Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
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2021 Climate Law & Governance Day Grand Opening (Glasgow Hall)
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Ms Saffron Higgins (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Dr Henry Lovat (Lecturer Univ Glasgow) & Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Executive Secretary, CLGI & Senior Director, CISDL / Leverhulme Trust Visiting Prof, Univ Cambridge & Full Prof, Univ Waterloo)
Welcomes: Rt Hon Lord Provost Philip Braat (City of Glasgow); Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli (Principal, Glasgow Univ); Prof Peter Jackson (Director, Scottish Council on Global Affairs)
Opening: Prof Stephen Toope (Cambridge Univ Vice-Chancellorship, video); Rt Hon Lord Jonathan Mance (Chair, International Law Association ILA); Prof Christina Voigt (Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law WCEL / Co-Chair, Paris Agreement Implementation & Compliance Committee PAICC); Adv Wendy Miles QC (Representative, Net Zero Lawyers Alliance NZLA & Chair, CLGI); Adv Michael Strauss (General Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development EBRD).
Global Legal Response to Climate Change- High Level Plenary I (Glasgow Hall)
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Ms Saffron Higgins (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Rt Hon Lord Robert Carnwath (former UK Supreme Court Justice / Hon Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge / Hon Prof, Univ College London) & Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Exec Secretary, CLGI & Snr Director, CISDL / Leverhulme Prof, Univ Cambridge & Waterloo)
Keynotes: Adv Douglas Leys QC (General Counsel, Green Climate Fund) & Hon Justice Antonio Benjamin (National High Court of Brazil / Global Judicial Institute on the Environment)
Video Keynote: Prof Patricia Mbote (Director, UNEP Law Division)
Rapporteurs: Ms Daria Slavnova (Glasgow Univ) & Ms Edna Okine (Strathclyde Univ)
Concurrent Experts Panels / Roundtables Sessions (I)
1. Experts Panel: Rising Temperatures, Expanding Human Rights and the Obligations of States and Private Actors for Global Climate Justice (Glasgow Hall)
Hosted by Univ of Glasgow Centre for International Law & Security GCILS & Univ of Eastern Finland
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Ms Saffron Higgins (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Dr Giedre Jokubauskaite (Lecturer, GCILS, Glasgow Univ), Adv Susanne Stuehlinger (Researcher, GCILS) & Dr Annalisa Savaresi (Assoc Prof, University of Eastern Finland)
Opening Remarks: Rt Hon Lord Robert Carnwath (former UK Supreme Court Justice / Hon Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge / Hon Professor, Univ College London)
Speakers & Discussants: Dr Lea Raible (Lecturer, Glasgow Univ); Dr Kim Bouwer (Asst Professor, Durham Law School); Dr Tracey Skillington (Chair, Undergraduate Comm, Cork Univ Sociology & Criminology Dept); Dr Joana Setzer (Asst Prof Research Fellow, London School of Economics & Political Science Grantham Research Institute LSE GRI); Adv Lucy Maxwell & Adv Sarah Mead (Legal Counsels, Climate Litigation Network, Urgenda Foundation)
Rapporteurs: Ms Rebecca Brimble (Glasgow Univ); Ms Lydia Omuko-Jung (Strathclyde Univ)
