2024 Biennial Global Symposium on The Natural World, the SDGs and the Law

Are you interested in innovations in climate change, biodiversity, and natural resources law that can foster sustainable development worldwide? 
Would you like to hear from global experts how international environmental policy and practice is evolving in response to planetary crises? 
Do you wish to deepen your knowledge of the interlinkages between sustainable development and the natural world?  

If so, the Center for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) is delighted to invite you an international online symposium on the Natural World, Sustainable Development Goals and the Law will be held on Friday 26 July 2024. You can Save theDate and Register Now using this link

This international legal conference is a unique opportunity to delve into the most pressing challenges of our time and learn about key innovations in climate change, biodiversity and natural resources. Held entirely online, it will be co-hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), in cooperation with expert colleagues from the University of Cambridge, McGill University, the University of Montreal, the University of Waterloo, the University of Nairobi, the University of Costa Rica, the University of Chile, UN Environment Programme, the International Development Law Organization, the International Law Association, the International Intertribal Trade and Investment Organization, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of Canada, and the International Bar Association, along with the McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law (MJSDL) and the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Journal of Nigeria, among other partners.

The mid-conference plenary features the biennial Hon Justice CD Gonthier Memorial Lectures, which are provided by eminent international leaders with global insights, experience and impact Justice Kathy-Ann Brown (International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, Jamaica) and Professor Christina Voigt (University of Oslo, Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, Norway).  

Alumni and learners who have benefited from the Democratising Education for Global Sustainability and Justice programme at Lucy Cavendish College and Hughes Hall in the University of Cambridge, as current and future law and policy leaders worldwide, are especially welcome to register now!

We hope you will consider joining us for this unique opportunity to share insights on our ever-changing world and we also encourage you, if you are aware of others who might be interested in this event, to share this invitation widely.