Press Release CLGI COP27
Climate Law and Governance Day 2022
On Friday, 11 November, over 1,400 registrants from around the globe joined in Climate Law and Governance Day (CLGD) 2022, which was held online and co-hosted by partners from the University of Cambridge and the Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, together with the International Law Association, the International Bar Association, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and the African Union Commission on International Law. CLGD 2022 focused on Implementing Climate Commitments through Policy, Law & Practice, with the following four key themes:
1. Operationalising the Paris Agreement;
2. Testing Legal and Governance Tools for High Ambition Implementation;
3. Advancing Climate Resilience and Climate Justice; and
4. Net Zero Legal Frameworks to Enable Climate Neutral Investment and Finance.
CLGD 2022 featured a grand opening, three high-level plenaries and sixteen substantive experts sessions addressing a wide range of pressing climate law and governance challenges and solutions.
For the Full Programme from Climate Law and Governance Day 2022, including links to recordings and to speakers’ biographies, please see press release here.