IUCN COMMISSION GROUP

IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group

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Overview and description

Description:

The IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group (CCSG) aims at providing policy and legal input to the IUCN and its members with respect to legal issues involving climate change and its adverse ...

The IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group (CCSG) aims at providing policy and legal input to the IUCN and its members with respect to legal issues involving climate change and its adverse impacts. The CCSG is a global network of lawyers, practitioners, judges, scholars, and professionals form cross-cutting disciplines.

Group leadership

Dr Fabiano DE ANDRADE CORREA

Deputy Chair

Fabiano de Andrade Correa is the Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law’s Climate Change Law Specialist Group.

Fabiano is an international lawyer with extensive experience working ...

Fabiano de Andrade Correa is the Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law’s Climate Change Law Specialist Group.

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.  

Dr Francesco SINDICO

Chair

Francesco Sindico is currently on secondment with the Scottish Government where he works as Carbon Neutral Islands Lead. He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for ...

Francesco Sindico is currently on secondment with the Scottish Government where he works as Carbon Neutral Islands Lead. He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG) at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland where he is Associate Professor (Reader) in International Environmental Law at the Law School. He leads the EILEAN initiative at SCELG where he researches about law, islands and sustainability. Francesco is also very active in the climate law field and is the Founder and Co-Director of the Climate Change Litigation Initiative (C2LI). He has also worked extensively on international water law, an area where he provides legal advice to international organisations and governments before international courts.

At a glance

Official name:
IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group