Climate Change and the Courts

By The Rt. Hon. Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill
and Dr Linda Yanti Sulistiawati

11 April 2024, 12 noon – 1.15 pm
Lecture Theatre @ NUS Bukit Timah Campus
Block B, Level 3, 469 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259756
This is an only-in-person event | Light Snacks will be provided

PROGRAMME

• Welcome by Dr Nilüfer Oral
• Opening and introduction by Assistant Professor Tara Davenport
• Short presentation/Remarks by The Rt. Hon. Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill
• Short presentation/Remarks by Dr Linda Yanti Sulistiawati - Indonesian perspective
• Q&A session, moderated by Assistant Professor Tara Davenport
  - Part 1. Questions by Dr Nilüfer Oral and Mr Sean Tseng to Lord Carnwath and Dr Linda Yanti Sulistiawati
  - Part 2. Questions from the audience

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

The Right Hon Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill has been a practising lawyer for 50 years, as a barrister and as a judge at all levels up to the UK Supreme Court, where he served from 2012 to 2020. Throughout his career, Lord Carnwath has taken a particular interest in issues relating to planning and the environment, and administrative law, and has given many leading judgments in these areas. He was a founding member of the European Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE) and of the Global Institute of Judges on the Environment (GIJE) and has taken part in many initiatives to improve judicial understanding of environmental issues in different parts of the world. In 2014 he gave the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Lecture in Kuala Lumpur on “Environmental law in a global society”. He is now an Associate Member of Landmark Chambers, and (among other academic posts) a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (LSE). During the lecture on 11 April, Lord Carnwath will look at the role of the courts around the world in advancing the cause of protection against climate change, both before and since the crucial Paris Agreement of 2015.

Dr Linda Yanti Sulistiawati is a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) and an Associate Professor of Law in Universitas Gadjah Mada. She is an internationally recognised scholar in Indonesian international environmental law and her research has established her as a leading expert who is frequently consulted by the Indonesian government and international organizations. Her research focuses on international environmental issues, such as climate change, REDD+, land issues and customary (adat) issues. Dr Yanti Sulistiawati was a member of the delegation leading Indonesia’s negotiations of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. From 2018 to 2021, she was a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report. During the lecture on 11 April, Dr Yanti Sulistiawati will share her research on climate change related cases in Indonesia.

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Practice Area: International Law
Training Category: General
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