SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER, 9.30 AM – 1:00 PM
LAUTERPACHT CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW, 5 CRANMER RD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 9BL
Students, researchers and those interested in international climate law and governance are warmly invited to a special workshop, on International Law & Governance Contributions to the Implementation of the Paris Agreement, with a particular focus on investment and oceans, convened by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat.
Join us for this half-day event, featuring panel discussions with leading experts, as they review working papers generated by the CISDL-UNFCCC team, and present their own areas of work and experience.
- Panel 1: The UNFCCC Paris Agreement and Katowice Rulebook: Advancing Ambition and Compliance on Climate Change
This legal experts panel focuses on key questions in international and domestic law and policy on climate change: What are the international community’s obligations under the Paris Agreement and how are they being implemented? How can domestic legal and governance reforms foster higher ambition and compliance across the spectrum of developing and developed states? How does the guidance provided in the ‘Katowice Rulebook’ contribute to advance the objectives of the Paris Agreement nationally and internationally?
- Panel 2: Climate Law & Governance Innovations for Sustainable Investment & Resilient Oceans
This international legal experts panel will focus on domestic legal innovations addressing climate change in relation to investment and oceans: How can the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and its Katowice Rulebook guide efforts to address climate investment and conserve our oceans? What innovative laws and governance practices can incentivize climate change-related investments nationally and internationally? What legal and institutional reforms can protect the world’s oceans and contribute to global responses to climate change?
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gain an enriched understanding of the challenges facing global and national communities at CoP25 and beyond. Workshop poster 26 October 2019(1)
