A key obstacle to effectively managing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is a lack of economic resources, but at the Oriental Mindoro MPA in the Philippines, a consortium of dedicated partners is turning one of the world`s most productive ecosystems…
ByÌýWarren G. Lavey -ÌýClients and societies require lawyers throughout practice areas, not just environmental specialists, to apply knowledge of climate conditions and legal frameworks.Ìý 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.
ByÌýMaria Antonia Tigre -ÌýFor 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,Ìýcausality 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…
In April 2020, the European Parliament published a studyÌýon biodiversity as a human right to inform the European Parliament’s work on how the European Union’s external action can best contribute to a holistic and human rights-based approach aimed at stopping biodiversity loss and degradation.…
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Environmental Law is launching a new webinar series featuring environmental law and policy experts from around the world.
In a trilogy of essays, WCEL Member, Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti addressesÌýglobal pandemic (Covid-19) and the role of the legal system.Ìý
CEESP News: byÌýRavi Saxena, Assistant Professor (Politics and International Relations), Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai,ÌýIndia
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of sustaining life and the earth. There is the need to have a balance between…