Story | 19 Mar, 2021
Climate Equity or Climate Justice? More than a question of terminology
By Rosa Manzo - Equity is a central element to the climate change problem, it corresponds to the complexity of the problem and it attempts to address the inherent unfairness of the problem: it is multifaceted by addressing several issues. A call for an equitable climate change regime ties…
Story | 12 Mar, 2021
International Law and Transboundary Aquifers
By Francesco Sindico - Despite the importance of groundwater in the context of global water security and climate change adaptation, there are only a handful of transboundary aquifer agreements around the world and just an incipient international legal framework applicable specifically to…
Story | 05 Mar, 2021
The Centre for Environmental Law (CEL) at Macquarie University recently launched the Biodiversity Law and Governance Webinar Series “Law and Nature Dialogues”.
Story | 26 Feb, 2021
IUCN Global Youth Summit Goes Virtual
The virtual IUCN One Nature, One Future Global Youth Summit will take place 5-16 April 2021.
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 | 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 | 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.