IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
29 Oct - 3 Nov 2023
Room 251, Level 2
Session information
‘You are all climate lawyers now’: IBA at COP27 & COP28
Thursday 2 November (1115 - 1230)
Room 251, Level 2
Committee(s)
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
(Lead)
Business Human Rights Committee
Class Actions Committee
Human Rights Law Committee
IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit
Description
Discussion of the role of lawyers and law associations in tackling the climate crisis: a fireside chat of our attendance at COP27 and COP28, and the capacity building across nations.
This session will discuss practical examples of work in 2023 in collaboration with the American Bar Association, Law Society of England and Wales and Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).
How law can and is evolving at pace to lead and influence the just transition.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Lara Douvartzidis | Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, London, England |
Speakers
| Georgina Beasley | Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, London, England |
| Alasdair Cameron | The Law Society of England & Wales, London, England |
| Letícia Perrone Campos Mello | Conselho Federal da OAB, London, England |
| John Dernbach | Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Nina Pindham | CornerStone Barristers, London, England |