Climate Change and Courts

Moderators:

• Vesselina Haralampieva, Associate Director, Senior Counsel, Legal Transition Team,  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Christina Pak, Principal Counsel and Team Leader, Law and Policy Reform Program, Asian Development Bank

Opening Remarks (20 minutes - 11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. BST)

• Hon. Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin, Member of the National High Court of Brazil (STJ) and Founding Member, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment  
• Thomas Clark, General Counsel, Asian Development Bank 
• Michael Strauss, General Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

Session 1: Climate Cases Coming to Courts Near You (30 minutes - 11:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. BST)

• Professor Christina Voigt, Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law  
• Joana Setzer, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute 
• Briony Eales and Maria Cecilia Sicangco, Climate Law and Policy Specialists, Asian Development Bank 

Session 2: Challenges Faced by Judges in Adjudicating Climate Change Cases (35 minutes - 11:50 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. BST)

• Right Hon. Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting Hill, Kt, CVO, former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 
• Hon. Justice Beibut Shermukhametov and colleague, Supreme Court of Kazakhstan  
• Hon. Justice Ganna Vronska, Supreme Court of Ukraine

Session 3: Judicial Tools and Resources and Knowledge Sharing (30 minutes - 12:25 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. BST)

• Hon. Justice Brian Preston FRSN SC, Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, Australia and Founding Member, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment 
• Hon. Justice Luc Lavrysen, President of the Belgian Constitutional Court, President of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment, and Founding Member, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment 
• Maryna Yanush, Environmental Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Aarhus Convention) 

Session 4: Q & A (30 minutes - 12:55 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. BST)

• This will be an interactive Q & A session and will not be recorded

Concluding Remarks – ADB & EBRD Collaboration (5 minutes - 1:25 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. BST)