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The CLGI is now calling for Partners & Session Hosts for the 2019 Climate Law & Governance Day (CLGD) Symposium, which will take place on 6 December 2019 during UNFCCC COP25 in Santiago, Chile.
Share & profile recent law & governance agendas, advances & analysis with national and international experts, jurists & decision-makers; Engage leading climate law & governance decision-makers, negotiators, counsel, universities, inter-governmental institutions & others, building new partnerships; Discover & debate key trends & solutions to address the most pressing climate law and governance challenges globally.
The updated, final draft themes for CLGD 2019 are:
Interested in learning more, co-hosting, becoming a partner and joining the programme committee, or proposing a session, workshop or event?
The deadline for submitting proposals for the first round of evaluations was 31 July 2019. Email the CLGI Secretariat at climatelawgovernance@cisdl.org, to receive a brief 5-question email form to fill in, and submit by 20 September 2019 to be considered in the second round of proposal evaluations by the Programme Committee.
What is proposing a session for Climate Law & Governance Day 2019 about?
CLGD 2019 aims to provide a forum for dialogue, knowledge exchange and establishment of new partnerships for research and technical assistance; co-create new content through the publication of online legal material; compile an outcome report of the day’s findings to be shared with the Parties to the UNFCCC; and engage law and governance students from a diversity of regions in its different activities.
What is the role of a CLGD 2019 Session Host?
CLGD Session Hosts are UNFCCC CoP25 delegates and observers, including law and governance institutes and universities, governments, inter-governmental agencies, civil society organizations, law associations and firms, among others, who have proposed a session aligned with CLGD 2019 and been selected by the Programme Committee. Selected CLGD 2019 Session Hosts will convene (or chair a consortium to convene) a dedicated climate law and governance experts panel, roundtable or workshop during the Day. Sessions can be launching or convening points for ongoing programmes, a chance to check in with decision-makers, negotiators, inter-governmental colleagues, civil society, private sector and other actors convened by the CoP25, or opportunities to share progress with sponsors and partners.
Successful Session Host institutions set the agenda for their session to share and profile recent climate law and governance efforts in their field, such as new laws and policies, advances in climate litigation and justice, legal research projects, technical and educational programmes, capacity-building tools and projects. They also convene and coordinate speakers; disseminate invitations to CLGD 2019 among their networks and confirm participants; chair their session during the Day; report on outcomes to the CLGD 2019 plenary and social media; and review the CLGD 2019 proceedings report in light of session outcomes and partners interests. In particular, Session Hosts nominate Chairs, Speakers, VIPs and other guests to participate in the Symposium; determine the format and content of their session in the overall CLGD 2019 Programme, and are acknowledged and thanked as session hosts in the programme, banners, website and the proceedings report, as a partner in Climate Law and Governance Day 2019.
Session Hosts help share part of the costs of the overall Climate Law & Governance Day 2019, including for venue, catering, security, materials, outreach, website, coordination and support, as well as rapporteurs, proceedings and publication of the best legal working papers from the Day. Usual cost-share contributions for session hosts are 2,000-5,000 Euros. This may include in-kind contributions to outreach, editing and dissemination, and can be shared by a consortium of partners. By engaging a consortium of partners and mobilizing in-kind contributions, the cost share for each partner might be only a 200-500 Euros per partner.
How else to engage with the Climate Law & Governance Initiative?
The Climate Law & Governance Initiative Secretariat is based in the University of Cambridge in the UK (CEENRG), McGill University in Canada (CISDL), the University of Chile in Chile (CDA) and the University of Nairobi (CASELAP), among other core partners.
UNFCCC Parties, Observer organizations, law firms and other institutions interested in climate law and governance advances and the implementation of the Paris Agreement are warmly invited to become co-hosts, sponsors and partners of Climate Law & Governance Day Symposium, and to join over 200 partners and colleagues in the multi-year Climate Law & Governance Initiative. To learn more and become engaged in the CLGI, simply email CLGI Coordinators Ms Emily Morison (efm36@cam.ac.uk) and Ms Alejandra Lozano (abl35@cam.ac.uk) to arrange a conversation with a member of the CLGI Programme Committee, a Partner, or the Executive Secretary.