This roundtable event took place alongside the Partnership Day during the pre-COP in Fiji. The event capitalised on the mobilisation of the climate law and governance community to Fiji for the Pre-COP.
This interactive capacity-building day introduced participants to timely issues concerning legal and governance challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the NDCs and the Paris Agreement. With the event booked to capacity, forty five delegates, civil society representatives and students took part in the day.
CLGD 2017 welcomed over 270 jurists, legal researchers, IGO officers, parliamentarians, delegates, legal professionals, students, and professors, to discuss the research and capacity building obstacles and opportunities to addressing these legal and institutional challenges.
Experts across key countries shared insights on challenges, good practices and lessons in legal and institutional reform to strengthen climate mitigation, resilience and finance, and build capacity for climate law and policy solution
This event explored the role of law, the legal community and civil society in achieving climate objectives and catalysed the key debates and insights from the discussions at Climate Law and Governance Day 2017 held on 10 Nov in Bonn.
The Climate Law and Governance Roundtable 2018 on Governing Climate Action - Rule of Law and Justice Dimensions of Implementing the Paris Agreement provided a transparent opportunity to propose themes and activities for Climate Law and Governance Day 2018 (CLGD 2018) in Katowice, Poland, aiming to build synergies and scale up law and governance frameworks […]
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.
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Advances in Climate Law, Governance & Economics Implementing the Paris Agreement Worldwide Paris Agreement implementation requires innovative legal tools and governance framework solutions, and green economic instruments. International instruments, regulatory and economic innovations, compliance mechanisms and capacity will be key to successful implementation of the Paris Agreement. This interactive expert roundtable provided an opportunity to […]
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CLIMATE LAW & GOVERNANCELaws 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. In order to raise awareness and strengthen capacity on legal and institutional […]
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CLGI's special roundtable event in Bonn will bring together delegates, practitioners and researchers working on climate law and governance challenges to help to shape the law and governance research, education and capacity building agendas to address these challenges. Session 1: Advancing Paris Agreement innovations – transparency, markets, finance & compliance rules. Session 2: Scaling up national climate […]