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Professor Christina Voigt, Chair of the WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group, is participating in technical sessions in Bonn, Germany as negotiators from around the world seek to progress on the Paris Agreement Work Programme in preparation for UNFCC/CoP-24 to be held in Katowice, Poland in鈥
The World Commission on Environmental Law is delighted to announce the launch of the 鈥淲CEL Environmental Law Video Library.鈥
The pervasive nature and scale of land degradation is currently undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, according to an 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 co-authored assessment of global land degradation and restoration.
As the lead coordinator of the Conference of Judges and Prosecutors on Water Justice during the 8th World Water Forum, the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Commission on Environmental Law with the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment organized the 1st WCEL International Water Justice Moot Court.
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Indigenous Peoples Member Organisation representative Yeshing Juliana Up煤n Yos delivered the following statement to the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on听Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York City last week.
The Supreme Court of Colombia (Corte Suprema de Justicia, Sala de Casaci贸n Civil) has issued a decision recognizing the Amazon River ecosystem as a subject of rights and beneficiary of protection.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Announced as a milestone meeting, five Assessment Reports on the state of knowledge about biodiversity, ecosystems, and nature鈥檚 contributions to society were approved during the 6th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) that took鈥
On 2 February 2018 the International Court of Justice听rendered its first decision on environmental damage and compensation in the case Certain Activities Carried Out By Nicaragua In the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) Compensation Owed By The Republic Of Nicaragua To The Republic Of Costa鈥
The initiative to reach agreement on a Global Pact for the Environment at the United Nations was discussed on two different occasions during the 8th World Water Forum under the auspices of WCEL and partners. Launched in 2017, the initiative was started by the Republic of France with鈥