International law of climate change: profound challenges facing UNFCCC COP26
ZoomYou're invited to register for a a free multidisciplinary online webinar discussion hosted by ILA(Australia) and Uni of Melbourne Climate Futures, chaired by the Hon Justice Nicola Pain. Questions to be addressed by the expert panellists Professor Jacqueline Peel, Professor Robyn Eckersley and Associate Professor Malte Meinshausen include: - how will the IPCC latest report…
NELA(WA) 2021 State Conference: Western Australia’s evolving regulatory landscape
The Melbourne Hotel 33 Milligan Street, Perth / Whadjuk Country, WA, AustraliaThe NELA(WA) State Conference is back! The conference will be held as a hybrid event available to attend in person at The Melbourne Hotel, Perth on Whadjuk Country or stream online. This year’s conference will explore the topic of Western Australia’s evolving regulatory landscape. Speakers across law, government, academia and industry will present about developments…
Trends in climate litigation
ZoomIn collaboration with the Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA), join NELA and AALA on 9 November 2021 at 6PM AEDT (3PM AWST) for a webinar on first, second and third generations of climate litigation, the interaction of different actors in climate litigation processes and future directions of climate litigation. The webinar will be presented by…
Clean Energy Agreement Making on First Nations Land: What Do Strong Agreements Contain?
ZoomJoin NELA on 16 November 2021 at 4-5PM AEDT (1-2PM AWST) for a webinar on clean energy agreement making on first nations land: what do strong agreements contain? The webinar will be presented by Dr Lily O'Neill. Dr Lily O'Neill is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and the Energy…
Webinar: The Legal Protection of the Amazon: Current and Future Trends
ZoomOrganised by the Western Sydney University School of Law in collaboration with Griffith University's Tropical Primary Forests and Climate Change project, Cardiff School of Law & Politics School and Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at the Columbia Law School, this webinar will shed light on how legislation, domestic and international litigation, market-based mechanisms, and…
NELA(WA) Sundowner
Atlas Club 532 Hay Street, Perth, WAThe year is wrapping up and the WA Branch of the National Environmental Law Association would like to welcome you to our end of year Sundowner on 9 December 2021 . This event will be in person for WA members. David Hodgkinson will be speaking to the implications for Australia and Western Australia from the…
Partner webinar: Ecocide as a new international crime
This webinar hosted by several organisations in the Asia-Pacific region, including NELA's partner organisation, the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law, presents an expert panel who will consider the proposed definition for the crime of ecocide. The Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide, chaired by barrister and author Philippe Sands QC (UK)…
2022 NELA Essay Competition now open!
2022 NELA Essay Competition: now open! The NELA Education Committee is excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions to the 2022 NELA Essay Competition! The Competition will remain…
The Nexus of Risk, Responsibility and Reputation
ZoomIn collaboration with WA Climate Leaders, join NELA(WA) and WA Climate Leaders on 16 March 2022 at 1-2PM AWST (4-5PM AEDT) for a webinar on the nexus of risk, responsibility and reputation. How will organisations be held to account on their environmental impact in 2022? Our panel will discuss how, this year, the scrutiny will only…
Climate litigation: Funders, litigators, responders
ZoomClimate change litigation garners a lot of attention and is changing business activity. In this online session, the Piddington Society in conjunction with NELA, bring together a funder, litigator and responder to climate litigation to consider the impact of climate change litigation, where it is heading and current issues in this area of law. In…
The Role of the Paris Agreement in Domestic Climate Change Litigation
ZoomKlimentina Radkova is a recent LL.M. graduate in Public International Law from the University of Oslo. She is passionate about legal issues concerning climate change, biodiversity, the interaction between environmental law and human rights and has focused her most recent research on the topic of climate change litigation.