Story | 21 Aug, 2020
On 7 August 2020, WCEL hosted the sixth event in the WCEL Webinar Series "Are Multilateral Environmental Agreements effective for ocean conservation in the Asia-Pacific Region?" The Webinar featured notable speakers from across the Asia-Pacific region.
Story | 14 Aug, 2020
By Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio - In May 2020, WCEL partner, the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law publishedThe Impact of Environmental Law: Stories of the World we Want, highlighting opportunities for environmental law to respond to the challenges facing our planet.
Story | 07 Aug, 2020
FAO Publishes Legal Guide on Land Consolidation for Sustainable Rural Development
By Mohamed Ali Mekouar - This legal guide provides detailed direction on legal issues regarding land consolidation, a regulated procedure used to adjust the property structure in rural areas through a comprehensive reallocation of parcels among landowners and other right…
Story | 31 Jul, 2020
The Slow but Steady Progress in the Implementation of the Biodiversity Agenda
By Braulio F. S. Dias - Despite the contrary perception of many, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been quite successful in promoting and leading the development and implementation of the global biodiversity agenda, though not yet at the scale and speed needed to reverse the…
Story | 24 Jul, 2020
WCEL Hosts Webinar on Brasília Declaration of Judges on Water Justice
On Friday, 17 July 2020, WCEL hosted the fifth event in the WCEL Webinar Series "Judges as Guardians of Water Resources: The Brasília Declaration of Judges on Water Justice".
Story | 17 Jul, 2020
WCEL Oceans, Coasts, and Coral Reefs Specialist Group Chair, Cymie Payne recently co-authored a legal analysis to assess whether Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) must be prepared for activities that have potential effects on marine biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ…
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 | 26 Jun, 2020
By Gayathri D. Naik - Principle 10 of Brasília Declaration of Judges on Water Justice, Procedural Water Justice, is significant in abating, mitigating, and addressing the challenges and consequences of human induced natural disasters like floods. Information, participation, and access to justice…
Story | 19 Jun, 2020
Climate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives
WCEL Member Ivano Alogna recently published the proceedings of an event he organised at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law: 'Climate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives’. The event report was written in collaboration with law student Eleanor…
Story | 12 Jun, 2020
WCEL Hosts Webinar on Climate Change Litigation in the Courts
On 5 June 2020, WCEL hosted the Webinar “Climate Change in the Courts”. The Webinar is the fourth event in the new WCEL Webinar Series.