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Annual Conference, Friday 26th June 2020

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Stop Ecocide co-founder Jojo Mehta will be speaking as part of a panel on ’Rule of law and the Environment’ on Friday 26th

Ukela Annual Conference 2020 will be held on 25 and 26 June. 
Friday 26 June

9.10am   Plenary 2 – Rule of Law and the Environment

At its core, environmental law is about relationships: between people and between people and the environment. Building effective legal frameworks and upholding the rule of law are fundamental to addressing the challenges of climate change, competition for scarce resources and growing environmental impacts.  This plenary will underpin the Conference, prompting evaluation of the status of the rule of law domestically and internationally, the potential for an international law of ecocide and the role of the law in environmental justice.  

Chair –Will Upton QC

Speakers: 

  • Tom Burke, UKELA Patron and Chair, E3g

  • Jojo Mehta, Stop Ecocide Foundation

  • Estelle Dehon, Cornerstone Barristers


“An programme of online presentations from leading experts in environmental law starting at 4pm on Thursday 25 June and concluding at 5pm on Friday 26 June. 6 plenary sessions will address a range of topical themes for environmental law, including the opportunities and threats posed to the environment by Covid 19.   

Themes include:

  • The Rule of Law and the Environment

  • The Marine Environment

  • A look at Environmental Law around the world

  • Covid 19 impact

  • Environmental Regulation and Net Zero

  • Climate Resilience

Keynote speaker - Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, our President, who will reflect on Climate Change and the Law in his address on Friday morning.
 Paul Rose, explorer and presenter, as After Dinner speaker on Thursday evening.

Speakers:

Programme:

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