Story | 22 Feb, 2021
One-third of freshwater fish face extinction, warns new report
A new report ‘The World’s Forgotten Fishes’ reveals the extraordinary variety of freshwater fish. This variety accounts for over half of all the world’s fish species and is essential to the health of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands and well-being of societies and economies across the…
Story | 19 Feb, 2021
Judges Keep Up the Fight for the Health of People and the Planet
By Irum Ahsan and Gregorio Rafael P. Bueta - The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Law and Policy Reform Program and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) co-organized the Asia Pacific Judicial Conference on Climate Change: Adjudication in the Time of COVID-19, which took place virtually…
Story | 11 Feb, 2021
The French Climate Cases: Legal Basis and Broader Meaning
By Prof. Dr. L. Lavrysen
Story | 05 Feb, 2021
Conférences (Cour de cassation) : L'office du juge et les enjeux climatiques
Par Marc Clément et Stéphanie Reiche-de Vigan - Le changement climatique, en raison de la nature universelle de sa cause et de ses effets, vient interroger l'office du juge. En effet, la multiplication des actions judiciaires liées au climat à travers le monde et notamment en France, pose la…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Each year, the international community celebrates World Wetlands Day on the 2nd February, a day to put a spotlight on the state of our wetlands globally. Organised by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the 2021 theme focuses on the intrinsic link…
Story | 27 Jan, 2021
Courtrooms are a New Frontier in Combating the Climate Crisis
The United Nations Environment Programme has released the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report: 2020 Status Review. This critical report provides an overview of the current state of climate change litigation globally, as well as an assessment of global climate change…
Story | 22 Jan, 2021
WCEL is pleased to announce new changes to the WCEL Steering Committee
WCEL is pleased to welcome Nicholas Bryner as the new WCEL Deputy Chair, and Christina Voigt and Christina Pak as WCEL Steering Committee Members.
Story | 15 Jan, 2021
La agenda europea para reducir impactos ambientales en las cadenas de valor
Por Tammy Vallejo - Varias iniciativas se desarrollan en la Unión Europea para regular las actividades de las empresas y prevenir los impactos negativos de sus actividades, incluyendo daños ambientales, a lo largo de toda la cadena de suministros. Se prevén dos propuestas normativas para este…
Story | 08 Jan, 2021
A New Framework for Assisting Victims of Toxic Remnants of War
By Doug Weir - Conflicts and military activities are major sources of pollution, including the long-term health and environmental risks caused by abandoned military detritus and explosive munition remnants. Clear removal and victim assistance obligations exist for certain explosive remnants, but…
Story | 18 Dec, 2020
In early December 2020, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law, hosted the virtual 2020 WCEL Climate Justice Moot Court.