Welcome to the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance (SCELG). We are based at the University of Strathclyde Law School in Glasgow, Scotland. We strive for globally impactful research, teaching and knowledge exchange in a wide range of interconnected areas of environmental law and governance.
The Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance was established in 2012 and has benefited from a large investment in 2016. It brings together more than twenty researchers including staff, PhD and visiting researchers based at Strathclyde Law School and welcomes experts from other disciplines.
We aim to identify and shape emerging areas of legal research in environmental governance with a strong development focus, including through innovative teaching geared towards students' global employability and through collaborations with global practitioners.
Events
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22Apr2022
Climate Impact Assessment
Climate Impact Assessment for Fossil Fuel Projects in the Era of Energy Transition
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4Mar2022
Grassroots Led Approaches to Securing Climate Justice in Africa
An event discussing the leveraging of existing legal approaches and tools to secure climate justice in Africa
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4May2022
SCELG X Anniversary Colloquium on Global Environmental Law and Governance
In 2012 Strathclyde Law School launched the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG). Ten years later SCELG is now firmly one of the leading environmental law centres in the UK and will celebrate its anniversary by sharing its own approach to global environmental law and governance.
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27May2022
Environmental Litigation before the ICJ: How effective can it be?
In his presentation Edgardo will provide a brief overview of the environmental cases that have been before the ICJ
News
Strathclyde Law School before the highest judicial body of the United Nations
Prof Francesco Sindico has just returned from The Hague where he acted as Counsel for the Plurinational State of Bolivia in the Case over the Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia)
SCELG Members cited in newest UN Climate Report: “Climate Change 2022”
The work of two SCELG members has been cited in the IPCC’s newest Assessment Report
Innovative research for climate adaptation at the ocean-climate-human rights nexus
SCELG members of the One Ocean Hub have contributed to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) work on climate adaptation
Contributing to global consultations on children's right to a healthy environment
Prof Morgera continues to contribute to the global consultations on the future content of General Comment No. 26 of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Labs & Incubators
Our collaborative projects for peer learning and peer review

Third Festival of Environmental Law & Governance
29 April - 2 May 2019

Find out more about events
The Centre organises a lively series of events that include conferences, guest lectures and seminars, which are open to interested people across and outside the University. Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance members also participate in events around the word.
One Ocean Hub
