Before COP26: Promises and Prospects
Location:
Virtual Event
Date/time
Wed 27 October 2021
16:00-17:30
The Environmental, Climate and Oceans Law Discussion Group (ECO Law Group) is delighted to invite the community to the event
Before COP26: Promises and prospects
Speakers include
Presenter: Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Climate Law Lecturer, University of Edinburgh. View speaker profile
First Speaker: Daniel Bodansky. Prof. Bodansky is Regents' Professor of Law in the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He is also an affiliate faculty member with the Center for Law, Science and Innovation, and the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability's School of Sustainability at ASU. Professor Bodansky is a leading authority on international environmental law generally, and global climate change law in particular. He teaches courses in public international law and sustainability, and is a key player in the college's Program on Law and Sustainability. View speaker profile
Second speaker: Joyashree Roy. Prof. Joyashree Roy is the inaugural Bangabandhu Chair Professor at AIT. She lecture at the Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate, School of Environment, Resources and Development, AIT, Thailand. She was Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) national fellow. and a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA. View speaker profile
About the event
The long-delayed Glasgow COP is a key inflection point in the development of global climate governance. Whilst climate action has never been so salient in political and financial discourses, upwards of two thirds of global GDP is now subject to ‘net zero’ commitments, the recently published Assessment Report of the IPCC (WGI) and IEA Roadmap are both unequivocal that current efforts remain inadequate to avoid catastrophic climate change. The gap between the demands of science and climate action remains wide.
The Environmental, Climate and Oceans Law Discussion Group (ECO Law Group) of Edinburgh Law School is proud to host two leading global experts to analyse promise and prospects of COP26. Chaired by Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law, Professors Daniel Bodansky and Joyashree Roy will lead a discussion of what is expected from COP26 from the perspective of their disciplines, research agendas, and regions. Questions from the audience are welcomed as we explore what is needed from, and what is likely to be delivered, by this most keenly anticipated of COPs.
This event is free and open to all but registration is required.