Official Partner event at COP26
Collaborative event which is part of the Official European Union Side Events Programme at COP26
Panel discussion
Location: Digital only - part of the official COP26 programme
Time: 5.30pm until 6.30pm GMT
Audience: Online via the COP26 web site.
Theme:
Business transition and law.
Title:
Achieving sustainability: the role of corporations, strategic litigation and ecocide law
Concept:
Business must transition to more climate-friendly practices. Civil litigation is already being used to make corporations and governments take action on climate. But could a new international crime of Ecocide address the problem at source? We examine how business is adapting and consider established and new legal approaches for guiding businesses as they transition to more sustainable behaviours.
Speakers:
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International
Head of Public Policy & UK Country Manager at Ecosia
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Investment Management – Northland Power Inc.
Chief Sustainability Officer, GE.
Lead Researcher Milieudefensie /Friends of the Earth Netherlands
Researcher and campaigner Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands
External Consultant on Climate Litigation, Germanwatch e.V.
Moderator:
BBC's Africa correspondent.
British journalist and author. He has been living and working abroad as a foreign correspondent for the past 30 years. Since 1994 he has been working for BBC News.
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