Toolbox Launch
The Global Toolbox was launched on 27 March. The event involved presentations from 13 of our rapporteurs, with opening remarks from Professor David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment.
Professor David Boyd
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment and Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia.
Opening remarks about the Toolbox.
Professor Jacqueline Peel
Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School and Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, University of Melbourne (Australia Rapporteur and Core Group Member).
Toolbox section 1.A. Climate Change Law / Environmental Law Statutory Provisions.
Professor Annalisa Savaresi
Professor of Law, University of Stirling, and Associate Professor, Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (UEF) (Core Group Member).
Toolbox section 1.B. Human Rights Law.
Professor Elbert de Jong
Professor of Private Law, Utrecht University Centre for Accountability and Liability Law and Molengraaff Institute for Private Law (Netherlands Rapporteur).
Toolbox section 1. C. i. Negligent Failure to Mitigate or Adapt to Climate Change.
Dr Sophia Schwemmer
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Foreign and International Private and Business Law, University of Heidelberg (Germany Rapporteur).
Toolbox section 1.D. Company and Financial Laws.
Professor Michael Gerrard
Prof. Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, and Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School (Core Group Member).
Toolbox Section 1.H. Planning and Permitting Laws.
Dr Masako Ichihara
JSPS Fellow/Researcher at Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan (Japan Rapporteur).
Toolbox Section 2. B. ii. Justiciability.
Dr Omondi Owino
Senior Lecturer, JKUAT School of Law, Nairobi, and Head of Environment, Energy and Climate Change Law, Acorn Law Advocates (Kenya Rapporteur).
Toolbox section 2.C. Arguments, Defences, and Court Responses.
Professor Qin Tianbao
Luojia Professor of Law and Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), School of Law, Wuhan University (China Rapporteur and Core Group Member).
Toolbox section 2.D. Sources of Evidence.
Professor Michael T. Tiu Jr.
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines College of Law, and Member of the Philippine Working Group on Business and Human Rights (Philippines Rapporteur).
Toolbox Section 3.B. Non-Pecuniary Remedies.
