policy and governance capacity. \nThe Climate Law & Governance Day 2021 global symposium was held on 05 November 2021 during the UNFCCC COP 26 in Glasgow and attracted over 1\,100 registrants from over 120 countries in person and online across 16 world-class leading sessions and 3 high-level plenaries at the 2021 CLGD with thanks to the University of Glasgow. Co-hosted in the United Kingdom by the University of Glasgow\, the University of Cambridge and Strathclyde University\, together with the CISDL which hosts the CLGI Secretariat and the new NZLA\, which is certified as an Accelerator in the Race to Net Zero of the UK Presidency. CLGD 2021 provided an important opportunity to share ideas\, debate trends and advances\, and build legal momentum for climate action. \nCLGD 2021 builds on the success of CLGD 2005 at McGill University during COP11 in Montreal\, CLGD 2015 at La Sorbonne Law School during COP21 in Paris\, CLGD 2016 at the Université Privée de Marrakech and Hassane I University during COP22 in Marrakech\, CLGD 2017 with the University of the South Pacific at the University of Bonn during COP23 in Bonn\, CLGD 2018 at the University of Silesia in Katowice\, Poland\, and CLGD 2019 with the University of Chile at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Madrid\, Spain\, among other global events and engagements. \nThis global symposium also built on an extraordinary online pre-conference on climate law and public policy\, co-hosted in the University of Cambridge\, ‘Climate Change\, the SDGs and the Law’ on 29-30 October\, 2021\, which convened over 750 registrants from over 90 countries across two high-level plenaries and six experts panels\, engaging leading law professors together with early career scholars\, students and practitioners\, co-hosted by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy and many other institutions in the University of Cambridge. \nTo share outcomes at COP26 itself\, on 06 November key municipal\, national\, and international innovations were shared in an official Side-Event on Net Zero Climate Law and Governance – Advancing Ambition and Action to Implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. The interactive roundtable brought together leading experts from the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance\, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and other partners of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative\, IKEM\, the Asociacion Ambiente y Sociedad and Centro Humboldt. \nFurther\, on 07 November 2021\, helping to train a new generation of specialists world-wide\, the Climate Law & Governance Specialization Course hosted in the University of Strathclyde certified 163 in person and virtual participants from around the world. Participants gained critical insights from renowned legal experts\, deepening their understanding of the legal and institutional mechanisms available to implement their NDCs and the Paris Agreement Indeed\, 163 practitioners\, scholars and junior members of delegations were certified and recognized as new Climate Law and Governance Specialists at the 2021 Climate Law and Governance Specialization Course\, with thanks to the University of Strathclyde\, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law\, CISDL and other partners. \n Climate Law & Governance Day 2021 Addresses Crucial Challenges to the Law on Climate Change \nPartners in the Climate Law & Governance Initiative (CLGI)\, building on the vision set by the United Kingdom as UNFCCC COP26 President\, as informed by the UNFCCC Climate Dialogues – Climate Law and Governance Roundtable on 04 December 2020\, highlighted four key legal challenges facing the world: \n\nOperationalising the Paris Agreement: Addressing the challenges and opportunities of market and non-market mechanisms\, transparency frameworks\, compliance mechanisms\, loss and damage\, the Global Stocktake and other elements of operationalizing the Paris Agreement and other relevant international legal instruments.\nTesting Legal and Governance Tools for High Ambition Implementation: Innovating legal and governance instruments for climate mitigation\, adaptation and finance\, creating synergies within and across sectors\, and strengthening capacity amongst legislators\, policymakers and institutions\, in the context of pandemic recovery measures to help or hinder high ambition implementation of NDCs and LTSs under the Paris Agreement.\nAdvancing Climate Resilience and Climate Justice: Engaging civil society and the legal community\, including courts and professionals\, in accelerating climate action\, enhancing transparency and ensuring accountability\, integrating rights-based approaches into climate actions\, advancing the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for loss and damage with effective structures including for financing actions\, and climate migration.\nStrengthening Net Zero Legal Frameworks to Enable Climate Neutral Investment and Finance: Exploring the legal tools and obstacles in promoting sustainable climate finance\, investment flows\, structured finance\, and global supply chains to implement the Paris Agreement\, including reductions in fossil fuel subsidies\, considering contributions of private international law\, trade and investment law\, also commercial and corporate rules. \n\nClimate Law & Governance Day 2021 – Building Capacity for Legal Action on All Levels \n\nTo inspire and optimize legal and institutional reform for achieving current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement\, supporting the 2023 Global Stocktake efforts and increasing the ambition of NDCs.\nTo profile and share innovative international\, national\, and local law and governance challenges\, mechanisms and good practices relating to global efforts to address climate change.\nTo catalyse knowledge exchange and co-generate new climate law and governance scholarship\, insights and approaches\, facilitating new dialogue and partnerships.\nTo strengthen capacity\, collaboration among the climate law and governance community of practice to implement the Doha Amendment\, Paris Agreement and COP outcomes\, supporting achievement of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\n\nClimate Law and Governance Day 2021 will be followed by a global online Leverhulme Lecture and Distinguished Experts Dialogue on 01 December 2021\, to which all media is invited online. The CLGI Secretariat is hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law based in McGill University (Canada)\, the University of Cambridge (UK)\, the University of Nairobi (Kenya) and the University of Chile (Chile).