2. Experts Panel: Scaling-up Paris Agreement Implementation through Climate Legislation (Paris Hall)
Hosted by Climate Policy Journal; LSE GRI & Climate Change Leadership, Uppsala Univ
Zoom Operators: Ms Sophie Quinlan (Cambridge Univ); Ms Estela A. Chavez Arreola (Glasgow Univ); Ms Rebecca Meekison (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Dr Cristina Peñasco (Climate Policy Journal / Cambridge Univ)
Speakers & Discussants: Dr Diarmuid Torney (Dublin City Univ); Dr Sarah Louise Nash (Univ Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria); Adv Catherine Higham (Climate Laws Coordinator, LSE GRI); Adv Israel Solorio (National Autonomous Univ, Mexico); Dr Mikael Karlsson (Uppsala Univ); Dr Alina Averchenkova (Dist Policy Fellow & Lead, Governance & Legislation, LSE GRI); Dr Joanna Depledge (Climate Policy Journal / Cambridge Univ)
Rapporteurs: Ms Iona McEntee (Strathclyde Univ) & Ms Catherine Hall (Strathclyde Univ)
3. Roundtable: Inspiring a Collaborative Regulatory Philosophy through the Glasgow Forum on Rule of Law & Climate Finance (Kyoto Seminar Room)
Zoom Operators: Ms Kayla Hollingsworth (Cambridge Univ); Ms Franziska Chyle (Glasgow Univ); Ms Diana Quevedo (Cambridge Univ)
Chair: Dr Chi Zhang (Asst Professor, Glasgow Univ School of Law)
Speakers/Discussants: Dr Fenghua Li (Assoc Professor, Univ of International Business & Economics School of Law); Dr Meihui Zhang (Asst Professor, Nankai Univ School of Finance); Adv Ziyu Liu (PhD Researcher, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong Univ)
Rapporteurs: Mr Graem Hamilton (Strathclyde Univ) & Ms Edna Okine (Strathclyde Univ)
4. Panel Discussion: Employing Artificial Intelligence to Analyse Climate Laws & the Future of Evidence-Based Policy & Investment (Rio Seminar Room)
Zoom Operators: Ms Linda Muhugusa Murhimanya (Cambridge Univ); Ms Chrislyn Pereira (Glasgow Univ); Ms Elly Brimacombe (Durham Univ)
Chair: Dr Michal Nachmany (Founder, Climate Policy Radar)
Speakers/Discussants: Dr Matthew Agarwala (Cambridge Univ); Mr Robi Redda (SouthSouthNorth); Dr Louise Crow (Programme Manager, MySociety.org); Dr Joana Setzer (Asst Prof Research Fellow, GRI LSE); Adv Catherine Higham (Climate Laws Coordinator, LSE GRI); Mr Marcus Davies (Climate Policy Radar)
Rapporteurs: Ms Anna Kirby (Glasgow Univ) & Ms Sophia Kustatscher (Glasgow Univ)
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Concurrent Experts Panels / Roundtables / Workshop Sessions (II)
5. Experts Panel: Reallocating International Capital and the Role of Law (Glasgow)
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Ms Saffron Higgins (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Adv Michael Strauss (General Counsel, EBRD) & Adv Wendy Miles QC (Representative, NZLA / Twenty Essex)
Opening: Adv Douglas Leys QC (General Counsel, Green Climate Fund)
Speakers/Discussants: Adv Vesselina Haralampieva (Senior Counsel, EBRD); Adv Christina Pak (Principal Counsel, ADB); Adv Lewis MacDonald (Global Head of Energy, Herbert Smith Freehills); Adv Anna-Marie Slot (Finance & Global Sustainability Partner, Ashurst LLP) / Adv Annette Magnusson (Co-Founder, Climate Change Counsel); Ms Emily Farnworth (Co-Chair, Cambridge Zero Policy Forum / Co-Director, Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement); Adv Pedro Schilling de Carvalho (PhD Researcher, Cambridge Univ); Adv Danilo Garrido Alves (Research Officer, Global Economic Governance Programme / PhD Researcher, Oxford Univ)
