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Legal Innovations in Haiti and Other Climate Vulnerable CountriesSide Event at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
Held in collaboration with GODAN and the Government of Haiti, this panel discussion and interactive dialogue with Parties, donors and experts examined the law and governance aspects of implementing the Paris Agreement in highly climate vulnerable countries. 156 of 187 countries prioritize legal and institutional reform in their (I)NDCs, seeking to address inadequate current frameworks and governance challenges. Countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change require strong laws and institutions, backed by new legal knowledge, education and public participation, yet often have the least resources with which to work. The panel, therefore, focused on both the challenges of climate adaptation and loss and damage in their countries, as well as law and governance innovations to address these challenges for climate compatible sustainable development.
Speakers included:
Mr. Joseph Vernet (Chief of Staff for the Minister of the Environment, Haiti)
Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Executive Secretary, CLGI; Senior Director, CISDL; Waterloo)
Prof. Kénel Delusca (Team Leader, AP3C/EU), “Adaptation to Climate Change in Haiti: Challenges of the Context Post-Matthew”
Mr. Christin Calixte (Coordinator, PSC-CC) & Ms. Mélissa Day (Representative of the Wynne Farm Ecological Reserve & Wynne Foundation), “Climate Justice in Haiti”
Mr. M. Hafijul Islam Khan (Executive Director, Centre for Climate Justice – Bangladesh; Bangladesh Delegation)
Mr. Andre Joseph-Witzig (Environmental Officer at the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development and the Environment)
Discussants
Ms. Katherine Lofts (Programme Coordinator for Climate Change, CISDL)
Mr. André Laperrière (Executive Director, GODAN)
Mr. Paul Judex Edouarzin (Environmental Governance Expert, UNEP)
Ms. Alexandra Scott & Ms. Mirjam Reiner (Climate Law and Governance Initiative Project Coordinators, CISDL)