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/outcomes-statement-climate-law-and-governance-day-2021/
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SUMMARY:News Release & Outcomes Statement - Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
DESCRIPTION:Click here to download a PDF version of the News Release & Outcomes Statement from Climate Law and Governance Day 2021\n NEWS RELEASE \n Leading Experts at COP26 Commit to Scale-Up Climate Law & Governance Capacity Worldwide TENFOLD from 600 to 6\,000 by 2024\n (10 Nov 2021 Press Conference w Interviews on Offer)\n Of the 186 nationally determined contributions in the first-round of submissions\, 169 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) explicitly prioritized the need for legal or institutional reform to achieve their global contribution to climate change\, with 99 Parties calling for increasing capacity-building for action\, new legal research from the University of Cambridge and the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) shows. \nThe first week of COP26 here in Glasgow has seen significant commitments by States and private sectors\, including many countries pledging net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner\, alignment of $130 trillion in finance with the Paris Agreement before 2050 through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (Gfanz)\, and the largest ever renewal of the Adaptation Fund. For Glasgow COP26 promises to be realized\, however\, we need binding regulations\, carefully crafted contracts\, disclosure obligations and thousands of other legal tools on all scales\, building trust\, accountability and climate justice. \nThe world’s climate law and governance community\, now more than ever\, needs to strengthen knowledge\, capacity and practice – exponentially.  \nIndeed\, “A massive capacity chasm is gaping in our path ahead\,” says Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge\, Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) and Executive Secretary of the global Climate Law and Governance Initiative at COP26. “We need dynamic climate law and public policy specialists in every country\, capable and active in their bar associations\, universities\, firms and civil society\, making net zero a reality across the board. Climate law and public policy must be taught in every law school – backed by new research and training at all levels – for even a hope to implement the Paris Agreement and advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.” \nDuring COP26 and beyond\, over 200 committed partners have come together through the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) to share lessons among a growing community of practice and chart the future for this critical field – actively engaging professors\, practitioners\, judges and other leaders from international organizations\, judiciaries\, institutes\, leading law firms and universities. In response to a global Call to scale up the desperately needed capacity\, CLGI partners co-hosted an online academic climate law and public policy preparatory conference on Climate Change\, the SDGs and the Law at the University of Cambridge\, with over 750 registrants from over 90 countries on 29-30 October. On Friday\, 05 November\, during COP26\, over 1\,100 registrants from over 120 countries joined in Climate Law and Governance Day (CLGD) 2021 hosted online and in-person at the University of Glasgow\, in partnership with Strathclyde and Cambridge universities\, for 3 high level plenaries and 16 substantive sessions spanning all aspects of law and climate change. The Day culminated in a celebration of the new laureates of the 2021 Climate Law & Governance Global Leadership Awards and the 2021 International  Student Essay Competition (see attached\, for Winners). \nTo share outcomes at COP26 itself\, on 06 November key municipal\, national\, and international legal innovations were shared in an Official Side-Event on Net Zero Climate Law and Governance – Advancing Ambition and Action to Implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. The interactive legal roundtable brought together leading experts from the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance\, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)\, Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security (GCILS) and other partners of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative\, also IKEM\, the Asociacion Ambiente y Sociedad and Centro Humboldt. \nFurther\, on 07 November 2021\, helping to train a new generation of specialists world-wide\, the Climate Law & Governance Specialization Course hosted in the University of Strathclyde certified 163 in person and virtual participants from over 60 countries. \nOver this remarkable programme of climate law events\, CLGI Partners\, including leading university co-hosts\, CISDL\, GCILS\, the newly launched NZLA and many others united to bridge the legal capacity chasm\, calling on all firms\, faculties and foundations to widen the circle of climate law and governance professors and practitioners from 600 to 6\,000 in 2 years or less\, engaging qualified leaders in every legal system and converting ambition to obligation worldwide. \nTo arrange interviews or