Rapporteurs: Mr Duc Viet Tran (Glasgow Univ) & Ms Daria Slavnova (Glasgow Univ)
6. Experts Panel: Advancing the Just Transition through Law & Science Three Years from COP24 (Paris)
Zoom Operators: Ms Sophie Quinlan (Cambridge Univ); Ms Estela A. Chavez Arreola (Glasgow Univ); Ms Rebecca Meekison (Glasgow Univ)
Chair: Adv Magdalena Stryja (Univ Silesia in Katowice / Polish Supreme Bar Council / Head of Science & Development Committee, Katowice Bar Association / Legal Fellow, CISDL / GreenLab)
Speakers & Discussants: Dr Michał Kurtyka (former Polish Minister of Climate & Environment); Prof Aleksander Nawrat (Plenipotentiary, Minister of Climate & Environment for Research, Development & Scientific Policy); Mr President Prof Rajko Knez (President, Constitutional Court of Slovenia); Prof Maciej Chorowski (President, National Fund for Environmental Protection); Dr eng. Wojciech Kamieniecki (Director, Polish National Centre for Research & Development); Prof Agnieszka Bielska Brodziak (Chair, Poland Katowice UNESCO Unit in Bioethics); Dr Anna Budzanowska (former Vice Minister, Science & Higher Education / Nicolaus Copernicus Univ in Torun, Krakow Univ of Economics); Dr Paweł Poszytek (Director, EU LINGUA, eTwinnig, SOCRATES/Lifelong Learning Programmes); Dr Przemysław Ligenza (General Director, National Research Institute of Meteorology & Water Management); Dr Janusz Filipiak (International Adviser to Permanent Representative of Pola, WMO Inst Meteorology / Head of Dept Meteorology and Climatology, Univ of Gdansk); Mr Mikołaj Stryja (AGH Science & Technology Univ in Krakow) & Ms Kate Budzanowska (Warsaw Univ of Technology, College of Individual Interdisciplinary Studies Univ Silesia Univ)
Rapporteurs: Ms Grace Gubbins (Glasgow Univ); Ms Susie McAdam (Glasgow Univ)
7. Experts Panel: Exploring Law & Policy Strategies & Frameworks to Address Climate Related Ocean Change (Kyoto)
Zoom Operators: Ms Kayla Hollingsworth (Cambridge Univ); Ms Franziska Chyle (Glasgow Univ); Ms Diana Quevedo (Cambridge Univ)
Chairs: Mr Mark J Spalding (President, The Ocean Foundation) & Dr Francesco Sindico (Reader in International Environmental Law, Strathclyde Univ Law School)
Speakers & Discussants: Dr Daniela Diz (Heriot Watt Univ); Prof Murray Roberts (Edinburgh UVic); Adv Kate McKenzie (Strathclyde Univ); Adv Mitchell Lennan (Strathclyde Univ); Dr Kirsty McQuaid (Plymouth Univ); Ms Alexis Valauri-Orton (The Ocean Foundation); Dr Libby Jewett (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration); Dr Renée Martin-Nagle (Treasurer, International Water Resources Assoc IWRA / President & CEO, A Ripple Effect)
Rapporteurs: Ms Hayley-Bo Dorrian-Bak (Strathclyde Univ) & Ms Rebecca Brimble (Glasgow Univ)
8. Roundtable: Climate Migration Challenges for Governance (Rio)
Zoom Operators: Ms Linda Muhugusa Murhimanya (Cambridge Univ); Ms Chrislyn Pereira (Glasgow Univ); Ms Elly Brimacombe (Durham Univ)
Chairs: Dr Alexandra Harrington (Director, CGGEL / Research Director, CISDL); Adv Tommaso Natoli (IFRC Disaster Law); Dr Maya Prabhu (Assoc Prof, Law & Psychiatry, Yale Univ)
