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SUMMARY:Climate Resilience: What’s Law Got To Do With It?
DESCRIPTION:This roundtable event took place alongside the Partnership Day during the pre-COP in Fiji. The event capitalised on the mobilisation of the climate law and governance community to Fiji for the Pre-COP.\n \nIn framing the issue\, Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Centre for International Sustainable Development Law) highlighted the role of law and governance in helping or hindering climate action. She discussed how current regulatory and financial regimes still frequently continue to privilege carbon-intensive\, unsustainable options. However\, she also argued that it is still possible to limit the increase in global temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial level if major regulatory\, institutional\, economic and technological transformations are carried out immediately. \nZooming in on climate resilience\, she suggested that enabling legal framework supported by the rule of law can strengthen capacity to adapt and promote resilience to climate change. In this context\, she also discussed four concrete areas in which legal and institutional reform can contribute to climate change adaptation. First\, good governance and integrity in construction regulation enforcement\, including building codes\, can prevent high casualties from natural disasters\, especially among the most poor. Second\, equitable and gender-sensitive water resources management governance systems improve access to safe drinking water by marginalized people. Third\, human rights protection in eroding coastal zones secures better implementation of coastal planning policy\, protecting the most vulnerable. Fourth\, accessible institutions and clear rules contribute to compliance\, equity and access to justice\, preventing corruption\, exploitation\, administrative barriers and lack of effective climate policy enforcement. \nProfessor Cordonier Segger ended her presentation by pointing to the importance of considering laws at all levels – sub-national\, national\, regional and global – and stressing the imperative of making sure to include all stakeholders in drafting and implementing new legal and institutional frameworks. \nFollowing the opening speech\, Chitra Massey (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Pacific) explored the importance of human rights law in the context of climate change and forecast the work of OHCHR Pacific to safeguard the rights of all those vulnerable to climate change. Focusing on the Pacific she laid out how it will be necessary to strengthen human rights commitments on food\, health\, access to justice\, education and employment. In the same context\, she highlighted in particular the challenges that are and will be raised by climate displacement and the need to develop a strong framework of (human rights) protection. Lastly\, she described ongoing and planned efforts by UNOHCHR in the area of climate change and law including the development of a law course on human rights defenders to be offered in 12 different campuses by 2018. \nWesley Morgan (University of the South Pacific) focused on the role of Pacific Islanders in the international governance system as well as ongoing normative change. He highlighted the unique moral authority of Pacific Islanders in influencing the rule development. Further\, he also examined the influence of norm changes and global politics on governance framework\, using the example of the fossil fuel industry. \n  \nLooking at the role of law in addressing climate change more broadly\, Markus Gehring (University of Cambridge/British Institute for International and Comparative Law)\, focused in his his contribution especially on international (economic) law. He sketched the development of the legal climate change framework on the international level and illustrated how climate change is included in an increasing number of agreements and instruments including for example Fiji’s trade policy. Further\, he elaborated on how there are numerous indeterminate terms in law\, including business law\, insurance law or human rights law and how these indeterminate terms can be given meaning by being interpreted in the light of the climate instruments and treaties and the Sustainable Development Goals. \nJames Cameron (ODI/Systemiq) provided the closing key note for the event. Describing the huge body of international law relevant to building resilience\, he then explored efforts and tools to build a stronger framework to address climate change. He skillfully introduced the audience to the interaction between the international law on state responsibility\, climate litigation and the resulting law creation on the local and national level. Addressing both the legal experts and those with a lesser background in law\, he described the different grounds for bringing a claim in front of national or international tribunals and courts. In doing so\, he explored the role of human rights and constitutional law in the growing body of climate change litigation as well as other options on how courts and law can be used in the future to further climate action and justice. \nThe event was moderated by Ayman Cherkaoui (COP22) who guided the discussion and stimulated debate throughout the event. \n 
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-resilience-whats-law-got-to-do-with-it/
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Climate Litigation
