Story | 12 May, 2020
All Lawyers Need to Provide Climate-Competent Representations
By Warren G. Lavey - Clients and societies require lawyers throughout practice areas, not just environmental specialists, to apply knowledge of climate conditions and legal frameworks. Law schools and bar associations should mainstream climate-competency training.
Story | 07 May, 2020
WCEL Releases 5 New Videos for Lecture Series Featuring Global Experts in Environmental Law
The WCEL video lecture series provides a valuable online resource for WCEL members and partners.
Story | 01 Apr, 2020
By Denise Antolini - Judges and experts from around the world gathered in Hawaiʻi to discuss the role of judges in interpreting and developing the Environmental Rule of Law.
Story | 02 Mar, 2020
IUCN adds its voice to 108 organisations around the Globe urging end to harmful fisheries subsidies
Ahead of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, scheduled to launch on World Ocean Day, a statement with 108 signatory organisations from around the world delivers world leaders a message: Reach a meaningful agreement to stop harmful subsidies.
Governments have been…
Story | 27 Feb, 2020
Report: Building ambition and planning ahead for the High Seas treaty
A new IUCN report gives a series of recommendations to build ambition for the new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under UNCLOS.
…Story | 07 Feb, 2020
Short videos: how local communities take action to conserve nature and local livelihoods
CEESP NEWS: by Anthony Charles, Director, Community Conservation Research Network (other positions detailed below)
The Community Conservation Research Network, in conjunction with Saint Mary's University, is pleased to announce two new 5-minute animation videos, exploring how local…
Story | 04 Feb, 2020
The Marine Plastic Footprint report: calculating the millions of tonnes that end up in the oceans
In The Marine Plastic Footprint, Joao Sousa of IUCN introduces new measures to understand and calculate the frightening leakage of plastic into the marine environment - by following its movement through every stage from production to waste to final destination.
Three integrated case…
Story | 16 Sep, 2019
Combating Illegal Trade and Unsustainable Use of Sea Turtles at the CITES COP18
By Claire Saladin - Migratory sea turtles are suffering from an unprecedented decline. Interdisciplinary connections and analysis are aiming at improving the international cooperation between Multilateral Environmental Agreements, mitigating and opposing overexploitation and legal gaps…
Story | 16 Jul, 2019
US Courts Face the Climate Crisis: The Role of Judges in Climate Litigation
By Denise Antolini - United States District Court Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin (retired) shares his views on the critical role judges play in climate litigation in his new essay “American Courts in Climate Emergency”.
Story | 25 Jun, 2019
U.S. Appellate Court Hears Oral Arguments for Groundbreaking Climate Change Case
By Miranda Steed - On 4 June 2019, a three judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments for the youth climate case in a packed courtroom in Portland, Oregon, USA.