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…
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…
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…
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 12:30am – 2.30am AWST OR 2:30 AM – 4:30 AM AEDT – or register and watch the seminar via the link the you'll be emailed after…
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.
Panel discussion: bushfires, Indigenous land management and carbon farming
Norton Rose Fulbright invites NELA members to join their second panel session of our two-part series focused on bushfires, Indigenous land management and carbon farming. Wednesday, 26 May 2021 |…
Climate Policy in Western Australia
Murdoch x Spacecubed Level 9, 32 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaGovernment responses to climate change and the drive to net zero carbon emissions continue to dominate political and social discourse globally. NELA has assembled a highly experienced panel of speakers to discuss the implications of the recently released WA Climate Policy.