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UNEP Event
Climate Change and Courts: Judicial Perspectives on Climate Litigation
10 December 2023
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Overview
- Speakers
Date: 10 December 2023
Time: 10h00 – 12h30 GST
Location: Al Shaheen, Action Lab 1, Global Climate Action Zone (Blue Zone), Expo City, Dubai, UAE
Organizers: UNEP, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE)
In cooperation with the International Association of Judges (IAJ), the Government of Brazil and the European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE), in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN WCEL).
Description:
A high-level dialogue between Chief Justices, Supreme Court Justices and experts in exploring approaches and solutions to climate change-related disputes arising before domestic courts across the globe. Climate Change is a global issue that requires the attention and action of institutions and stakeholders at every level around the world. An important element of this effort is the role of national and international Courts, often tasked with deciding disputes with complex temporal and spatial environmental ramifications. The session is envisaged as a knowledge-sharing platform where Supreme Court Justices and senior Judges of various jurisdictions can build on varied experiences in managing and resolving disputes involving climate change.
Speakers:
Opening:
- Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin, Member of the National High Court of Brazil (STJ) and President, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE)
- Ambassador André Correa do Lago, Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment of the Ministry of External Affairs do Brazil
- Juliette Biao, Director, UN Forum on Forests Secretariat
- UAE partners
Academic Keynote Address
Chair: Ambassador André Correa do Lago, Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment of the Ministry of External Affairs do Brazil
Christina Voigt, Chair of IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and Professor of the University of Oslo
Opening Dialog among Chief Justices
Chair: Juliette Biao, Director, UN Forum on Forests Secretariat
Speakers:
- Justice Luís Roberto Barroso (Chief Justice, Supreme Federal Court of Brazil)
- Justice Martha K. Koome (Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Kenya)
- Justice Luc Lavrysen (Chief Justice, Constitutional Court of Belgium)
Round Table Discussion
Chair: Andy Raine, Head, Frontiers in Environmental Law Unit, Law Division, UNEP
Speakers :
- Justice Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (International Court of Justice)
- Justice Nambitha Dambuza (Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa)
- Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla (Supreme Court of Nepal)
- Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah (Supreme Court of Pakistan)
- Representative of the UAE Judiciary
Closing
- Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Ambassador Extraordinary for Climate Change of Brazil
- Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin; Member of the National High Court of Brazil (STJ) and President, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE)