for further details\, at COP26 please contact: \nAdv Tejas Rao\, Associate Fellow and Programme Coordinator for Peace\, Justice and Governance\, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. M: +44 7900 279 365 E: tr465@cam.ac.uk \nAdv Freedom-Kai Phillips\, Operations Director and Legal Research Fellow of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. E: fkp22@cam.ac.uk \nANNEX I – FOR NEWS STORIES\, THE EXPERTS SAY…. \nAdv Wendy Miles\, QC\, CLGI Chair and a representative of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance\, emphasized the role of commercial lawyers and law firms “to work with their clients as they transition to net zero and seek to mobilize the necessary finance to achieve that.” She encourages lawyers to innovate and utilize existing commercial law instruments to advance those client objectives. \nMaitre Ayman Cherkaoui\, CLGI Chair\, CISDL Lead Counsel and Ambassador\, Adaptation without Borders signaled the allocation of finance is crucial for adaptation as well\, noting “there are tricky legal issues on adaptation that will require countries to demonstrate a real spirit of multilateralism\, collaborating inside the negotiations\, and beyond\, to solve. Without this the 2030 Agenda commitment to “leave no one behind” may not be fulfilled.” \nProf Christina Voigt\, CLGI Chair\, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Chair and Co-Chair of the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC) added a perspective from inside the Blue Zone\, noting that: “while these transitions toward a net-zero future continue\, the PAICC has been working hard to craft rules of procedure that would advance the implementation of the objectives contained in the Paris Agreement in a facilitative\, collaborative manner with Parties.” \nDr Giedre Jokubauskaite\, co-host of CLGD 2021 and a lecturer at the University of Glasgow said: “It was an honour to host this global effort\, with these historic advances – the international research and teaching partnerships created here will contribute to key advances in climate legal capacity for Scotland.” \nAdv Douglas Leys\, QC\, receiving the Global Leadership Award as a General Counsel for his world-leading efforts in the Green Climate Fund. Giving thanks to his family and GCF colleagues\, he underlined: “this Award acknowledges the leadership role that multilateral development banks can take in building climate resilient futures.” \n FOR INTERVIEWS AT COP26\, Climate Law & Governance Initiative Executive Secretary\, Chairs and Hosts: \n\nProfessor Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger\, Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge\, Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law\, and Full Professor of Law at the University of Waterloo. E: mccs2@cam.ac.uk\nProfessor Dr Christina Voigt\, Professor of Law at the University of Oslo\, Chair of the Climate Change Specialist Group of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law\, and Co-Chair of the Paris Agreement’s Implementation and Compliance Committee. E: voigt@jus.uio.no\nMaitre Ayman Cherkaoui\, Lead Counsel for Climate Change at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law\, and Coordinator of Strategic Development for the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection in Rabat\, Morocco. E: acherkaoui@cisdl.org\nAdv M. Hafijul Islam Khan\, Executive Director of the Centre for Climate Justice Bangladesh\, climate negotiator with the Least Developed Countries Group\, and Research Fellow of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. E: khan@uwaterloo.ca\nAdv Wendy Miles QC\, founder of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance\, International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration Vice-President\, Twenty Essex Chambers Barrister and Global Climate Law Leadership Award Laureate. E: wmiles@twentyessex.com\nDr Giedre Jokubauskaite\, co-host of the Climate Law and Governance Day 2021 and Lecturer in International Law at the University of Glasgow\, UK. E: jokubauskaite@glasgow.ac.uk\nRebecca Williams\, co-host of the Climate Law and Governance Day 2021\, Interim Director of Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance\, and Teaching Fellow at the University of Strathclyde\, UK. E: williams@strath.ac.uk\n\n ANNEX II – WINNERS OF THE 2021 CLIMATE LAW & GOVERNANCE AWARDS \nEach COP\, CLGI Partners recognize the leading efforts of climate law and governance practitioners and scholars\, and this year’s 2021 Climate Law & Governance Global Leadership Awards recognized the efforts of: \n\nClimate Law Practitioner: DLA Piper’s Steven Gray for helping to found the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance and for his efforts to engage junior associates and law students in the practice of climate law;\nClimate Negotiator: Maitre Paul Watkinson\, senior negotiator of France\, for his engagement and inclusion efforts as Co-Chair of SBSTA\, also his profound technical expertise and extraordinary efforts in the drafting of the Paris Agreement;\nClimate General Counsel: Adv Douglas Leys\, QC for his excellent service to the world’s climate finance community in the Green Climate Fund\, and for his outstanding partnership-building across the Commonwealth and with legal stakeholders worldwide;\nClimate Law Community Leader: Adv Lucy Maxwell and all her colleagues for their continued inspiring efforts in the Climate Litigation Network and the Urgenda Foundation; and\nClimate Law Faculty Leader: Prof Rosa Fernandez Egea on behalf of the Autonomous University of Madrid Faculty of Law in Spain and Prof Pilar Moraga on behalf of the University of Chile Faculty of Law\, for their extraordinary efforts to co-host and inspire research\, students and the global climate law community.