Southampton Law School - Seminar: Global Environmental Crisis, Environmental Law as a Vaccine for the Planetary Pandemic Event

The Global Environmental Crisis: Environmental Law as a Vaccine for the Planetary Pandemic

Rule of law and sustainable development seminar presented via Zoom by Southampton Law School, University of Southampton

Date: 19 February 2021 | 9am (UK time)

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Please see the attached programme for more information

Highlights:

How the virus can trigger systemic change? Klaus Bosselmann (University of Auckland, New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, New Zealand)

Preparing for the next pandemic: learning from International Environmental Law Alexander Gillespie (Te Piringa Faculty of Law, Waikato University, New Zealand and Extraordinary Professor, Global Environmental Law Niche Area, UWC)

COVID-19 and global trends in the Environmental Rule of Law  Andrew Raine (United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi)

Global solidarity and global challenges: epidemics and climate change Otto Spijkers (China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies, Wuhan University, China)

Utilizing ‘solastalgia’ to reframe the international climate law regime in the Anthropocene Paul J Govind (Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Australia)

Governance lessons from Covid to climate change Alexandra Harrington (School of Law, University of Albany, USA)

Global environmental law and the significance of Sustainable Development Goal 17 ‘Partnerships for the Goals’: through the lens of pandemic response Emily Reid (Southampton Law School, University of Southampton, UK)

Indian Response to COVID-19: lessons to be learnt for Sustainable Development Sandeepa Bhat B (National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India)