Speakers/Discussants: Prof Anna Dyson (Prof, School of Architecture, Yale Univ); Prof Sunil Amrith (Prof, Dept of History, Yale Univ); Dr Kate Burrows (Postdoc Fellow, Brown Univ)
Rapporteurs: Ms Humaira Anjum (Glasgow Univ) & Mr Harry David Kiwanta Sembiring (Glasgow Univ)
Concurrent Experts Panels / Roundtables / Workshop Sessions (III)
9. Experts Panel: Moving Toward High-Ambition Implementation of the Paris Agreement with the Law and Climate Change Toolkit (Glasgow)
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Ms Lydia Omuko-Jung (Strathclyde Univ)
Chair: Adv Francisca Pretorius (Head, Office of Civil & Criminal Justice Reform, Commonwealth Sec)
Speakers/Discussants: Adv Ben Ojoleck (Assoc Legal Officer, UNEP); Adv Matthew Moorhead (Legal Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat); Adv Valerie Johnston (Legal Officer, Development Law Service, FAO); Adv Ondrej Hajda (Associate, Mayer Brown)
Rapporteurs: Ms Iona Lynch (Glasgow Univ) & Ms Carlotta Garofalo (Strathclyde Univ)
10. Experts Panel: Decarbonizing International Trade by Pricing Carbon Emissions (Paris)
Zoom Operators: Ms Sophie Quinlan (Cambridge Univ); Ms Estela A. Chavez Arreola (Glasgow Univ); Sophia Kustatscher (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Dr Markus Gehring (Director, CELS / Assoc Prof, Cambridge Univ Faculty of Law) & Dr Matthew Agarwala (Project Leader, Bennett Institute for Public Policy)
Opening Remarks: His Excellency Chad Blackman (Ambassador, Barbados) & Hon Pascal Lamy (Chair, Steering Group, Paris Peace Forum)Speakers/Discussants: Ms Vicky Chemutai (Young Professional, World Bank); Dr Carolyn Birkbeck (Director, Forum on Trade, Environment, and SDGS, Graduate Institute, Geneva); Adv Nicolas Lockhart (Partner, Sidley Austin LLP); Adv Dominic Coppens (Senior Associate, Sidley Austin LLP); Mr Andrew Wilson (Global Policy Director, International Chamber of Commerce); Adv Ana Stanič (Senior Partner, E&A Law Ltd); Mr Ricardo Melendez Ortiz (Founder, Caeruleum | Globe & Sustainability)
Rapporteurs: Ms Qiqi Huang (Glasgow Univ) & Mr Razy Aman Eddine (Glasgow Univ)
11. Panel Discussion: Law & Policy Dimensions of Climate Repair (Kyoto)
Zoom Operators: Ms Kayla Hollingsworth (Cambridge Univ) & Ms Franziska Chyle (Glasgow Univ)
Chair: Dr M Antonieta Nestor (Postdoctoral Fellow, Cambridge Univ & Assoc Fellow, CISDL)
Opening: Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng (Director, CCRC)
Speakers/Discussants: Dr Natalie Jones (Research Associate, Cambridge Univ Centre for Study of Existential Risk); Ms Daphne Wysham (CEO, Methane Action); Dr Jesse Reynolds, (Independent Consultant); Mr Matthias Honegger (Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies & Perspectives Climate Research); Prof Dan Bodansky (Regents’ Prof of Law, Arizona State Univ); Dr Holly Jean Buck (Asst Prof Environment & Sustainability, Buffalo Univ)
Rapporteurs: Ms Justine Le Floch (Glasgow Univ) & Ms Humaira Anjum (Glasgow Univ)
12. Experts Panel: Advancing Climate Justice through the World’s Highest Court (Rio)
Zoom Operators: Ms Linda Muhugusa Murhimanya (Cambridge Univ); Ms Chrislyn Pereira (Glasgow Univ); Ms Elly Brimacombe (Durham Univ)
Chair: Adv Manon Ruoby (Academic Collaborator, WYCJ)
Opening Remarks: Ms Atina Schutz (PISFCC) & Amb Odo Tevi (Gov of Vanuatu)
Speakers/Discussants: Prof Lavanya Rajamani (Oxford Univ); Prof Jorge Vinuales (Cambridge Univ); Adv Monica Tinta (Twenty Essex); Adv Aoife Fleming (UN Youth Delegate); Adv Stacey Alvarez de la Campa (Consultant, Lex Caribbean Attorneys-at-Law / Founder, Worldwide Sustainability Warriors); Prof David Forman (Univ Hawaii)
Rapporteurs: Ms Matilde Meertens (Strathclyde Univ) & Ms Maria Delia Mangiola (Glasgow Univ)
Concurrent Experts Panels / Roundtables / Workshop Sessions (IV)
13. Experts Panel: Mitigating Climate Change through Low Carbon & Energy Efficient Procurement (Glasgow)
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Lydia Omuko-Jung (Strathclyde Univ)
Chairs: Justice Marc Steiner (Judge, Swiss Federal Administrative Court)
Speakers / Discussants: Mr Farid Yaker (Programme Officer, Economy Division Branch, UNEP); Dr Bruno Lafitte (International Energy Efficiency Consultant, United for Efficiency, Energy & Climate Branch, Economy Division Branch, UNEP); Dr Jellie Molino (SPP Consultant, UNEP); Ms Julia Salant, (Head of Sustainability Innovation, Ecovadis); Mr Josh Jacobs (Director of Sustainability, WAP Sustainability); Mr Daniel Magallon (Managing Director, BASE); Ms Natalia Spătaru (Marie Curie Early-Stage Researcher on Sustainability & Procurement, Birmingham Univ)Rapporteurs: Ms Nicole Piercy (Strathclyde Univ) & Mr Duc Viet Tran (Glasgow Univ)
14. Experts Panel: Courage, Contributions & Compliance by Advancing Paris Agreement Implementation (Paris)
Zoom Operators: Ms Sophie Quinlan (Cambridge Univ); Ms Estela A. Chavez Arreola (Glasgow Univ); Ms Sophia Kustatscher (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger (Exec Sec, CLGI & Sen Dir, CISDL / Leverhulme Visiting Prof, Cambridge Univ / Full Prof, Univ Waterloo) & Dr Alexandra Harrington (Director, CGGEL / Research Director, CISDL)
Opening Remarks: Dr Ilaria Bottigliero (Director of Research, Intl Development Law Organization)
Speakers/Discussants: Prof Barbara Janusz Pawletta (Vice-Rector, Kazakh-German Univ); Prof Cosmin Corendea (Prof, St Thomas Univ); Dr Robert Kibugi (Sen Lecturer in Law, Nairobi Univ); Adv Magdalena Stryja (Head of Science & Development Committee, Katowice Bar Assoc / Univ of Silesia in Katowice / Legal Fellow, CISDL); Dr Megan Bowman (Director, Kings College London Centre for Climate Law & Governance); Dr Christopher Campbell-Durufle (Banting Postdoc Fellow, Univ of Cambridge); Adv Hafij Khan (Co-Coordinator, L&D, Least Developing Countries); Mr Timothy Arvan (Research Officer, CISDL / PhD Researcher, Univ Michigan); Adv Mrinalini Shinde (PhD Researcher, Univ Cologne); Adv Vedantha Kumar (Climate Manager, Children’s Investment Fund Found); Adv Tejas Rao (Assoc Fellow, CISDL)
Closing Remarks: Prof Rosa Fernandez Egea (Prof, Univ Autonoma de Madrid) & Prof Nico Schrijver (Emeritus Professor, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University & State Councillor, Council of State of the Netherlands)
Rapporteurs: Ms Qiqi Huang (Glasgow Univ) & Mr Gustav Krebs (Glasgow Univ)
15. Roundtable: Ensuring Compliance with Climate Regimes (Kyoto)
Zoom Operators: Ms Kayla Hollingsworth (Cambridge Univ); Ms Franziska Chyle (Glasgow Univ); Rebecca Meekison (Glasgow Univ)
Chairs: Adv Sandra Nichols Thiam (Associate Vice President, ELI) & Dr Paul Hanle (former President, Climate Central)
Speakers/Discussants: Prof Myles Allan (Prof, Oxford Univ); Judge Marcus Livio Gomes (Federal Court, Rio de Janiero); Mr John A. Pendergrass (Vice President, ELI); Adv Arielle King (Environmental Justice Program Head, ELI) / Judge Michael Wilson (Assoc Justice, Hawaii Supreme Court); Prof Tracy Hester (Assoc Prof, Univ Houston Law); Dr Delta Merner (Science Hub for Climate Litigation Lead, Union of Concerned Scientists); Adv Korey Silverman-Roati (Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law)
Rapporteurs: Ms Justine Le Floch (Glasgow Univ) & Ms Saffron Higgins (Glasgow Univ)
16. Roundtable: Sustainable Urban Planning through Regulatory Frameworks for & Investment in Rapid Decarbonisation of Cities(Rio)
Zoom Operators: Ms Linda Muhugusa Murhimanya (Cambridge Univ); Ms Chrislyn Pereira (Glasgow Univ); Elly Brimacombe (Durham Univ)
Chair: Prof Dr Michael Rodi (Director, IKEM)
Speakers/Discussants: Dr Markus Gehring (Councillor, Cambridge City Council); Rt Hon Lord Provost Philip Braat* (Lord Provost, City of Glasgow); Adv Simon Schäfer-Stradowsky (Managing Director, IKEM); Dr Olaf Dauper (Partner, Becker Buttner Held BBH); Dr Kate Hughes (Senior Climate Specialist, Asian Development Bank);* Mayor John Tory (Mayor, City of Toronto);* Mayor Andy Burnham* (Mayor, City of Manchester); Adv Kate McKenzie (Senior Researcher, Strathclyde Univ); Ms Sarah Badoux (Head of Sustainability, Voi Technologies).
Rapporteurs: Ms Ana Ruiz (Glasgow Univ) & Ms Victoria Verschaffel (Strathclyde Univ)
Operationalizing Net Zero in Private Law High Level Plenary II (Glasgow Hall)
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Lydia Omuko-Jung (Strathclyde Univ)
Chair: Adv Douglas Leys QC (General Counsel, Green Climate Fund) & Adv Wendy Miles QC (Representative, NZLA)
Plenary Speakers: Adv Meryam Omi (Head of Sustainability, LGIM & Finance Champion, Race to Zero); Adv Alice Garton (Director, FILE); Adv Vesselina Haralampieva (Senior Counsel, EBRD); Ms Emily Farnworth (Co-Chair, Cambridge Zero Policy Forum / Co-Director, Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement); Adv Steven Gray (Of Counsel, DLA Piper / Net Zero Lawyers Alliance)
Rapporteurs: Mr Damilola Oguntade (Glasgow Univ) & Mr Daniel Menz (LSE)
Negotiating Climate Change Progress High Level Plenary III (Glasgow Hall)
Zoom Operators: Mr Keshav Arvind (Cambridge Univ); Ms Zulfiya Gafurova (Glasgow Univ); Lydia Omuko-Jung (Strathclyde Univ)
Chairs: M Paul Watkinson (Senior Negotiator, France / former Chair, UNFCCC SBSTA)* & Adv Ayman Cherkaoui (Senior Manager, Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection / Lead Counsel Climate Change, CISDL)
Plenary Speakers: Adv Hafij Khan (Co-Coordinator, L&D, Least Developing Countries); Prof Michael Mehling (Prof, MIT / Strathclyde Univ); Prof Christina Voigt (Co-Chair, Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee / Chair, IUCN WCEL)*
Closing Keynote: Prof David Boyd (Special Rapp for Human Rights & Environment, UN / Prof, Univ British Columbia) & Adv James Cameron (Chair, Overseas Development Institute / Senior Advisor, Pollination / UK Friend of the COP26)
Rapporteurs: Ms Sarah Boivin (Glasgow Univ) & Mr Benjamin Johnston (Strathclyde Univ)
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