Sabin Center/UNEP Annual Conference on Global Climate Litigation Full Program
Sabin Center-UNEP Annual Conference on Global Climate Litigation
April 19-20, 2022
Day 1 (April 19, 2022):
Panel 1: Welcome Remarks and Keynote Address (9am-10.30am EST)
Introductory remarks: Dr. Maria Antonia Tigre, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Welcome remarks: Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Director of the Law Division, UNEP
Welcome remarks: Prof. Michael Gerrard, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joeri Rogelj, Director of Research, Grantham Institute - Climate Change & Environment
Keynote Speaker: Linda Yanti Sulistiawati, Senior Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Center for Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and Assoc.Prof, Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Panel 2: Climate Litigation and Human Rights (10.30am-12.00pm EST)
Panelists:
Justice Ayesha Malik, Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan
Ademola Jegede, Professor, School of Law, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
Lorena Zenteno Villa, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Edinburgh
Matt Floro, Special Counsel, Environmental Defenders Office
Riccardo Luporini, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Law, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Moderator: Dr. Linnéa Nordlander, Center for International Law and Governance, University of Copenhagen
Coffee Break (12-12.30pm EST)
Panel 3: Youth-led climate litigation (12.30pm-1pm EST)
Panelists:
Mikiko Otani, Committee on the Rights of the Child
Iris Duquesne, plaintiff in Sacchi, et al. v. Argentina, et al.
Laura Jiménez, plaintiff in Future Generations v. Ministry of the Environment and Others
Ridhima Pandey, plaintiff in Sacchi, et al. v. Argentina, et al.
Moderator: Juliana Cici, PhD Candidate, University of Geneva
Panel 4: Private climate litigation (1.00pm-2.30pm EST)
Panelists:
Prof. Michael Hantke Domas, former judge of the Env. Tribunal of Chile
Bernard Namanya, Climate Change Law Consultant, BNB Advocates, Uganda
Carolina Piovano, Senior Associate Litigator, Clifford Chance LLP, Italy
Conrado M. Cornelius, Djokosoetono Research Center (DRC), Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia
Tyson Dyck, Partner, Torys LLP, Canada
Moderator: Andreas Hösli, University of Zurich, Swiss National Science Foundation
Keynote Speaker: Ian Fry, Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights in the context of climate change (2.30pm-3pm EST)
Day 2 (April 20, 2022):
Keynote Speaker: Briony Eales, Asian Development Bank (9.00am-9.30am EST)
Panel 5: Climate change regionally: comparative perspectives (9.30am-11.30am EST)
Panelists:
Katrina Kuh, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Eeshan Chaturvedi, Assistant Dean, Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability
Pedro Cisterna Gaete, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh
Moderator: Milagros Mutsios Ramsay, LLM Candidate, Yale Law School
Keynote Speaker: “Separation of powers in climate litigation,” Prof. Christina Eckes, University of Amsterdam (11.30am-12pm EST)
Coffee Break (12-12.30pm EST)
Panel 6: State responsibility and climate litigation (12.30pm-2pm EST)
Panelists:
Hermann Ott, Managing Director, ClientEarth Germany
Moumita Das Gupta, Research Fellow, Centre for Climate Justice, Bangladesh (CCJ-B)
Prof. Muhammed T Ladan, Director General/ CEO, Nigerian institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Nigeria
Natalia Urzola, Chief Operating Officer, Global Network of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE)
Niall Toru, Senior Lawyer, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Moderator: Dr. Alessandro Monti, Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
Panel 7: Climate change and courts (2pm-3.30pm EST)
Panelists:
Judge Edward Wabwoto, Judge of the Environment and Land Court, Kenya
Jolene Lin, Jolene Lin, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Dr. Maria Antonia Tigre, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Marlies Hesselman, University of Groningen
Moderator: Dr. Matteo Fermeglia, Assistant Professor and Post-Doctoral Assistant in international and European Environmental Law, Hasselt University