6 October 2022, Thursday, 3pm
Wee Chong Jin Moot Court, NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259756

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It has been thirty years since countries first came together and recognized climate change as an international cause for concern and action during the historic Earth Summit held in June 1992. Despite the addition of the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement to the UNFCCC's arsenal and considerable developments in climate science, the world is still nowhere close to addressing the climate crisis.

Professor Daniel Bodansky is a preeminent authority in global climate change and is a prolific and celebrated author on the topic. He has served as climate change coordinator and attorney-advisor for the U.S. Department of State, in addition to consulting for the United Nations on climate change issues. In this lecture, he will review the key stages in the development of the UN climate change regime, analyze why the climate change issue has been so intractable, and introduce possible international law solutions to address the climate change problem.

The Centre for International Law is proud to host Professor Daniel Bodansky at this important juncture in history as we seek to review and examine the achievements of the international climate regime at its 30th anniversary.

PROGRAMME

2:30 PM Arrival of Guests and Registration
3:00 PM Start of Programme | Moderator: Danielle Yeow
3:05 PM Welcome Remarks by CIL Director, Dr Nilüfer Oral
3:10 PM Lecture by Professor Daniel Bodansky
4:00 PM Moderated Dialogue and Q&A (Moderator: Danielle Yeow, Discussant: Dr Linda Sulistiawati)
4:30 PM End of Session

DANIEL BODANSKY is Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, specializing in international environmental law generally and climate change law in particular.  He previously taught at the University of Georgia Law School (2002-2010), where he was the Ernst and Emily Woodruff Chair in International Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development, and the University of Washington School of Law (1989-2002).  He served in the U.S. State Department as Climate Change Coordinator from 1999-2001 and as Attorney-Adviser from 1985-1989.  His book, The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law (Harvard University Press 2010), received the 2011 Sprout Award from the International Studies Association as the best book published the previous year in the field of international environmental studies.  His latest book, International Climate Change Law, co-authored with Jutta Brunnée and Lavanya Rajamani, was published by Oxford University Press in 2017 and received the 2018 Certificate of Merit from the American Society of International Law as the best book in a specialized area of international law published the previous year.   He also co-edited the Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law (Oxford University Press 2007) and is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters.  Professor Bodansky is a graduate of Harvard (A.B. 1979), Cambridge (M.Phil. 1981) and Yale (J.D. 1984).  He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, served on the American Journal of International Law Board of Editors from 2001-2011, and was a member of the State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Law from 2010-2020.