IUCN WCEL Environment Week

Fifty years after the Stockholm Conference: The long road towards the formulation of binding global principles of environmental protection

Co-hosted with the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) and the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE)

Moderator:

Professor Jorge Viñuales, Founder/Former Director, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance

Panel Speakers:

• Professor Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group
• Professor Makane Mbengue, University of Geneva
• Ambassador Marie Jacobsson, Principal Legal Adviser on International Law, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Professor Yann Aguila, Sciences Po Paris, Partner, Bredin Prat

Climate Change and the Law: Dynamics between Legislation and Litigation

Co-hosted with the University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG) and the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)

WCEL Introduction:

Professor Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group

Moderator: 

Dr. Francesco Sindico, Director, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance 

Panel Speakers:

• Lord Robert Carnwath, Former Justice, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Professor Pilar Moraga, Centre for Environmental Law, University of Chile
• Ms. Sarah Mead, Legal Associate, Climate Litigation Network
• Professor Michael Mehling, Deputy Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)
• Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, University of Cambridge, Senior Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)

Developing Effective Strategies for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

WCEL Introduction:

Professor Alejandra Rabasa, Center for Constitutional Studies. Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Compliance and Enforcement Specialist Group

Moderator: 

Professor Nicholas Bryner, Deputy Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law

Panel Speakers:

• Justice Damaris Vargas Vásquez, Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica (Supreme Court of Costa Rica)
• Anne Brosnan, President, European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment (ENPE)
• Scott Fulton, President, Environmental Law Institute

United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a Living Instrument: Solutions for the 21st Century

Co-hosted with the IUCN Global Marine & Polar Programme (GMPP)

WCEL Introduction:

Professor Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group

Moderator:

Professor Cymie Payne, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Oceans, Coasts, and Coral Reefs Specialist Group

Panel Speakers:

• Professor Nilufer Oral, National University of Singapore, IUCN-WCEL Steering Committee Member
• Mr. Kjell Kristian Egge, International Law Adviser of the Law of the Sea, Norwegian Foreign Ministry
• Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles, Autonomous University of Lisbon
• Professor Dire Tladi, University of Pretoria
• Professor Catherine Redgwell, Co-Director, Sustainable Oceans Programme, University of Oxford

Biodiversity and the Law

Co-hosted with the Convention on Biological Diversity 

Moderator:

Professor Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, Chair, IUCN-WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group

Opening Speaker:

Ms. Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

Panel Speakers:

• Ms. Angela Andrade, Director of Environmental Policy, Conservation International - Colombia, Chair, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
• Professor Thomas Lovejoy, George Mason University
• Dr. Jane Smart, Global Director, IUCN Biodiversity Conservation Group and Director, IUCN Global Species Programme
• Professor David Boyd, University of British Columbia, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment