Click here to download a PDF version of the News Release & Outcomes Statement from Climate Law and Governance Day 2021 NEWS RELEASE Leading Experts at COP26 Commit to Scale-Up Climate Law & Governance Capacity Worldwide TENFOLD from 600 to 6,000 by 2024 (10 Nov 2021 Press Conference w Interviews on Offer) Of the 186 nationally […]
Please click here to download a PDF version of this Outcomes StatementAdvancing Legal & Policy Frameworks for Ambition, Obligation & Finance Climate Law & Governance Initiative 2021 During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP26 Background & Report on Outcomes – 09 Nov 2021 Legal and institutional transformation is urgently required to support […]
Serious increases in capacity, backed by awareness and engagement, are needed to deliver Paris Agreement rules & pledges, also advancing key SDG targets on education, infrastructure & gender, & justice.
How to scale up fast? How can climate law & governance contribute, especially across Africa and Europe, setting the implementation agenda for CoP27 and beyond?
This Pre-CoP Academic Climate Law Conference is organized by our local hosts and partners, at the Law School of Ain Shams University, Cairo. More details coming soon.
Climate Law & Governance Day 2022 took place during UNFCCC COP27, Entirely Online on Friday 11 November 2022. Climate Law and Governance Day 2022 built on a series of special events co-hosted by key partners from the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) during the UNFCCC climate conferences since the 2005 MOP1/COP11 in Montreal, Canada to mobilise […]
Climate Law and Governance Specialisation Course 2022: Training for International Certificate To train a new generation of climate specialists worldwide capable of advancing climate law and governance and advocating for implementation, the Climate Law and Governance Initiative hosted a half-day Climate Law and Governance Specialization Course. More than 400 learners registered for this year’s online […]
At COP26, UNFCCC Parties clearly recognised the interlinked crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and the critical role of nature in delivering benefits for both adaptation and mitigation. This session will explore how this can now be meaningfully operationalised with practical cases. Speakers: Speakers will include high-level officials from IUCN’s State and NGO members, […]
SIDS have been bypassed by carbon markets in the past. How can this be prevented under Article 6? The side event discusses approaches to capacity building in SIDS involving North-South and South-South collaboration, including simplification of methodologies and new activity types. Speaker(s): Mod: Axel Michaelowa (University of Zurich and Perspectives Climate Research); Flavien Joubert (Minister of […]
Developing countries will highlight their progress on the Paris Agreement with a focus on three themes: just transition; adaptation; and forests, land and nature. Despite the challenges, countries continue to enhance second generation NDCs and will share inspiring stories of bold action being taken. Speaker(s): Mr. Achim Steiner, UNDP | Mr. Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC | […]
Speakers: IIN, ACBA, CSABC, and AWF will secure representative speakers who will speak to perspectives of IPLCs, African and Chinese civil society, government, private sector, development partners, and others as appropriate. COP27, Blue Zone, Side Event, Thebes Room
This session will provide a platform to unpack the findings of the review to address SRHR needs in the climate crisis at programme and policy levels and to advocate for more gender-responsive climate commitments in the NDCs, and the need to bring young people to the forefront of policy dialogue. Speaker(s): United Nations Population Fund […]
The “Recognition of the Inherent Rights of Nature” panel will be a hybrid event held at the Blue Zone of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on November 15th, 2022, at 11H30 (UTC+2). Internationally recognized experts will convene at this panel to share and debate their views and experiences on emblematic cases of the Rights of […]