Story | 10 Jul, 2020
Climate Change Law in the European Union and the European Green Deal
By Prof. Dr. Luc Lavrysen - During two webinars organized by the Symbiosis Law School, Naida (3 July 2020) and Chandigarh University, India (4 July 2020), participants were updated on recent developments in the climate change law and policy in the European Union.…
Story | 22 Aug, 2019
New UN Report on Climate Change and Land – and the Role of Environmental Law
By Christina Voigt, Chair of the Climate Change Specialist Group, WCEL - On 7 August 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its newest Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse gas…
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 | 06 Nov, 2018
A partial win for Greenpeace Belgium in air pollution case against the Flemish Region
By Sofie Vereycken - On 10 October 2018, in vzw Greenpeace Belgium v Flemish Region, the President of the Dutch-Speaking Court of First Instance of Brussels orders the Flemish Government to draft a comprehensive air quality plan for the entire region, subject to a penalty payment of 1.000 EUR…
Story | 03 Aug, 2018
WCEL Members Engage with Global Pact for the Environment
WCEL Members have played significant roles in advancing the Pact since the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 72/277 "Towards a Global Pact for the Environment." WCEL Members continue to actively engage in developing the Global Pact in numerous capacities.
Story | 13 Jul, 2018
WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group: Update July 2018
The Climate Change Specialist Group has published its report in a series highlighting ongoing work under each WCEL Specialist Group.
Story | 11 Jul, 2018
16th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium
Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland hosted the 16th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium from 4-6 July 2018. Many WCEL Members presented and participated in the event.
Story | 23 May, 2018
Senior Judges in the Asia Pacific region convened with eminent legal and policy experts from around the world on 26-27 February 2018 in Lahore, Pakistan to increase dialogue and build the capacity of judges to use constitutions
Story | 30 Apr, 2018
Worsening land degradation undermining human well-being worldwide, experts warn
The pervasive nature and scale of land degradation is currently undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, according to an IUCN co-authored assessment of global land degradation and restoration.
Story | 03 Apr, 2018
E-learning course on integrated land use planning launched in Tanzania
Under the leadership of the Environmental Law Centre, IUCN and UNITAR have jointly developed a new e-learning course on ‘Integrated planning for climate change and biodiversity’. The course was launched on 20 March 2018, in Mbeya, Tanzania, by Dr Anna Sabrina Wollmann of the UN Institute for…