This page provides information about events -- workshops and conferences -- that are being organized by member institutions of the IUCN Academy. These upcoming events focus on a range of issues of environmental law.

You will find below a list of events, meeting dates and location, agenda and registration material if available and a contact e-mail.

2013 NELA National Conference,
7 – 9 March 2013
Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne.

The conference brings together for the first time different aspects of clean energy law: environment and climate change lawyers, and those at the forefront of resources and energy regulation & planning, carbon credits and emissions trading.

As part of the discussion we pose the question:
What is the role of state governments in planning a low carbon future given the federal government has introduced a carbon price and its responsibility for international commitments on the environment?

With an impressive line-up of international, regional and Australian speakers and a great social program it’s a must.

Further information can be found on the Conference website at www.nelaconference.com.au and we invite you to sign-up to our mailing list to receive important conference updates and news.

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[Re]Claiming Accountability

A Conference by the Yale Environmental Law Association

February 25, 2012
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT

Featuring Keynote Speaker Mary Nichols
Chairman of the California Air Resources Board

Panel Conversations, Workshops, Reception and Social Events
Environmental Law Society Programming, and More

HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Information and Registration

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Please join us on February 25, 2012 and help [re]claim environmental accountability in our legal system and beyond. This is the second annual conference in our New Directions in Environmental Law Conference Series, hosted by the Yale Environmental Law Association. This year we will challenge the meanings andmechanisms behind environmental accountability—from the local to the global, from litigation to regulation to market-based opportunities and norm-shifting movements. We will critically question environmental accountability in the modern era and amongst evolving legal strategies.

Our foundational conference last spring, A Climate of Possibility, drew 300 practitioners, policymakers, academics, and students from around the country to inquire into the problems, challenges, and potential new directions in environmental law and policy. Last year’s conference was defined by inclusive and provocative conversations, which we look forward to expanding upon this February.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

Keynote Speaker Mary Nichols: Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and former Assistant Administrator for the U.S. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. A pathbreaker at for clean air solutions at CARB, a pivotal leader towards implementing California’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32, and a bold advocate for environmental and public health throughout her career, Chairman Nichols puts a face to the force and future of this Conference. Through her service across government and in the non-profit legal arena, Chairman Nichols has ensured pollution reduction accountability within a patchwork of common-sense partnerships; she continues to prove that environmental law is a field rich with practical purpose and principled foundations.

Panel Conversations: Nature in Brief: Creative Legal Approaches to Accountability
Nature in Brief will be a dynamic panel conversation that questions how practitioners can—and whether they should—stretch the bounds of standard canons, the common law, or constitutional claims to hold actors accountable for environmental harms through creative legal approaches, and in particular, litigation. The panel will bring together divergent voices—individuals who are looking at existing laws through a new lens and individuals who must ground their approaches within established institutional frameworks—to advance this evolving conversation.

Workshops: The workshops will engage participants in conversations about the contours of environmental accountability. They will be led by experts in their fields and designed to be round-table discussions that bring participants into the discourse, bridging communities of inquiry and practice amongst students, professors, and practitioners. Topics will include:

  • Environmental Enforcement: Using Civil & Criminal Laws to Address Env. Misdeeds
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution in Lieu of Environmental Justice Litigation
  • Offshore Oil Drilling Accountability Post-Deepwater Horizon
  • Environmental Markets: Urban & Rural Responsibilities
  • The Case of Specialized Environmental Courts
  • Accountability to Future Generations
  • Food: Sustainability & Access
  • Smart Growth and Land Use
  • Ocean Acidification

The Conference will also feature Social Events, a Reception, and an
Environmental Law Society Programming Lunch

Register Now!

Free for members of Yale and Quinnipiac Universities, and New Haven Residents
$30 for Students (with a need-based waiver option)
$50 for Professionals and Practitioners

  1. Call for Papers