Paris Agreement: Accountability and Compliance
Christina Voigt, 12 May 2021
Recording of the V SCELG Biannual Guest Lecture
This coming November, the UN Climate Summit (COP 26) will direct the eyes of the world towards Glasgow. After the formal climate negotiations have been on hiatus because of the global pandemic, the stakes of this important meeting could not be higher. Issues of accountability, transparency, and compliance will be central on the negotiating agenda as the international community gauges progress towards the overarching objectives of the Paris Agreement.
How can we know whether countries are meeting their climate pledges? What remedies are available if countries fail to achieve their pledges, or simply lack the necessary resources? And what is the role of these matters in the upcoming negotiations during COP26? For its 5th Biennial Guest Lecture, the Strathclyde Center for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG) has invited leading experts to address these questions as part of Engage with Strathclyde.
Key Note Speaker
- Christina Voigtof the University of Oslo, a leading expert on international climate change law and Co-Chair of the Paris Agreement’s Implementation and Compliance Committee.
Panellists
- Keith Bell, University Strathclyde and member of the UK Committee on Climate Change
- Gerard Howe, COP26 and International Climate lead in the Scottish Government
- Jimena Nieto Carrasco, Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and member of several international compliance committees.
