20 July 2022: On biodiversity, we’ve done disastrously. On climate change, the window’s closing: Tommy Koh
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Climate Change Law and Policy
4 July 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral was Invited to Speak at Thessaloniki Summer Course on “Climate Change and International Law”
The Summer Course will focus on the international law responses to climate change. The complex phenomenon of climate change upends many constants of international law and calls for innovative solutions. Its unprecedented traits as a global threat, where scientific knowledge continuously evolves, its institutional arrangements and the multiplicity of actors involved in climate change governance …
CIL Climate Conversation Series with Ruth Herbert, CEO, Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA)
The most recent IPCC WGIII Report : Climate Change 2022 – Mitigation of Climate Change, reaffirms the significant role of carbon capture and storage technology in limiting global warming. According to the IPCC, mitigating the worst effects of climate change relies on two overarching strategies: first, preventing as much greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as possible …
24-25 June 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral was Invited to Speak at the 9th Annual Ocean Law and Governance International Symposium on “Human Community with Shared Future and the Law of the Sea”
Dr Nilufer Oral spoke at the session on Climate Change and Ocean Governance focusing on “Challenges of Sea Level Rise for the Law of the Sea and the Work of the International Law Commission” Abstract：The 1982 United Nations Convention of the Law Sea (UNCLOS), the fortieth anniversary of which is celebrated this year, was negotiated and adopted …
23 June 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral was Invited to Speak at the 80th Biennial Conference of the International Law Association (ILA) held in Lisbon
Dr Oral moderated at the session: International Law and Current Challenges: Sea-Level Rise on 22 June 2022. She was also one of the panellists at the session: Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction on 23 June 2022. International law is key to peace, justice, and development in a globalized world. Since 1873, the ILA’s constitutional …
20 June 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Conference “Climate Change and International Law: The Promise of an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice” – A Joint Initiative of Blue Ocean Law and Leiden University
Dr Nilufer Oral was one of the panellists at the session “Bringing Climate Change Before International Courts and Tribunals” In recent years, climate litigation has become an important instrument to demand and enhance climate commitments made by governments. This trend has been accompanied by a wave of human rights-based climate litigation, integrating human rights considerations with …
9 June 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilufer Oral was Invited to Speak at one of the Side Events of the First Global Meeting of National Focal Points.
Dr Oral spoke at Side Event 7: The Role of Global Networks Of Legal Experts And Practitioners To Assist In Designing And Implementing Legal Responses To Address The Triple Planetary Crisis. Seven side events took place at the in-person (hybrid) segment of the First Global Meeting of National Focal Points to the Montevideo Programme V …
7 June 2022: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at the Webinar on “Rising Sea Levels and AALCO Member States: Perils and Protection under International Law” Organized by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
Dr Oral spoke at the session on “Rising Sea Levels: The Role of International Organizations”. Ecocidal proclivities of human societies have resulted in several pressing global challenges, like biodiversity loss and climate change. Such debacles make the goal of environmental sustainability appear largely unattainable. Global warming and the resultant rise in sea levels pose unconventional …
Danielle Yeow moderated the second session of the US-ASEAN cyber and digital dialogue jointly convened with Columbia University’s SIPA and NTU’s RSiS on 15 June 2022
Danielle Yeow moderated the second session of the US-ASEAN cyber and digital dialogue jointly convened with Columbia University’s SIPA and NTU’s RSiS on 15 June 2022. Participants (from public and private sector and academia/think tanks) had a robust and engaging discussion on the cyber and hybrid threat lessons from the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and the misinformation …
Danielle Yeow at the “Ocean and Climate Dialogue: East Asian Seas’ Response to the Global Climate Change Challenge”
Danielle Yeow participated at the “Ocean and Climate Dialogue: East Asian Seas’ Response to the Global Climate Change Challenge” convened by the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) on 8 June 2022. The dialogue contributes to the Sea East Asia region’s contribution to promoting climate – ocean dialogues and follows …