Climate Change Law and Policy

3 June 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited to Speak at the Webinar Titled “United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a Living Instrument: Solutions for the 21st Century”

In celebration of World Environment Day 2021, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) hosted a series of webinars on environmental law solutions. The webinars took place from Monday 31 May through Friday 4 June.   WCEL Introduction: Professor Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group   Moderator: Professor Cymie …

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25 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at ASIL 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting: “Reconceiving International Law: Creativity in Times of Crisis.”

As part of its 2021 Annual Meeting (March 24-26), the American Society of International Law invited members and colleagues from around the world to participate in a special series of sessions focusing on regional issues of international law and policy that will be affected by the new Biden-Harris Administration. Annual Meeting Theme: In these extraordinary …

25 March 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral was Invited to Speak at ASIL 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting: “Reconceiving International Law: Creativity in Times of Crisis.” Read More »

From the Plastics Revolution to the Marine Plastics Crisis by Dr Nilüfer Oral

Chapter 11 of Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges Pages: 281–315 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004372887_012 Abstract The plastic revolution that started in the 1950s has become the plastic crisis for the marine environment in the 21st Century. The problem of marine litter and microplastics represents a frontier in international law where the existing system of …

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19 February 2021: CIL Director Dr Nilüfer Oral Was Invited By Lauterpacht Centre For International Law To Give a Lecture On ‘Climate Change and The Law of the Sea: A Test For International Law’

Recent scientific information presents an alarming diagnosis of the multiple adverse consequences of climate change on the ocean: levels of  ocean acidification not seen in millions of years, changes in ocean chemistry, warming temperatures and deoxygenation threating marine life, in particular coral reefs; and rapidly melting glaciers and ice sheets challenging the survival of some …

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