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims at bringing together interested scholars\, lawyers as well as international experts involved in concrete cases to present different approaches and best practices of climate litigation.\nRegistration required: freytag@germanwatch.org \nFor more information also visit https://germanwatch.org/en/14617 \n 
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/workshop-on-climate-litigation/
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SUMMARY:Climate Law and Governance Specialization Course
DESCRIPTION:Legal processes and instruments are important considerations in responding to climate change and serve as essential vehicles for implementing policy precepts and objectives across many sectors and fields that relate to climate law and governance. As such\, both formal and informal rules are crucial in providing incentives and compliance mechanisms to regulate human behaviour as well as steer the action of government agencies and legislative entities. Further\, legal mechanisms can help establish safeguards to protect the vulnerable\, solve disputes and contribute to international cooperative efforts. At the same time\, however\, existing legal frameworks may pose obstacles to climate action and fundamental reforms of existing economic and environmental regimes required for effective responses to climate change.\nThe importance of these legal considerations and interventions is reflected in the (i)NDCs submitted by parties to the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. The vast majority of party submissions highlight the need for institutional and legal reform in order to achieve their national contributions. In addition\, many developing countries use the (i)NDCs to call for legal and institutional capacity building support. \nIn response to these needs\, the Climate Law and Governance Initiative\, which also coordinates Climate Law and Governance Day\, the annual knowledge-sharing event\, will convene a capacity building course that builds on the CLGI course held last year in Setatt during UNFCCC COP22 to address these issues. The day-long course will take place alongside the COP23 on Sunday\, 12 November 2017 and will be offered in conjunction with the CLGI’s international partners. As leading climate law and governance experts join over 15\,000 delegates and observers during COP23\, the CLGD’s capacity-building course will provide an opportunity to for delegates to profit from the insights of renowned experts and deepen their understanding of the legal and institutional mechanisms available to implement their (i)NDCs and the Paris Agreement \nObjectives of the Course\nThe overall objectives of the course are to increase and enhance the capacity of national delegates and observers to the UNFCCC COP processes to understand the legal and governance challenges involved in responding to climate change on the national and international levels. This necessarily includes strengthening the capacity of the target to respond to and address the challenges raised in the (i)NDCs and climate change action. Specifically\, this course will enable participants to engage with and contribute to current key debates\, as well as areas of focus and growth\, in climate law and governance. These will be centered on the lessons of the Paris Agreement. These topics include: \n– Paris Agreement\, law and mitigation;\n– Paris Agreement\, law\, adaptation and loss/damage;\n– Paris agreement financing\, transparency and accountability;\n– Paris Agreement and REDD+;\n– Paris Agreement\, human rights and migration;\n– Identify common legal and institutional barriers to climate action on the national level and methods of engaging institutional actors in discussions on climate action;\n– Find useful online resources and tools on climate law and governance issues and know how to use them in practice; and\n– Understand the process for legal preparedness assessments and the importance of legal preparedness assessments as tools for development and change. \n  \nVenue\nThe Law & Governance Specialization Course will take place at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)\, at Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1\, 53113 Bonn\, Germany\, thanks to the generous support of our partners at UNU. \nHow to Register\nTo register\, please visit the event’s Eventbrite page. Registration closes 8 November.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-law-and-governance-specialization-course/
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SUMMARY:Pacific Climate Law and Governance - International Symposium 2017
DESCRIPTION:The Pacific Climate Law and Governance will feature a climate leaders plenary panel for sharing cutting-edge legal challenges and innovations in the region and beyond\, and three legal expert seminars for inter-active discussions and debates to advance climate action\n=> Climate Leaders Plenary Panel: Climate Ambition\, the Paris Agreement and the Law \n=> Seminar 1: Agenda for Linking the World’s Climate Regime and the World’s Ocean Considering how to strengthen synergies and fill gaps between the climate regime and the governance framework for the oceans to address the impacts of climate change on the world’s oceans and seas \n=> Seminar 2: Climate Justice and Human Rights Integrating human rights\, addressing climate displacement and advancing the Warsaw International Mechanism for loss and damage \n=> Seminar 3: Legal and Institutional Innovations for Food Security in Highly Climate Vulnerable Countries Exploring pathways to address the climate – agriculture – governance\, nexus to build climate resilience and safeguard food security \n\n\n  \n\nProgramme\nFor more information on the speakers download our Programme \n  \n 
