Each year during the Subsidiary Bodies meetings in Bonn, the CLGI Secretariat convenes a roundtable discussion with some of its core partners to determine research priorities on climate law and governance, focus in depth on a selected current topic and to identify suitable themes for the upcoming CLGD. The 2019 Climate Law and Governance Roundtable […]
Lead Counsel Ayman Cherkaoui, Project Coordinator at the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, is speaking on synergies between the Paris Agreement and the SDG agenda at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019 (HLPF 2019), which takes place from 9 to 19 July 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New […]
CLGD 2018: Advancing Law & Governance Contributions to Climate Action under the Paris AgreementIn collaboration with leading faculties of law of the University of Silesia, the 2018 Climate Law and Governance Day (CLGD) took place on 07 December 2018, during the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC in Katowice, Poland. CLGD 2018 […]
Ayman Cherkaoui, Coordinator, Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection and Climate Change Lead Counsel at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, is a panellist at this event on 'Managing Climate Risks: Adaptation Without Borders', at the Overseas Development Institute and also online. Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, ODI and Wilton Park convene this […]
Seeking an international specialisation in climate law and governance? Through this half-day course during UNFCCC COP, earn a certification from the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), with leading speakers from UN-Environment, the IUCN, the EBRD and other partners, taught by top experts from the Universities of Cambridge, McGill, MIT, Oslo and others.Laws and […]
REGISTER NOW for Climate Law and Governance Day 2019; a symposium during UNFCCC COP25. Climate Law and Governance Day (CLGD) brings together climate law experts, but also experts from other legal branches including public law, tort law, financial law, international economic law as well as governance experts, delegates and policy practitioners to exchange knowledge and […]
About this Event On Saturday 26 October 2019, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat convened a workshop on International Law & Governance Contributions to the Implementation of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement, with a special focus on Investment and Oceans. The workshop took […]
This side event at the Costa Rica PreCOP focused on "Legal Innovations to Enhance Climate Action: Nature Based Solutions and Human Rights Approaches". The event was held as a chaired colloquium or conversational dialogue. The session began with brief interventions by experts followed by questions formulated by the chair. Panellists analysed the legal approaches at […]
This special academic event took place alongside the PreCOP25. Focusing on "Legal Advances and Challenges in the Implementation of the Paris Agreement: National and International Experiences", the event featured two expert panels, the first on Legal challenges posed by the climate emergency: implementation of the Paris Agreement and the second on Legal Innovations to globally meet the objectives […]
In Paris on the 4th of December 2015, during the 21st Conference of the Parties of United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Climate Law and Governance Day was inaugurated at the École de Droit de La Sorbonne (Paris 1). Over 156 countries have now submitted Climate Action Plans as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) […]
On 4 December, CLGI convened a session on Creating Climate Law Capacity for Compliance - Advancing Legal and Governance Capacity-Building to Support Paris Agreement Implementation, as part of Capacity-building Day at COP25 in Madrid. This special day formed part of the 2nd Capacity-Building Hub, hosted by the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB). The Hub, which […]
On 7 December 2019, at 13:15, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), in partnership with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, convened an official side event at COP25, with a focus on Enhancing Ambition through International Instruments & Innovations from the Paris Agreement & Beyond. In this event, leading legal […]