CLGD events at COP 25

Creating Climate Law Capacity for Compliance – Advancing Legal and Governance Capacity-Building to Support Paris Agreement Implementation 17: 30-18:30, Capacity-building Day in the 2^nd Capacity-building Hub at COP25, IFEMA (accreditation is required to attend this event) Summary: The focus of the session will be institutional capacity-building mechanisms under the Paris Agreement, with emphasis on developments since formation of the Katowice Rulebook at COP24. Topics for discussion will include how laws can strengthen adaptation and resilience and promote renewable energies, financial incentives, and the potential for investment and market instruments to enhance ambition and build capacity in developing countries. It will enable participants to learn from the insights of renowned international legal experts on the panel, and also to connect with practitioners from different fields, deepening their understanding of the legal and institutional mechanisms available to implement their NDCs and the Paris Agreement. Read more about Capacity-building Day here. 5 December – Achieving Climate Ambition and Implementation through Legal Change 14:30–15:30, UK Pavilion at COP25 (accreditation is required to attend this event) Summary: Regulation and institutional reform are increasingly being used around the world to enhance ambition, implement the Paris Agreement and NDC targets, and stimulate cooperation. The law can require climate mitigation, adaptation and finance outcomes, send signals to markets, and incentivise transition. This panel provides a briefing on recent climate law innovations from different countries including the UK, surveys progress and lessons learned, and discusses their impact. Click here for more information. 6 December – Climate Law and Governance Day 2019 8:30 AM – 6:00 pm, Autonomous University of Madrid Faculty of Law (click here to view the event poster) Summary: Climate Law and Governance Day (CLGD) brings together climate law experts, but also experts from other legal branches including public law, tort law, financial law, international economic law as well as governance experts, delegates and policy practitioners to exchange knowledge and experiences. This year’s themes are: Advancing Paris Agreement Innovations – New Rules for Transparency, Markets & Non-Market Instruments, Finance, Loss and Damage, Compliance and Safeguards; Scaling-up National & Regional Climate Legal Frameworks for Action – Effective Climate Governance, Ecosystems-Based and Human Rights Responses, Human Mobility and Climate Justice; and Local & Global Interlinkages & Engagement – Climate in Regimes on Oceans, Biodiversity, Ozone, Civil Aviation, Trade and Investment, Peace and Security. Click here for further information to register.   7 December – official side event with UNFCCC Secretariat: Enhancing Ambition through International Instruments & Innovations from the Paris Agreement & Beyond 1:15 – 2:45, COP25 at IFEMA (Room 3) (accreditation is required to attend this event) Summary: Leading legal experts highlight opportunities for enhanced Paris Agreement compliance & innovation through international & domestic law reform. A briefing on ecosystems-based solutions & ocean governance; & enhancing ambition through market-based instruments, financial regulation & investment law. Speakers include leading CISDL legal experts, practitioners and Parties with experience implementing the Paris Agreement, oceans treaties, and investment accords. 8 December – Climate Law and Governance Specialisation Course 9:30-14:00, Fundación para la Investigación sobre el Derecho y la Empresa (FIDE) Summary: Seeking an international specialisation in climate law and governance? Through this half-day course during UNFCCC COP, earn a certification from the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), with leading speakers from UN-Environment, the IUCN, the EBRD and other partners, taught by top experts from the Universities of Cambridge, McGill, MIT, Oslo and others. Click here for further information and to register.  To join the CLGI, host/sponsor events &/or share climate law & governance knowledge / innovations to implement the UNFCCC Paris Agreement, please contact the CLGI Secretariat at climatelawgovernance@cisdl.org. 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) & the University of Nairobi in Kenya (CASELAP), led by a Programme Committee from a consortium of partners & expert advisors.