Monday, September 23, 2024

Event 10/3: Climate Litigation Virtual Summit: Climate Rights Matters

On October 3, 2024, from 1:00-2:00pm EDT, the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources will hold a webinar exploring climate litigation. The program will feature panelists Jessica Simor, Melissa Anne Hornbein, Payam Akhavan, and Sophie Marjanac.

In this webinar, climate rights litigators will discuss cases brought around the world in which they assert that international and domestic law imbue people with rights to climate mitigation and adaptation, including in Australia (Daniel Billy and Others v. Australia), Oceania, Switzerland, and international and regional courts (Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law and Association of Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection v. Federal Department of the Environment Transport, Energy and Communications and Others). The discussion will feature the cases, strategies, and goals for litigators for future climate rights litigation, as well as highlight and contrast international litigation relative to U.S. cases such as Held v. Montana. Panelists will also discuss the legal frameworks enabling claims of climate rights globally compared with in U.S. law.

Register for the event here. CART services will be available for deaf or hard of hearing attendees.

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/human_rights/2024/09/event-103-climate-litigation-virtual-summit-climate-rights-matters.html

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