Story | 30 Jan, 2019
WCEL joins the OECD Water Governance Initiative
By Stefano Burchi & Owen McIntyre - WCEL has accepted an invitation to join the OECD Water Governance Initiative (WGI) as a new member and partner.
Story | 29 Jan, 2019
By Failing to Mitigate Climate Change, Ireland may be in Breach of Human Rights Law
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment releases "Statement on the human rights obligations related to climate change, with a particular focus on the right to life."
Story | 24 Jan, 2019
Transforming indigenous women’s lives through coffee and community in Bolivia
CEESP News - by Lydia Cardona, Conflict Resolution and Peace Manager, Conservation International
Story | 23 Jan, 2019
By Anemoon Soete - At the end of 2015, a court of first instance in the Hague declared the Dutch policy to mitigate climate change inducing emissions not fit for purpose and lacking a sense of reality. As a result, the court of first instance ordered the government to adjust its policy to…
Story | 09 Dec, 2018
WCEL announced today the global release of the WCEL-ICEL-IGEP Note
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Report, “Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment” (A/73/419, 3 December 2018).
Story | 05 Dec, 2018
United Nations Secretary General promotes Global Pact
New York, 4 December 2018 – On 3 December 2018, UN Secretary-General Guterres released the UN’s very first report on the state of international environmental law. This work will be decisive if international law is to adequately meet the urgency of Earth’s world-wide environmental crises. It…
Story | 04 Dec, 2018
Global Pact Gap Report released by UN Environment
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Director of the Law Division for United Nations Environment (UNE), announced today the release of the report “Towards a Global Pact for the Environment.”
Story | 02 Dec, 2018
New WCEL International, Regional and National Report: Le Droit Forestier Français
WCEL announces a new regional report by Anouk Ferté-Devin, Le Droit Forestier Français.
Story | 30 Nov, 2018
CEESP News
The Chair of CEESP seeks nominations/expressions of interest for the position of TGER Chair. Candidates for the Chair should preferably be familiar with CEESP and be committed to working cross-sectorally across different disciplines.
Story | 29 Nov, 2018
First meeting of WCEL Members in Mexico, towards sustainability from environmental law
By Angel Daen Morales Garcia - The First Forum of IUCN Mexico gathered experts from the World Commission on Environmental Law to discuss the legal challenges and solutions facing the environmental crisis in the Mexican context.