Dr Ivano Alogna
Biography
Dr Ivano Alogna joined BIICL in 2019 and is the Senior Research Fellow in Environmental and Climate Change Law at BIICL and leads the Institute's programme in this field.
He contributes to global environmental governance as Co-Lead of the Climate Litigation Cluster for the Climate Change Law Expert Group within the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), IUCN. He also serves on the Taskforce on the Rights of Nature and as an Expert for the IUCN French Committee's 'Environmental Law and Policy' Commission. Previously, he served as General Rapporteur for the Global Pact for the Environment project, led by the French Constitutional Council, and contributed to the European Law Institute project on "Ecocide".
In addition to his academic roles, he is a licensed Attorney-at-Law at the Bar of Milan. As an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Law at prestigious universities (including University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of Bologna and Catholic University of Lyon) he teaches courses on International, European and Comparative Environmental Law, Climate Change Law and Litigation, Environmental Liability, and Private and Comparative Law. His teaching combines theory and practice, equipping the next generation of legal professionals to address emerging global challenges. At BIICL, Ivano has developed a programme of environmental and climate change law courses, including a new course on Climate Change Litigation.
Dr Ivano Alogna
Senior Research Fellow in Environmental and Climate Change Law
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He co-edited influential books like 'Climate Change Litigation: Global Perspectives' (Brill, 2021) and 'Climate Change Litigation in Europe: Regional, Comparative and Sectoral Perspectives' (Intersentia, 2023). His PhD thesis, "The Circulation of Legal Models in the Environmental Field: Toward a Global Environmental Law" - Special Jury Prize by the French Society of Environmental Law (SFDE) - is forthcoming with LGDJ.
Ivano holds a PhD in Comparative and International Environmental Law from the Sorbonne Law School, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He also earned an LLM in Environmental Law from the Universities of Paris 1 and Paris 2 and several diplomas in Law, Comparative Law, and Environmental Law from prestigious universities in France, Italy, and Spain.
Throughout his career, Ivano undertook numerous international research stays, enriching his comparative perspectives at institutions like the University of Glasgow (Scotland), Louisiana State University (USA), SOAS University of London (England), Indian Law Institute (India), and University of Wuhan (China).
Ivano spearheads BIICL's innovative Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics project, which created the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation . This evolutive and collaborative open-access platform provides a selection of tools for anyone interested in this kind of litigation: NGOs, companies, government bodies and local communities, as well as other affected groups and individuals around the world and those representing them. The project was one of three finalists for the Basel Peace Office 2023 PACEY Awards European Project Category.
His research interests span Private Law, Legal Theory, Comparative Law, and Legal History.
