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IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

PALACIO DE CANAL 4, LEVEL E1

Session information

Climate change litigation: global overview and trends

Thursday 19 September (0930 - 1045)

PALACIO DE CANAL 4, LEVEL E1

Committee(s)

Oil and Gas Law Committee (Lead)
Class Actions Committee

Description

The role of litigation in addressing climate change, including discussion of various types of litigation (eg, based in human rights law, corporate law, administrative law and investment law). The session will be covering the key litigation cases affecting this topic.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Glaucia Coelho	Machado Meyer Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Chair, Class Actions Committee
Francisco Maranhão	Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Membership Officer, Oil and Gas Law Committee

Speakers

Professor Gloria Alvarez	University of Aberdeen , Edinburgh, Scotland
Nathan Block	Managing Counsel - Litigation, BP America, Houston, Texas, USA
Jimena Vega Olmos	Martinez de Hoz & Rueda, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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