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In Paris on the 4th of December 2015, during the 21st Conference of the Parties of United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Climate Law and Governance Day was inaugurated at
the École de Droit de La Sorbonne (Paris 1).
Over 156 countries have now submitted Climate Action Plans as Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions (INDCs) under the UNFCCC. Their solemn commitments cover nearly 90 per cent of the world’s
greenhouse gas emissions, and offer a fresh opportunity for significant progress towards urgently needed global and
domestic responses to climate change. Nearly all commitments contemplate important legal, policy and institutional
reforms. Important opportunities are emerging for the law and governance community, worldwide, to make a lasting
difference to a most crucial global challenge of our century.
Climate Law and Governance Day, as a new biennial event, will build a community of 6,000 international and national
leaders and actors who are united in their determination to engage law and governance actors, including law-makers
and parliaments, judges, government authorities, research and education institutions, associations, civil society
organizations and firms, across the justice sector, in global efforts to address climate change. With over 200 keynote
speakers, included distinguished experts, leading academics and practitioners will debate the most pressing needs and
opportunities facing the world in relation to law, policy and governance of a carbon-constrained future, planning ways
that the justice community can support implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21).
The Proceedings Report from Climate Law and Governance Day 2015 is available here. Access the programme for the Day here.
