Annual Conference 2008
Climate Change and its Challenges for the International Legal System

Friday 17 October 2008 09:30 to 18:00

Location

Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG

British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5JP

Participants

The Annual Conference 2008 will focus on climate change. Concerns about the effects of climate change are being considered at national and international levels in a variety of disciplines. The impact on international law has not been explored to any significant extent. This conference will explore the effects of climate change on international law, both from within and outside the law, and through international and comparative perspectives. This is a very timely conference with the growing recognition of the need for international cooperation and regulation, as part of the rule of law, being a vital aspect for the future.

Keynote Speaker: Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO Director of the Policy Foresight Programme at the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University. Former Chef de Cabinet to the President of the European Commission, Ambassador to Mexico, Permanent Secretary of the Overseas Development Administration (now DFID), British Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Warden of Green College Oxford and Chancellor of the University of Kent. Adviser on environmental issues, in particular climate change.

Speakers Include:

  • The Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG Chairman of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Professor Robert McCorquodale Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Professor Catherine Redgwell University College London
  • James Cameron Executive Director and Vice Chairman of Climate Change Capital
  • Anna Riddell British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Sarah Williams Dorset Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Dr Phoebe Okowa Queen Mary University of London
  • Professor Philippe Sands QC University College London and Matrix Chambers
  • Professor Richard Macrory University College London
  • Dan Bodansky University of Georgia
  • MJ Mace Former Director of Climate Change and Energy Programme, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
  • Ian Harvey Chairman IP Institute
  • Mark Kenber, The Climate Group
  • Angela Delfino Dewey & LeBoeuf
  • Chris Goodall Author and Broadcaster on climate change issues
  • Dr Christina Voigt University of Oslo
  • Dr Barbara Oliveira ECOSYNERGY
  • Bryce Rudyk
  • Dr Angela Williams University of Sussex
  • Professor Javaid Rehman Brunel University
  • Nicola Notaro International Climate Negotiations, DG Environment, European Commission
  • Robyn Briese Office of General Counsel, Australian Government
  • Changhua Fu First Secretary (Political) Chinese Embassy, London
  • Sanja Bogojevic University of Oxford
  • Kate Miles University of Sydney
  • Freya Baetens University of Cambridge
  • Wisam Abboud British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Camilla Toulmin International Institute for Environment and Development, London
  • Graham Stuart Baker & McKenzie
  • John Barrett Stockholm Environment Institute

The Conference Dinner - This event is fully booked

The venue is situated near the conference at the Hotel Russell, 1 - 8 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5BE

Please click here for a copy of the programme

Members of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law can receive discounted rates at The Montague on The Gardens hotel, London WC1, Goodenough Club, London WC1, Hotel Russell, London WC1, Grange Holborn Hotel London WC1 and Grange Blooms Hotel London WC1.

6 CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event.

All non-member costs include a year's membership of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

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Shell International B.V.

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