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/pacific-climate-law-and-governance-international-symposium-2017/
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SUMMARY:UNITAR E-Course on Climate Change Diplomacy: Negotiating Effectively Under the UNFCCC
DESCRIPTION:This online course will develop participants’ understanding of the climate change policy framework\, by building an appreciation of the science\, causes and impacts of climate change\, the history of the policy making process and the UNFCCC framework\, and will also consider the pertinent challenges currently facing diplomats and international decision makers in making progress with what is currently on the negotiating table. The course will take a close look at the negotiations to-date. The course will take a close look at gender in the negotiations and also the specific interests of parties who are most vulnerable to impacts of climate change.\nThe course content will include the following one-week modules: \n\nUnderstanding Climate Change and Global Vulnerabilities\nIntroduction to Climate Change Diplomacy\nImplementation\, Compliance and Enforcement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto its Protocol\nMitigating Climate Change\nAdapting to Climate Change\nInternational Considerations for Climate Change Decision Making- International Climate Financing and Technology Transfer\nCapacity Building\, Education\, Research\nProgressing Towards Future Climate Agreements\n\nFor more information on the course requirements\, eligibility and content see https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/climate-change-diplomacy-negotiating-effectively-under-unfccc-13
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/unitar-e-course-on-climate-change-diplomacy-negotiating-effectively-under-the-unfccc/
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SUMMARY:FS-UNEP E-Learning Courses on Climate Finance
DESCRIPTION:Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance is a strategic cooperation between the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Frankfurt School) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Our focus of work is on climate change and particularly on the challenges origin from it with regard to the financial industry. \n  \nKnowledge transfer is a crucial part of the Centre’s work and it is our mission to build local capacities and foster expertise of banking and financial institutions in developing countries and emerging market economies all over the globe. \n  \nOne way we do this is through our two online courses.\nThe FS-UNEP Centre provides 2 online courses focusing on Climate Finance\, one for Renewable Energy (RE) as well as one for Climate Adaptation\, each resulting in a globally acknowledged certificate: \n• The Certified Expert in Climate & Renewable Energy Finance (CECRF)\n• The Certified Expert in Climate and Adaption Finance (CECAF) \n  \nThe next 6-months eLearning courses start in September 2017 and are open for registration now. \n  \nFind out more about the eLearning course\, research and projects at the FS-UNEP Centre at our webpage: http://fs-unep-centre.org/ \n  \nFor specific details about our eLearning courses\, please visit: http://fs-unep-centre.org/content/e-learning-certified-expert-climate-renewable-energy-finance-and-climate-adaptation-finance
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/fs-unep-e-learning-courses-on-climate-finance/
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SUMMARY:Climate Law and Governance Day 2016 Event Report
DESCRIPTION:Climate Law and Governance Initiative welcomed Université Privée de Marrakech\, Hassan 1ier University\, and Cadi Ayyad University into its worldwide partnership of leading universities\, law associations\, judicial institutes\, inter-governmental organizations and foundations\, to advance implementation of the Paris Agreement. Together with these new partners\, the coalition of CLGI partners hosted a series of seminars\, conferences and symposia world-wide\, culminating in the second annual Climate Law and Governance Day on Friday 11 November 2016\, as an official CoP22 side event. \n \nDownload the full proceedings report here. \n \nThe event drew an audience of over 260 government delegates\, law and policy practitioners\, academics\, and students to the beautiful and ecologically friendly forum hall and university grounds of UPM. Through intergovernmental plenaries\, plenary keynotes\, expert roundtables and participatory workshops\, the participants discussed the law and policy reform elements of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the Paris Agreement\, the Climate SDG\, and the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol. Substantive discussions enabled knowledge sharing and the setting of priorities for legal and institutional capacity building to implement the reforms inherent in the NDCs. \nOn Saturday 13 November\, the outcomes of this one-day symposium were reported back to delegates\, observers and other stakeholders in an official event at the COP22 Bab Ighli site. The high level feedback session summarised the day’s analysis of the trends\, challenges\, and opportunities for innovation across four themes: climate instruments\, climate finance\, climate litigation\, and climate justice.