Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance News

2016

• SCELG expert at the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

  Renee Martin-Nagle has been invited to serve as a subject-matter expert to the 2017 Moot Court competition 

• New LLM Global Environmental Law and Governance

  Registration for new LLM Global Environmental Law and Governance is now open

• SCELG in the Middle East

  Miranda Geelhoed presents to competent authority in Iran on the regulation of GMOs

• Research Handbook on International Law and Natural Resources

  Prof Elisa Morgera, co-edits the Edward Elgar ‘Research Handbook on International Law and Natural Resources’.

• SCELG presents at BREXIT Breakfast Seminar at Holyrood on Environmental Implications

• Dr Antonio Cardesa-Salzmann and Miranda Geelhoed speak to Members of Scottish Parliament

• Prof Elisa Morgera Contributes to UN-Environment course

  Annual high-profile course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements at the University of Eastern Finland 

• SCELG at the UN Biodiversity Conference

  Elisa Morgera and Daniela Diz will hosts a series of international side-events during the CBD COP

• SCELG in Southern Africa

  Dr Francesco Sindico was at the Meeting on Tools for the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Aquifers

• Jingjing Zhao gives invited seminar on GMOs to LLM students

  SCELG PhD Researcher shares her research with students LLM International Law and Sustainable Development

• SCELG in Central America

  Dr Francesco Sindico participated in the first meeting of the “Ocotepeque-Ciatala Transboundary Aquifer” case study

• Paris Agreement comes into force!

  Former LLM in Climate Change Law and Policy students wins a prestigious prize

• SCELG Researcher Dr. Daniela Diz invited to attend the first international meeting of regional seas organizations and regional fisheries management organizations

  Cooperation and collaboration among regional seas and fisheries bodies

• LLM students receive bespoke training in presentation skills

  LLM International Law and Sustainable Development

• LLM in Climate Change Law and Policy students discuss the entry into force of the Paris Agreement

  LLM's residential session, New Lanark

• Our work on Brexit

  The centre is actively involved in current policy and academic debates on Brexit

• CBD Consultancy on Biosafety Mainstreaming

  Elisa Morgera and Miranda Geelhoed conduct consultancy on biosafety mainstreaming

• Tenure governance and the Sustainable Development Goals: leaving no-one behind the land and fisheries sectors?

  BeneLex organises event at the Committee on Food Security.

• Marine Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

  BeneLex will organize a workshop "Marine Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction", at New York University Law School.

• Professor Morgera invited to UN expert consultation on biodiversity and human rights

  Professor Elisa Morgera, Co-Director of Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG), has been invited to contribute to the UN expert consultation on biodiversity and human rights in Geneva, Switzerland.

• Stephanie Hawkins contributes to Geneva Water Hub’s expert panel

  Stephanie Hawkins - one of our PhD Researchers - has been in Geneva, participating as an expert for the think tank.

• SCELG presents at the 12 Kovacs Colloquium

  SCELG director, Francesco Sindico, participated as a Key Note Speaker.

• Integrating Environment and Human Right Protection

  Dr Francesco Sindico delivers talk titled "Beyond Paris: Challenges and Opportunities."