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.
Story | 11 Dec, 2020
Energy Transition Highlighted in UNFCCC June Momentum & Climate Dialogues
By Dr. Stephen Minas - The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major delays to international climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement. However, while negotiating sessions have been delayed, the work of climate action is…
Story | 27 Nov, 2020
Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy Ceremony Event
By Shannon Peters - On 12 October 2020, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University conferred the Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy in memoriam to environmental defenders who had lost their lives defending their land and the environment…
Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Thursday 26 November, 16:00-18:30 East Africa Time (EAT)
Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Listen to environmental law and policy experts from around the world.
WCEL Webinar Series
Story | 25 Nov, 2020
What are the emerging issues in Environmental Law?
High-level speakers from around the world address emerging issues in environmental law.
Story | 20 Nov, 2020
WCEL Webinar Considers Recent Developments in Environmental Rule of Law in Africa
On Friday 13 November, 2020, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), hosted the eleventh event in the WCEL Webinar Series "Recent Developments in Environmental Rule of Law…