\nThroughout the discussions\, the high level panels of general counsel and leadership of the CLGI partners referred to the variety of legal tools and instruments available and the need to bring them together to address climate change and make law work for people. Further\, they agreed that new instruments and innovative approaches will be needed and that much remains to be done for the legal community to do its part in responding to the challenges posed by climate change. They identified trends\, challenges\, and opportunities.\nIn tracking climate litigation\, they noted an increasing number of climate change cases being fought and won in domestic courts\, and the resulting need for education amongst judiciary and legal practitioners.\nIn mobilising climate finance\, CLGD experts noted the advent of private sector investors and the diversity of issues presenting obstacles to incentivising climate finance. They called for legal creativity to address these obstacles and for clarity in the interaction with international economic law.\nIn highlighting innovative climate instruments\, they noted the increasing plurality of actors and sectors involved in climate law and governance and emphasised the need for law and policy integration and creativity to address fragmentation challenges.\nIn promoting equity and climate justice\, CLGD experts also highlighted the trend towards formal recognition of the importance of justice considerations to climate change law and governance.\nClimate Law and Governance Day helped to set an agenda for future legal and governance research\, and to identify priorities for capacity building efforts to assist policy makers to implement necessary legal and institutional reforms to action NDCs. By engaging students\, both international and local\, and discussing opportunities to align policy teaching with the new international climate regime\, the partnership also helped to support the next generation of law and policy makers.\nIndeed\, students from leading universities of the world were awarded medals in a global essay competition\, showed posters of their research projects\, and performed a competitive moot in for world-class international expert judges during the day. These activities built capacity\, shared energy and new ideas\, and provided inspiration for action. An announcement of the winners can be found on our Student Involvement page.\nThe organisers would like to express our greatest thanks to the 2016 Climate Law and Governance Day Programme Committee\, student volunteers\, and contributors. A full proceedings report is downloadable here.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-law-and-governance-day-2016-event-report/
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SUMMARY:UNFCCC COP22 Side Event - Legal Innovations in Haiti and Other Climate Vulnerable Countries
DESCRIPTION:Legal Innovations in Haiti and Other Climate Vulnerable CountriesSide Event at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change\, Wednesday\, November 16th\, 2016 \nHeld in collaboration with GODAN and the Government of Haiti\, this panel discussion and interactive dialogue with Parties\, donors and experts examined the law and governance aspects of implementing the Paris Agreement in highly climate vulnerable countries. 156 of 187 countries prioritize legal and institutional reform in their (I)NDCs\, seeking to address inadequate current frameworks and governance challenges. Countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change require strong laws and institutions\, backed by new legal knowledge\, education and public participation\, yet often have the least resources with which to work. The panel\, therefore\, focused on both the challenges of climate adaptation and loss and damage in their countries\, as well as law and governance innovations to address these challenges for climate compatible sustainable development. \nSpeakers included:\nMr. Joseph Vernet (Chief of Staff for the Minister of the Environment\, Haiti)\nProf. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Executive Secretary\, CLGI; Senior Director\, CISDL; Waterloo)\nProf. Kénel Delusca (Team Leader\, AP3C/EU)\, “Adaptation to Climate Change in Haiti: Challenges of the Context Post-Matthew”\nMr. Christin Calixte (Coordinator\, PSC-CC) & Ms. Mélissa Day (Representative of the Wynne Farm Ecological Reserve & Wynne Foundation)\, “Climate Justice in Haiti”\nMr. M. Hafijul Islam Khan (Executive Director\, Centre for Climate Justice – Bangladesh; Bangladesh Delegation)\nMr. Andre Joseph-Witzig (Environmental Officer at the Ministry of Education\, Human Resource Development and the Environment)\nDiscussants\nMs. Katherine Lofts (Programme Coordinator for Climate Change\, CISDL)\nMr. André Laperrière (Executive Director\, GODAN)\nMr. Paul Judex Edouarzin (Environmental Governance Expert\, UNEP)\nMs. Alexandra Scott & Ms. Mirjam Reiner (Climate Law and Governance Initiative Project Coordinators\, CISDL)
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/unfccc-cop22-side-event-legal-innovations-in-haiti-and-other-climate-vulnerable-countries/
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SUMMARY:A Review of the One-Day Climate Law & Governance Specialization Course
