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As the world is developing an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (a global plastics treaty), work between formal negotiating sessions is ongoing.

This introductory report's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not high seas “BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) experts”. The report is more digestible than…

To address the threat that plastic poses to our ocean, climate, economies, and health, IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law have prepared a series of 10 briefings for negotiators to assist them in the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in…

On May 31 and June 1 WCEL will participate in the Symposium on Judges and the Environment: The Impact of the Stockholm Declaration in Shaping Global Environmental Law and Jurisprudence. The hybrid Conference will be held in Conjunction with the UN Stockholm+50 Conference.

WCEL members and other leading sustainability experts have called for the urgent development of clear and comprehensive policies on inclusive green growth, in order to ensure progress in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria and beyond.

WCEL will cooperate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the webinar "Governing Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Strengthening Legislation and Building Capacity to Support Implementation, Compliance and Enforcement". The event will be held on 14 July 2022 from…

Monthly Biodiversity Law and Governance Webinar Series: “Law and Nature Dialogues” hosted by the WCEL Biodiversity Law Specialist Group and the Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University

In the context of the 9th World Water Forum (Dakar, Senegal 21-26 March 2022), the International Association for Water Law (AIDA), in collaboration with the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), has developed and launched a Manifesto for National Integrated Legal Frameworks for Water Resources…

The conference will focus on “The Transformative Power of Law: Addressing Global Environmental Challenges” and abstracts for presentations should be submitted by 30 April 2022.

The UN World Water Development Report 2022 “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible” was officially launched by the UNESCO Director-General at the opening ceremony of the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, on 21 March 2022.