Construction and Demolition Products: Challenges and Opportunities in Western Australia
The WA C&D Working Group of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association (WMRR), and the National Environmental Law Association (NELA), invite you to join them on Wednesday 7 October 2020 at the QT Perth to discuss the way forward for the construction and demolition waste sector in WA.
NELA’s 2020 AGM with the Hon Simon Molesworth AO QC as guest speaker
ZoomTHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION LTD ACN 008 657 761 will be held on Wednesday 21st October 2020 1:00pm to 2:00pm (AEST) on Zoom -…
Re-imagining the laws of nature – the Samuel Review of the EPBC Act and futures-focused biodiversity law
Australia’s biodiversity laws need to anticipate the unprecedented changes of the Anthropocene.
The Interim Report of the 10-year review of the EPBC Act (‘The Samuel Review’) finds the Act unfit “to manage current or future environmental challenges.”
Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Decision-Making
Speakers inlcude: Dr Judith Preston - Dr Preston is a lawyer in New South Wales and recently wrote a thesis which considered the question of how Indigenous knowledge can be more effectively integrated into Australian environmental decision- making to achieve both beneficial outcomes for environmental protection as well as Aboriginal self-determination. Judith commenced work in…
ICELP 2020: 14. International Conference on Environmental Law and Policy
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for…
NELA 2021 Essay Competition
The NELA Essay Competition seeks submissions of high quality, cutting-edge scholarship on Australian environmental law and/or climate change.
Access to Justice in a COVID-19 World
The University Club of Western AustraliaNELA(WA) is pleased to be supporting The Law Society of Western Australia's CPD fundraiser event on 25 February 2021. At the seminar, we will hear from an eminent panel of speakers on 'Access to Justice in a COVID-19 World'. Registrations are open now and attendees will be entitled to one CPD point in category 3 -…
The Road to UNFCCC COP 26/CMA 3 Preparatory Lecture Series
This monthly series of lectures will provide an expert overview of the key issues that will be discussed during UNFCCC COP 26 and the 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 3), in the context of past COPs and the UNFCCC/Paris Agreement legal framework. This series will offer expert insight into the…
Legal and Policy responses to Climate Change
ZoomThe Piddington Society and National Environmental Law Association are coming together to discuss legal and policy developments in climate change. You will hear from three speakers who will cover the arc of development, current issues in the area and policy and regulatory responses to climate change.
Advancing Sustainable Trade and Investment through International Law and Governance
Tuesday 30 March 2021 | 16:00 - 18:00 (CET) Australian night-owls are invited to register now for a special event on the contributions of international trade and investment law towards the global Sustainable Development Goals that will be online…
Advancing and mainstreaming the rights of future generations
ZoomIf we are to address the multiple and complex issues of our time there can be no more urgent a task than integrating intergenerational thinking into our environmental planning and broader decision making.
