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Climate change poses a fundamental threat to nature, species, and people. However, nature also provides key solutions for both carbon storage and building climate resilience – if the global community takes steps to protect, restore, and better manage our natural resources.
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Environmental Law had a very active participation during COP26, held in Glasgow, Scotland from 31 October to 12 November 2021.
More than ever before, communities and individuals are bringing lawsuits against corporations and governments for inadequate action on climate change. Now, a team of legal experts is writing a book to help judges around the world navigate this…
Legal practitioners, environmental law professors, and judges will convene online and in-person for the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-WCEL 2nd World Environmental Law Congress European regional event on Measuring the effectiveness of environmental law through legal indicators. This hybrid event will take place online…
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) and its partners opened the high-level judicial segment of the 2nd World Environmental Law Congress yesterday at the Supreme Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro. The three-day event, The Role of Judges: Environmental Law…
More than fifty judges and legal scholars will gather in person and online to present at the High-Level Judicial segment of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-WCEL 2nd World Environmental Law Congress, The Role of Judges: Environmental Law 2030 and Beyond. The hybrid event will be held at the Supreme…
The following tribute to the life of Veit Koester was prepared by WCEL Chair Emeritus, Professor Nicholas A. Robinson on 15 November 2021.
WCEL would like to congratulate Dr. Klaus Bosselmann, former Chair of the WCEL Specialist Group on Ethics, for receiving the 2021 Carlowitz Sustainability Prize (international category).
During the 10 November plenary session of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland (COP26), Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Director General Dr Bruno Oberle delivered Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s statement on the many ways nature can help address the climate crisis. Read the full statement below.