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, over 60 NGO leaders\, environmental lawyers\, local government representatives\, students\, and other key stakeholders participated in the Climate Law & Governance Specialization Course hosted by the international Climate Law & Governance Initiative (CLGI) with new partners\, Université Hassan 1er in Settat. The course was a side event to theUNFCCC 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) in Marrakech. The one-day legal and institutional reform capacity-building experience was led by international\, regional\, and national experts to promote effective implementation of the recent Paris Agreement. The course brought together experts to discuss an array of subjects in the context of implementation\, including trade in clean energy technology\, human rights and climate justice\, international legal frameworks around mitigation and adaptation\, and effective implementation at the domestic (national and sub-national) level.\nThe first session introduced participants to the legal and governance challenges for clean technology transfer. The lecturers included Dr. Markus Gehring with the University of Cambridge and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)\, Dr. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty\, also with CIGI\, and Mr. Mahesh Sugathan with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development\, and it was coordinated by Oonagh Fitzgerald from CIGI. “There exists no free trade in clean energy technology at the moment\,” remarked Dr. Gehring. He also pointed out the difficulty of encouraging trade in light of the disparate tax\, customs and IP laws of the state actors involved. Dr. Aganaba-Jeanty urged attendees to consider how the emerging international IP regime\, as well as the larger trade of clean technology\, can be tailored to developing countries—and called on the international community to be more inclusive in the dialogue on international tax and IP law\, and urged developing country delegates to get involved. Mr. Sugathan highlighted domestic and international tech standards as both a potential facilitator and potential hindrance to efficient technology transfer\, concluding that “the jury is still out” on which it is. He also encouraged the international community to be open to working with the domestic level in crafting local standards\, to ensure adherence to technical specifications that can open access to international markets. While it is clear that there is debate as to the best path forward to increase the efficiency and equitability of trade in clean energy technology at the international level\, each panellist agreed that the domestic level must be an active player\, and cooperation among and within developed and developing countries is essential. “South-South cooperation is important\, as well\,” Dr. Aganaba-Jeanty affirmed. She concluded her talk by posing questions to participants: “How do we develop our own ambitious technologies? How do we galvanize our own capacities\, rather than first engaging with/relying on the West?” \nHuman rights and climate justice was the focus of the first afternoon panel of the day. The panel of experts ranged from human rights legal scholars like Dr. Cosmin Corendea of United Nations University and Dr. Benoit Mayer from Chinese University of Hong Kong\, to those working on environmental justice on the ground\, including attorney Maître Erick J. Kassongo of the Centre Congolais pour le Développement Durable. In his presentation\, Dr. Corendea discussed the mounting gravity of climate/environmental migrants and refugees. “Right to life\, right to housing\, [and other human rights concerns]\, are all connected to climate change\,” he urged. With sea levels rising and extreme weather events increasing\, the number of displaced people is bound to increase—and the current international legal framework to address refugees and migrants falls short of providing a path forward. Maître Kassongo further highlighted the inextricable connection between climate change and human rights\, and the need to bring more attention to the issue in the face of insufficient legal frameworks. He pointed out that\, while the Preamble to the Paris Agreement references human rights\, the text itself fails to discuss it. Mr. Kassongo encouraged attendees to engage with domestic human rights laws\, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals\, to bring about progress in dealing with the Paris Agreement. Dr. Mayer brought attention back to international environmental law and scholarship\, pointing to particular conventions\, treaties\, and other environmental agreements that instill in States the obligation to protect the environment and its citizens. \nThe final session of the course connected the global with the local in the context of implementing the Paris Agreement. In particular\, the panelists discussed how international NGOs and local actors are working with stakeholders to provide resources for implementation. Mr. Ira Feldman\, with the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute and International Standardization Organization\, along with Dr. Julien Prieur of Centre International de Droit Comparé de l’ Environnement (CIDCE) and Université de Limogos\, and Mr. Christopher Campbell-Duruflé of the University of Toronto and CISDL\, represented the level of international NGO and research institutes\, while attorneys Joyce Melcar Tan and Samantha Sy of the COP22 Philippine Delegation and Ateneo de Manila University discussed domestic implementation. Mr. Feldman called attention to the increasing importance of international and national voluntary standards for mitigation and adaptation under the Paris Agreement\, pointing to the work his organizations are doing to harmonize