\n\nThe 2021 Climate Law & Governance Student Essay Competition featured submissions from students across the world\, with warmest of congratulations to the laureates: \n\nStefan Prelevic (University of Melbourne\, Australia) and Marcelo Molina Villalobos (University of Chile) won Platinum for outstanding essays on “Child Rights and Climate Change: Legislative Avenues for Australian Children” and “La Judicializacion del Cambio Climatico a traves del Derecho Internacional del Mar”.\nJacob Bohill (University of Glasgow\, UK) and Anita Lucchini (Trento University\, Italy) won Gold for excellent essays on “Analyzing Practical and Legal Challenges in the Retention of Small Island Developing State Statehood” and “The (Un)Sustainability of Central Banks Collateral Frameworks: A Carbon Bias.”\nLarissa Parker (McGill University\, Canada) and Elena Bonfiglio (Swiss Italian University\, Switzerland) won Silver for their inspiring essays on “Latest developments in emission trading” and “Beyond non-justifiability for public interest climate litigation.”\n\n Advancing Legal & Policy Frameworks for Ambition\, Obligation & Finance\n Climate Law & Governance Initiative 2021\n During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP26 \n Background & Report on Outcomes – 09 Nov 2021\nLegal and institutional transformation is urgently required to support efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels; to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change; to foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development; and to make finance flows consistent with a pathway towards sustainable development. \n169 out of 186 countries have stressed the importance of legal and institutional reform in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the global response to climate change under the Paris Agreement. As 99 countries also emphasize in their NDCs\, increases in capacity and practice are crucial for implementation and compliance\, as new research by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)\, the University of Cambridge and other partners from Climate Law and Governance Initiative has shown. \nClimate finance in many forms\, if private and public law and governance can be mobilised at all levels to accelerate ambition and convert ambition to obligations\, is crucial in all respects. Indeed\, with many countries pledging net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner\, alignment of $130 trillion in finance with the Paris Agreement through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (Gfanz) before 2050\, and the Adaptation Fund renewed to higher levels than ever before\, law and governance improvements are needed now. For these pledges to meet reality\, binding regulations\, carefully crafted contracts\, disclosure obligations and thousands of other legal tools are required on all levels\, rebuilding trust\, accountability and compliance towards climate justice. \nAs Paris Agreement representatives\, observers and stakeholders gather in Glasgow for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) from 1-12 November 2021\, the world also convened a community of leading law faculties and legal institutes\, international organization counsel\, government authorities\, law associations\, judges\, professionals and others responsible for inspiring\, innovating and building law\, policy and governance capacity. \nThe Climate Law & Governance Day 2021 global symposium was held on 05 November 2021 during the UNFCCC COP 26 in Glasgow and attracted over 1\,100 registrants from over 120 countries in person and online across 16 world-class leading sessions and 3 high-level plenaries at the 2021 CLGD with thanks to the University of Glasgow. Co-hosted in the United Kingdom by the University of Glasgow\, the University of Cambridge and Strathclyde University\, together with the CISDL which hosts the CLGI Secretariat and the new NZLA\, which is certified as an Accelerator in the Race to Net Zero of the UK Presidency. CLGD 2021 provided an important opportunity to share ideas\, debate trends and advances\, and build legal momentum for climate action. \nCLGD 2021 builds on the success of CLGD 2005 at McGill University during COP11 in Montreal\, CLGD 2015 at La Sorbonne Law School during COP21 in Paris\, CLGD 2016 at the Université Privée de Marrakech and Hassane I University during COP22 in Marrakech\, CLGD 2017 with the University of the South Pacific at the University of Bonn during COP23 in Bonn\, CLGD 2018 at the University of Silesia in Katowice\, Poland\, and CLGD 2019 with the University of Chile at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Madrid\, Spain\, among other global events and engagements. \nThis global symposium