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Legal tools and governance frameworks on the national and international level provide both obstacles and opportunities in responding to climate challenges. Unlocking the knowledge of the legal community is crucial to rise to these challenges, empower actors from different sectors and levels of government to understand, change and use the role of law in taking climate action. To raise this awareness and facilitate this empowerment, CLGI hosts events each year during and in the run up to the UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (CoP). With the climate community come together alongside the UNFCCC processes, the CoPs present a great opportunity to build on the growing climate law community of practice dedicated to contributing innovative legal solutions to the collective climate action effort.
In 2018, our diverse programme was back in Katowice, Poland for CoP24.
CLGI Exhibit Booth | Dialogue, Research & Capacity Building Exhibit
The CLGI Secretariat in partnership with the Green Economics Institute held presentations and dialogue for Katowice Zone participants on climate law and governance reform challenges, materials profiling research into innovative solutions, and opportunities to network and build synergies for capacity development. Some of the recent work profiled can also be found in our knowledge centre and on the websites of our partner organisations.
Climate Law and Governance Day | Contributions to Climate Action under the Paris Agreement
Our annual one-day knowledge sharing event alongside the COP again convened a diverse gathering of over 250 international experts, scholars, legal practitioners, judges, government delegates, and climate leaders from civil society and the private sector. For a more detailed description of the day click here.
Climate Law and Governance Specialization Course 2018: Building Capacity for Climate Law & Governance
Laws and institutions can help or hinder climate action. They are crucial instruments for promoting sustainable development, and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low-GHG and climate-resilient alternatives, as sought by the 2015 Paris Agreement. This interactive capacity-building course introduced participants to timely issues concerning legal and governance challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the NDCs and the Paris Agreement. Participants will be briefed on polices and laws to strengthen adaptation and resilience, to promote renewable energies and climate finance, to deliver Paris Agreement transparency and compliance, to link human rights law, loss and damages and climate displacement. Participants will earn an official certification for a Climate Law & Governance specialisation, presented on the day, and registration is free for low-income country delegations, organisations and students.
Side Event at COP24: Advances in Climate Law and Governance – Implementing the Paris Agreement Worldwide
Ambition in Paris Agreement implementation – and beyond – requires innovative legal and governance solutions, and green economic tools. International instruments, regulatory and economic innovations, compliance and capacity will be key. These interactive expert roundtables shared insights on challenges, trends and collective actions in legal, institutional and economic reform, building capacity for climate action, managing carbon budgets and halving emissions to 2 tonnes globally. Experts highlighted innovations to implement Nationally Determined Contributions and foster a greener global economy. Findings of Climate Law & Governance Day 2018 were shared, and global Climate Law Essay Awards were presented to the world’s next generation of climate leaders.
Hosts: CISDL McGill University; CEENRG University of Cambridge & Green Economics Institute
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