standards across various levels of government\, and collaborate with the UNFCCC to “fill in the gaps” on those standards. Dr. Prieur highlighted the importance of small-island states both in the formulation of the Paris Agreement\, as well as its implementation. With 1.2 billion people living in these areas that are so vulnerable to climate change\, their voice must be heard throughout the years ahead\, he urged. Mr. Campbell-Duruflé emphasized transparency as being an essential element in the Paris Agreement\, especially in its implementation. He offered three recommendations for stakeholders charged with executing the agreement: (1) place knowledge at the center of transparency\, (2) facilitate capacity-building and awareness-raising\, and (3) ensure regular review. Attorneys and COP22 Philippine delegates Joyce Melcar Tan and Samantha Sy provided a path forward for implementing the Paris Agreement\, using the Philippines as a case study that provided fruitful examples for participants. The two legal experts have been advising the current Philippine government on ways to integrate climate change mitigation\, adaptation\, and disaster relief into its “Ambition 2040” plan. For effective integration\, they recommend the government focuses on data collection\, institutions already in place\, effective financing\, citizen collaboration\, and engagement with the private sector. \n  \nRapporteur: Meredith Kellder (University of Cambridge)
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/a-review-of-the-one-day-climate-law-governance-specialization-course/
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SUMMARY:SB46 Climate Change Studio Side Event – Legal Enablers For Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:This side-event\, coordinated by the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) and hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)\, took place at the Climate Change Studio convened by the UNFCCC Secretariat during the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017 (SB 46 / SBSTA 46 / APA 1-3).\n  \nThe event profiled the newly formalised cornerstone of the CLGI’s knowledge sharing resources: the Climate Law and Governance Legal Working Paper Series. With institutional and legal frameworks playing a critical role in achieving the objectives of the UNFCCC and its instruments\, the working paper series channels the insights and expertise of the CLGI’s diverse climate action coalition of expert partners shared at CLGI events and beyond. As such\, it assists in unlocking the knowledge of the legal community\, encompassing both researchers and practitioners\, which can help decision makers and other stakeholders to address law and policy reform needs and use existing tools to advance climate action. \n  \nModerated by Ayman Cherkaoui\, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law’s Lead Counsel for Climate Change\, two of the series’ renowned experts presented their latest contributions to the series and discussed legal enablers for climate action. \n  \nThe panelists looked at enablers through two lenses: (1) the legal implications and questions of loss and damages and the wider picture of climate vulnerability and climate-related disaster\, and (2) the legal frameworks necessary for climate finance\, carbon markets\, and implementation of NDCs. \n  \nStarting from his draft paper on loss and damages\, M. Hafijul Islam Khan\, Executive Director\, Centre for Climate Justice- Bangladesh and Adjunct Professor\, North South at the University\, Bangladesh\, provided an account of the impacts of climate change and the imperative to find ways to manage these impacts through policy and legal tools. Looking at his native Bangladesh\, he reflected on measures such as contingency funds for climate-related disaster\, the benefits and disadvantages of insurance as well as the crucial role community based approaches play in building climate resilient societies. \n  \nMartijn Wilder\, Head of CCEM Practice at Baker & McKenzie\, discussed the international and domestic implications of the carbon markets envisioned under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. In an interactive dialogue with the audience\, he discussed examples of the practical implications resulting from the legal frameworks\, or the absence thereof\, on issues relevant to climate change. He particularly focused on the challenges in enacting suitable legal enablers to create an environment to finance climate action. He highlighted the usefulness of comparative legal studies\, but also cautioned that mere copy-pasting of effective legislation from one system to another might lead to no or counterproductive results. \n  \nThrough dialogue with the audience\, both experts also considered the wider role of law in implementing the NDCs and answered questions from delegates and observers present at the event.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/sb46-climate-change-studio-side-event-legal-enablers-for-climate-action/
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SUMMARY:Climate Law and Governance Day 2017
DESCRIPTION:CLGD brings together diverse stakeholders alongside the UNFCCC COP each year to combine perspectives and solutions to the complex challenges of addressing climate change to feed back into the UNFCCC negotiation and implementation processes. The day will focus on the following themes: 1. Legal tools and multi-level instruments to implement the Paris Agreement and NDCs; 2. Operationalising the Paris Agreement; 3. Advancing Climate Resilience and Climate Justice; 4. Legal Frameworks To Enable Climate Finance and Engage the Private SectorTo register for the event visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-law-and-governance-day-2017-tickets-37965875957. More information on the day and the programme can be found here. \n 