also built on an extraordinary online pre-conference on climate law and public policy\, co-hosted in the University of Cambridge\, ‘Climate Change\, the SDGs and the Law’ on 29-30 October\, 2021\, which convened over 750 registrants from over 90 countries across two high-level plenaries and six experts panels\, engaging leading law professors together with early career scholars\, students and practitioners\, co-hosted by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy and many other institutions in the University of Cambridge. \nTo share outcomes at COP26 itself\, on 06 November key municipal\, national\, and international innovations were shared in an official Side-Event on Net Zero Climate Law and Governance – Advancing Ambition and Action to Implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. The interactive roundtable brought together leading experts from the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance\, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and other partners of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative\, IKEM\, the Asociacion Ambiente y Sociedad and Centro Humboldt. \nFurther\, on 07 November 2021\, helping to train a new generation of specialists world-wide\, the Climate Law & Governance Specialization Course hosted in the University of Strathclyde certified 163 in person and virtual participants from around the world. Participants gained critical insights from renowned legal experts\, deepening their understanding of the legal and institutional mechanisms available to implement their NDCs and the Paris Agreement Indeed\, 163 practitioners\, scholars and junior members of delegations were certified and recognized as new Climate Law and Governance Specialists at the 2021 Climate Law and Governance Specialization Course\, with thanks to the University of Strathclyde\, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law\, CISDL and other partners. \n Climate Law & Governance Day 2021 Addresses Crucial Challenges to the Law on Climate Change \nPartners in the Climate Law & Governance Initiative (CLGI)\, building on the vision set by the United Kingdom as UNFCCC COP26 President\, as informed by the UNFCCC Climate Dialogues – Climate Law and Governance Roundtable on 04 December 2020\, highlighted four key legal challenges facing the world: \n\nOperationalising the Paris Agreement:Addressing the challenges and opportunities of market and non-market mechanisms\, transparency frameworks\, compliance mechanisms\, loss and damage\, the Global Stocktake and other elements of operationalizing the Paris Agreement and other relevant international legal instruments.\nTesting Legal and Governance Tools for High Ambition Implementation:Innovating legal and governance instruments for climate mitigation\, adaptation and finance\, creating synergies within and across sectors\, and strengthening capacity amongst legislators\, policymakers and institutions\, in the context of pandemic recovery measures to help or hinder high ambition implementation of NDCs and LTSs under the Paris Agreement.\nAdvancing Climate Resilience and Climate Justice:Engaging civil society and the legal community\, including courts and professionals\, in accelerating climate action\, enhancing transparency and ensuring accountability\, integrating rights based approaches into climate actions\, advancing the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for loss and damage with effective structures including for financing actions\, and climate migration.\nStrengthening Net Zero Legal Frameworks to Enable Climate Neutral Investment and Finance:Exploring the legal tools and obstacles in promoting sustainable climate finance\, investment flows\, structured finance and global supply chains to implement the Paris Agreement\, including reductions in fossil fuel subsidies\, considering contributions of private international law\, trade and investment law\, also commercial and corporate rules. \n\nClimate Law & Governance Day 2021 – Building Capacity for Legal Action on All Levels \n\nToinspire and optimize legal and institutional reform for achieving current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement\, supporting the 2023 Global Stocktake efforts and increasing the ambition of NDCs.\nTo profile and shareinnovative international\, national\, and local law and governance challenges\, mechanisms and good practices relating to global efforts to address climate change.\nTo catalyse knowledge exchange and co-generate new climate law and governance scholarship\, insights and approaches\, facilitating new dialogue and partnerships.\nTo strengthen capacity\, collaboration among the climate law and governance community of practice to implement the Doha Amendment\, Paris Agreement and COP outcomes\, supporting achievement of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\n\nClimate Law and Governance Day 2021 will be followed by a global online Leverhulme Lecture and Distinguished Experts Dialogue on 01 December 2021\, to which all media is invited online. The CLGI Secretariat is hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law based in McGill University (Canada)\, the University of Cambridge (UK)\, the University of Nairobi (Kenya) and the University of Chile (Chile).
