Francesco Sindico is a Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Strathclyde Law School in Glasgow, Scotland. He is also the Founder and Director of the Climate Change Legal ...
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IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group
Overview and description
Description:
The IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group (CCLSG) aims at providing policy and legal input to the IUCN and its members with respect to legal issues involving climate change and its adverse ...
Group leadership
Prof Francesco SINDICO
Chair
Francesco Sindico is a Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Strathclyde Law School in Glasgow, Scotland. He is also the Founder and Director of the Climate Change Legal Initiative (C2LI) and is an elected member of the Executive Board of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) where he co-leads a Task Force on Islands and Water. Francesco has been Counsel for IUCN at the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion proceedings and before that was Counsel for the Plurinational State of Bolivia in the Silala case before the ICJ. Francesco has also been seconded to the Scottish Government where he led the Carbon Neutral Islands project. He is the author of two edited collections on climate change litigation and a monograph on international law and transboundary aquifers.
Dr Fabiano DE ANDRADE CORREA
Deputy Chair
Fabiano is an international lawyer with extensive experience working with different intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, with a particular focus on climate change, environmental law and policy, and sustainable development.
Currently, Fabiano serves as Senior Counsel with the World Bank's International and Environmental Law Unit. Fabiano also volunteers as Lead Counsel with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)’s Peace, Justice and Governance Programmes (SDG16).
Fabiano holds a Ph.D in Law and LL.M. from the European University Institute (EUI, Italy); a Master in Diplomacy and International Relations (Diplomatic School of Madrid / Universidad Complutense); and a Bachelor of Laws, with specialization in International Law (LL.B (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). He is a guest lecturer in different universities in Brazil and in Italy, and has published extensively on international law and sustainable development topics; and qualified lawyer in Brazil (OAB). He is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, and has working knowledge of French and German.
Fabiano is an international lawyer with extensive experience working with different intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, with a particular focus on climate change, environmental law ...
Introduction
The IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group (CCLSG) is a global network of legal practitioners and scholars in the field of “climate change law”. The CCLSG is the principal source of legal technical advice to the IUCN, its members, and the WCEL on the legal aspects of addressing climate change and its adverse impacts internationally and nationally.
With 400+ members, the CCLSG brings together experts from all continents and different legal cultures and backgrounds.
The CCLSG interacts, collaborates, and coordinates with other IUCN Commissions, WCEL Specialist Groups and the IUCN Secretariat with respect to legal issues relevant to climate change.
The CCLSG team includes:
Co-Chairs:
- Fabiano de Andrade Correa and
- Francesco Sindico
Executive Assistants:
- Marina Trindade
Goals of the Specialist Group
- To strengthen and promote the key role of law in the fight against climate change.
- To provide legal advice to the IUCN in the context of international negotiations, including but not limited to the UNFCCC negotiations.
- To provide legal professionals a virtual and physical space to share ideas and information about their work, and to create opportunities for further collaborations in the field of climate change law.
CCLSG Clusters
The CCLSG is organised around the five following clusters:
- Climate Litigation
- Ocean and Islands
- Inclusive Energy Transformation
- Cities
- Legal Aspects of Nature-Based Solutions
In addition to these clusters, the CCLSG manages a LinkedIn-based “Climate Law Network”, which operates as a forum for climate law professionals to network, exchange information and publish opinion pieces such as blogs and articles. CCLSG will also soon launch its own podcast, which provide a further avenue to discuss about climate change law.
The CCLSG also works closely with the WCEL leadership in occasion of the annual UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COPs) and other COP processes, as well as in relation to non-COP related international processes .
Contact Information
We are always looking for new ideas, new partnerships, and assistance as we unpack and execute our body of work. If you are interested in CCLSG membership, have any doubts, or would like to propose a project or partnership, please contact us by writing to Marina Trindade.