Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance News

2018

• SCELG Contributes to Scottish and International Research on Environmental Crime

  Antonio Cardesa-Salzmann has contributed to various efforts focused on environmental crime.

• SCELG Contributes to Scottish Environmental Governance Discussions Related to Brexit

  SCELG has been involved in various processes analysing risks and identifying ways forward for Scotland’s environmental governance and environmental rights.

•  SCELG PhDs Organise International Conference on the Law of the Sea

  SCELG organised an International Law of the Sea conference on 4-5 December 2018.

• Island's Sustainability, Island Explorers project and International Courts and the Commons

  In November, Francesco Sindico visited Hawai’i to undertake a number of activities related to SCELG projects.

• SCELG at the CBD COP in Sharm El-Sheikh (17-29 November 2018)SCELG at the CBD COP in Sharm El-Sheikh (UPDATE)

  Follow the Activities of SCELG and the BENELEX Project at the UN Biodiversity Conference

• SCELG and the CBD Consultancy on Biosafety Mainstreaming (UPDATE)

  SCELG’s Elisa Morgera, Miranda Geelhoed and Elsa Tsioumani finalise consultancy

• SCELG Participates in Conference on Human Rights Innovation in Scotland

  With Talks on Leadership, Brexit and Substantive and Procedural Environmental Rights

• SCELG Contributes to Discussions on a New Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland

  Elisa Morgera was invited to contribute to a workshop organized by Scottish environmental NGOs to advance discussions on the creation of a new Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland.

• SCELG Contributes to Climate Legislation Debates in Scotland

  Elisa Morgera was invited to contribute to a Cross-Party Group meeting at the Scottish Parliament focusing on climate justice.

• SCELG, IPCC Special Report 1.5°C, and Climate Change Litigation

  Co-director Francesco Sindico joined a group of experts from academia and practice to introduce the session on “Human Rights Thresholds in the Context of Climate Change”.

• Law, Arts and Island Resilience Project: Second Workshop

  Second workshop on the Islands (Scotland) Bill and resilience and sustainability on Uist.

• SCELG Welcomes New LLM Students

  Staff and current students gave a warm welcome to new LLM students during a special Induction Day on International Law and the Environment.

• SCELG at UN Negotiations on Marine Biodiversity

  Prof Morgera and Dr Diz participated in the first session of UN negotiations of a new treaty on marine biodiversity at the UN Headquaters in New York.

• SCELG and the Revision of the IV Montevideo Programme

  SCELG has been invited by the UNEP Law Division to participate in the ongoing revision of the IV Montevideo Programme. 

• SCELG and the RSGS Celebrate Polly Higgins

  SCELG and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society organised the award ceremony of the Shackleton Medal, which this year was awarded to Ms Polly Higgins.

• SCELG Awarded Cefas Consultancy

  Dr Daniela Diz & Mitchell Lennan have been awarded a consultancy from the UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies to produce a study assessing governance structures and legal instruments for recreational sea fishing.

• SCELG at the Second SOI Global Dialogue

  Dr Daniela Diz and Mara Ntona participated in the second meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative Global Dialogue.

• SCELG Welcomes Researchers from the KMI

  SCELG had the pleasure of receiving the visit of Dr Sujin Park and Mr Daekyung Kim, researchers at the Korea Maritime Institute.

• SCELG Inaugurates Collaboration with Institute of Uncanny Justness

  The Insitute is a school for ecological citizens consisting of a trans-disciplinary practice-based social learning collaborations.

• SCELG Launches Research on Outer Space law

  Dr Saskia Vermeylen has been awarded a Leverhulme fellowship to develop a new research strand.

• SCELG Director at Xiamen Academy of International Law

  Prof Elisa Morgera was invited to take part in the 2018 summer programme of the Xiamen Academy of International Law.

• BENELEX at Cambridge Conservation Initiative Expert Meeting

  Prof Elisa Morgera contributed to the CCI expert meeting, as well as a panel discussion with Sir David Attenborough.

• SCELG at the World Heath Organisation

  Dr Stephanie Switzer was invited to contribute to a two-day, closed-door workshop on pathogen sharing in Geneva.

• 2018 IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Hosted by SCELG

  The gathering took place in the United Kingdom for the first time after the Law School's 2014 bid.

• SCELG at the Convention on Biological Diversity

  Dr Diz presented at the CBD.

• SCELG at High Seas International Conference

  Dr Diz presented at the Nausicaá High Seas International Conference.

• SCELG Climate Change Litigation Project

  The centre has been working for over a year with the University of Geneva on a project on climate change litigation.

• Report co-produced by SCELG and the ngr4SD

  “Localizing the SDGs: regional governments paving the way” captures the efforts of regional governments in their implementation of the SDG.

• Law, Arts and Island Resilience Project: First Workshop on North Uist

  Workshop on the Islands (Scotland) Bill and resilience and sustainability on Uist.

• Pupils Visit Strathclyde for Island Explorers Programme

  505 pupils from 2 primary schools in Glasgow visited the University of Strathclyde to celebrate the finale of the inaugural Island Explorers programme.

• SCELG co-director publishes article on the Guarani Aquifer Agreement

  Francesco Sindico's article reflects on the added value of the Agreement in the management of the Guarani Aquifer System.

• SCELG Workshop on Brexit, the Environment, and Human Rights

  A report on our recent Brexit-focused workshop.

• SCELG at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

  SCELG affiliate completes an internship with the Legal Office at the ITLOS in Hamburg.

• SCELG Represented at Images of Research Competition

  Four SCELG members have had their images shortlisted in this year's contest.

• Announcing the 2018 Festival of Environmental Law & Governance

  The festival takes place from 30th April - 4th May 2018.

• SCELG Welcomes Visiting Researchers

  A new group of visiting researchers are carrying out their work at SCELG in 2018.

• SCELG partners with UN Division for the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS)

  SCELG has been invited by UNDOALOS to become one of the academic institutions that host fellows on the United Nations-Nippon Foundation Fellowship Programme.

• SCELG Oceans Update

  An update on SCELG's recent oceans work.

• SCELG co-director appointed to Human Rights Advisory Group

  Professor Morgera, SCELG co-director, has been appointed by Scotland’s First Minister to a new Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership.

• SCELG awarded illegal fisheries consultancy by FAO