By听Claudia de Windt - On Thursday, 28 May 2020, WCEL hosted the Webinar "Using Environmental Law Tools Address Global Pandemics in the Americas", the first WCEL webinar in Spanish with a regional focus on the Americas.
By David M. Forman - In听County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund et. al., the United States Supreme Court upheld the legislative intent of the Clean Water Act, and announced that polluters must obtain a permit both for the direct discharge of a pollutant into a waterway, as well as the 鈥溾
By Sheila Abed - On Monday, 18 May 2020, WCEL hosted the Webinar 鈥淎 Fresh Look at Global Wildlife Trade Law: Can CITES Help Prevent Pandemics?鈥 featuring a panel of global experts.
WCEL Chair Emeritus Professor Nicholas Robinson participated in the United Nations Knowledge听Dialogue听Series on 5 May 2020.
By听Warren G. Lavey -听Clients and societies require lawyers throughout practice areas, not just environmental specialists, to apply knowledge of climate conditions and legal frameworks.听 Law schools and bar associations should mainstream climate-competency training.
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The WCEL video lecture series provides a valuable online resource for WCEL members and partners.
By听Maria Antonia Tigre -听For the first time in a contentious case, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds a country accountable for failing to respect the right to a healthy environment of indigenous communities.
On 24 April 2020, WCEL hosted the Webinar "Using Environmental Law Tools to Address Global Pandemics". The Webinar is the first in a series that WCEL will be hosting as a new way to engage WCEL membership and partners virtually in global conversations.
WCEL Steering Committee member, Claudia S. de Windt, analyzes relevant factors to the COVID-19 evolution,听causality nexus and the junction between environmental change, security and rule of law prompted by the pandemic to inform ideas on a legal response to necessary transformation for taking鈥
In April 2020, the European Parliament published a study听on biodiversity as a human right to inform the European Parliament鈥檚 work on how the European Union鈥檚 external action can best contribute to a holistic and human rights-based approach aimed at stopping biodiversity loss and degradation.鈥