香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, Keeping it Legal at the UNFCCC COP 23
Last Sunday, in a rainy city in Germany, lawyers, students, policymakers, conservationists and private sector representatives from around the world gathered to discuss the future of the planet.听 Led by the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Environmental Law Centre, in collaboration with UN Agencies, State Party Delegations, NGOs and other partners, they met within the framework of the UNFCCC COP23 to discuss how to use legal tools to address the challenges of climate change.听 Their moto: 听鈥淜eep it legal鈥.
The day started with a welcoming speech from the ELC Director, Dr. Alejandro Iza who emphasised the crucial role of law to address climate change and to ensure biodiversity conservation.
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Youth and Leadership
This youth-led session included a panel discussion where young experts representing State Party Delegations, regional NGOs, academia and the ELC Young Professional Training Programme shared fresh ideas on how to address climate change and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.
The discussion brought attention to the need to include the voices of the young people in global environmental processes. 鈥淲e need to claim our space in the global discourse鈥, said Kata Molnar, a young professional from Hungary.听 鈥淧eople say we are the future, we are the hope.听 But we cannot wait 鈥 we must also be the present.鈥
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A global network
The session was facilitated by Christina Voigt, chair of the WCEL Specialist Group on Climate Change, who presented her vision of the role of the Specialist Group in the critical coming years.
Through a roundtable discussion, members of the WCEL Specialist Group on Climate Change and the Early Career Group shared their views on how a community like WCEL can play a key role in the development and implementation of a framework for mitigating and adapting to climate change at the national and international levels in the coming years.
The discussion highlighted the need to involve business, partners, NGOs, academia and other key actors to jointly speak in the same language that lawyers speak. Tribunals do not necessarily have a clear understanding of climate change issues or the means to address it. Capacity is crucial.
Adaptive governance
Sonja Koeppel from the UNECE Water Convention Secretariat further analyzed the challenges illustrated by the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation AGWA.听 She emphasized the importance of transboundary cooperation and the permanent development of agreements in managing transboundary water resources and in responding to听 climate change in an effective manner.
One of the most important reflections from this session was agreement that holistic and cooperative management is essential in the context of shared waters.
This session was concluded by key remarks from Rocio C贸rdoba, who described the efforts made by Costa Rica through the adoption of the Ecosystem-based Adaptation approach to tackle climate change and reduce the vulnerability of its ecosystems and ensure the livelihoods of its local communities, particularly in coastal areas.
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Integrated Planning
Following a presentation of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 key initiatives to address these issues, Lifeng Li from , Jennifer Kelleher from 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Global Protected Areas Programme and Lydia Slobodian from the Environmental Law Centre exchanged points on how to strengthen legal frameworks for land use planning.
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Legal Tools
This session emphasised the need to develop flexible and overarching frameworks for climate change, particularly considering existing legal tools at the global and regional levels which can guide national reform and better governance of natural resources in the face of climate change.
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Conservation Finance
To discuss the case study of Cordillera Azul, one of the ten INC pilot sites, these actors literally came into line to participate in a panel discussion. Patricia Fernandez-Davila (CIMA) introduced the Cordillera Azul National Park, highlighting
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Networking and Partnerships
The day ended with a networking reception,sponsored by Ecosphere+.
New connections made among people from different countries, professions, genders and ages brought to life the message on partnerships and proved the success of the day.