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/news-release-outcomes-statement-climate-law-and-governance-day-2021/
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SUMMARY:2021 Climate Law & Governance Student Essay Competition Winners Announced
DESCRIPTION:The winners of the 2021 Global Climate Law & Governance Student Essay Competition were announced at a special awards ceremony during Climate Law & Governance Day on 5 November 2021 at the University of Glasgow. We are delighted to announce the list of winners below\, with links to their brilliant contributions. Congratulations to every student who participated. \n\n\n\nStudent’s Name \nLink to Essay \nSchool/Country \nRank \n\n\nStefan Prelevic\nChild Rights and Climate Change: Litigative Avenues for Australian Children\nUniversity of Melbourne/Australia\nPlatinum\n\n\nMarcelo Molina Villalobos\nLa Judicialización del Cambio Climático a través del Derecho Internacional del Mar\nUniversidad de Chile/Chile\nPlatinum\n\n\nJacob Bohill\nAnalysing practical and legal challenges in the retention of Small Island Developing State statehood\, considering predicted climate driven submersion or inhabitability of territory\nUniversity of Glasgow/UK\nGold\n\n\nAnita Lucchini\nThe (un)sustainability of central banks collateral frameworks: A carbon bias\nUniversity of Trento/ Italy\nGold\n\n\nLarissa Parker\nBeyond Non-Justiciability for Public Interest Climate Litigation\nMcGill University/Canada\nSilver\n\n\nElena Bonfiglio\nLatest development in emission trading\nUniversità della Svizzera Italiana/ Switzerland\nSilver\n\n\nAymeric Bricout\nClimate justice as a prerequisite for ensuring the success of emission reduction policies\nImperial College/UK\nJudges’ Commendation\n\n\nJanhvi\nA Behavioural Perspective: Urban Climate Policies and Plans\nSchool of Planning and Architecture\, Delhi/India\nJudges’ Commendation\n\n\nDinita Setyawati\nThe Pursuit of Justice for Indigenous People through Climate Change Agendas in Indonesia\nKyoto University/Japan\nJudges’ Commendation\n\n\nErin Gallagher\nThe Paris Agreement and Domestic Climate Litigation\nUniversity of Strathclyde/UK\nJudges’ Commendation\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Official COP26 Side Event on Net Zero Climate Law & Governance: Advancing Ambition & Action for Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contributions & National Adaptation Plans
DESCRIPTION:View the Full Side Event Programme here\n  \n \nInteractive\, online roundtable highlighting net zero climate law & governance innovations to strengthen Paris Agreement ambition\, markets\, transparency & compliance\, celebrate new research\, capacity & practice stakeholder partnerships & global leaders awards to implement Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) & National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) to advance key SDGs. \nLegal and institutional transformation is urgently required to support efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels; to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change; to foster climate resilience & low greenhouse gas emissions development & to make finance flows consistent with a pathway towards sustainable development in accordance with the Paris Agreement. Over 165 out of 188 countries have stressed the importance of legal & institutional reform in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the global response to climate change under the Paris Agreement. As over 60 countries also emphasize in their NDCs\, increases in law & governance capacity & practice are crucial for compliance. Climate finance in many forms\, recognising the key role of private & public law\, also public policy & governance at all levels in accelerating ambition & in converting ambition to obligation\, is crucial in all respects. \nThis side-event features briefings & interactive dialogue with senior counsel & experts from international organizations & institutions\, leading institutes & universities of different regions\, also international practice networks / associations\, including the ‘accelerator’ Net Zero Lawyers Alliance\, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law & other partners of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative\, IKEM\, Climate Action Network – Latin America\, Asociacion Ambiente y Sociedad & Centro Humboldt. \n \n\n\n\n  \n 
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