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-law-and-governance-day-2017/
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UID:1387-0-0@www.climatelawgovernance.org
SUMMARY:Climate Law and Governance Day 2018
DESCRIPTION:Legal tools and governance frameworks on the national and international level provide both obstacles and opportunities in responding to climate challenges. Unlocking the knowledge of the legal community is crucial to rise to these challenges\, empower actors from different sectors and levels of government to understand\, change and use the role of law in taking climate action. To raise this awareness and facilitate this empowerment\, CLGI hosts events each year during and in the run up to the UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (CoP). With the climate community come together alongside the UNFCCC processes\, the CoPs present a great opportunity to build on the growing climate law community of practice dedicated to contributing innovative legal solutions to the collective climate action effort.\nIn 2018\, our diverse programme was back in Katowice\, Poland for CoP24. \n \nCLGI Exhibit Booth | Dialogue\, Research & Capacity Building Exhibit \nThe CLGI Secretariat in partnership with the Green Economics Institute  held presentations and dialogue for Katowice Zone participants on climate law and governance reform challenges\, materials profiling research into innovative solutions\, and opportunities to network and build synergies for capacity development. Some of the recent work profiled can also be found in our knowledge centre and on the websites of our partner organisations. \nClimate Law and Governance Day | Contributions to Climate Action under the Paris Agreement \nOur annual one-day knowledge sharing event alongside the COP again convened a diverse gathering of over 250 international experts\, scholars\, legal practitioners\, judges\, government delegates\, and climate leaders from civil society and the private sector.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/climate-law-and-governance-day-2018/
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SUMMARY:CLGI @ COP23 Engagement's At A Glance
DESCRIPTION:CLGI ran an in-depth engagement programme at  COP23 in 2017 in Bonn\, Germany. With its diverse partnership\, CLGI’s secretariat actively supported the following events\n \nCLGI exhibit booth | Mon 6 – Sat 11 Nov | COP23 Bonn Zone \nThe CLGI Secretariat held presentations and dialogue for Bonn Zone participants on climate law and governance reform challenges\, materials profiling research into innovative solutions\, and opportunities to network and build synergies for capacity development. Some of the recent work profiled can also be found in our knowledge centre and on the websites of our partner organisations \n  \nClimate Law and Governance Day | 8.30-18.00 Fri 10 Nov | University of Bonn University Forum\, Heussallee 18-24 \nOur annual one-day knowledge sharing event alongside the COP again convened a diverse gathering of 270 international experts\, scholars\, legal practitioners\, judges\, government delegates\, and climate leaders from civil society and the private sector. For a more detailed description of the day click here. \nClimate Law and Governance Specialisation Course | 9.30-13.30 Sun 12 Nov | United Nations University Campus\, Bonn \nCLGI and CISDL in partnership with CIGI and United Nations University convened a certified training course led by international experts on law and governance frameworks to promote the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and NDCs. For a more detailed description of the day click here. \nCISDL & COP22 Presidency Panel: Implementing the Paris Agreement in the Context of Sustainable Development | 11h-13h Mon 13 Nov | DIE Interconnections Zone \nThis panel explored the role of law\, the legal community and civil society in achieving climate objectives and overviewed the key debates and insights from the discussions at Climate Law and Governance Day 2017 to discuss future legal research and capacity building priorities. \nSide Event: Advances in Climate Law and Governance – Implementing the Paris Agreement World Wide | 11.30h-13h Mon 16 Nov | Bonn Zone \nLegal experts shared insights on challenges\, good practices and lessons in legal and institutional reform to strengthen climate mitigation\, resilience and finance\, and build capacity for climate law and policy solutions. \n  \nCapacity Building Day | 9h-17h Thr 16 Nov | GIZ \nCLGI also supported the Capacity Building Day which featured discussions on capacity-building iniatives that enhance the implemenation of NDCs . \n  \n  \n*** \n  \nCLGI’s partners further organised events alongside the COP as well. For more information visit their respective websites. Find a list of our partners here.
URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/clgi-cop23-engagements-at-a-glance/
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SUMMARY:Symposium on Law and Climate Change
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URL:https://www.climatelawgovernance.org/event/symposium-on-law-and-climate-change/
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