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ADB Convened Global Environmental Leaders at Stockholm+50 Symposium
Thomas Clark, General Counsel of the Asian Development Bank addressed global environmental leaders on the need to strengthen the environmental rule of law to accelerate action in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution during the Symposium on Judges and the Environment at the Stockholm+50 Conference.
ADB Co-Organized Second ASEAN Environmental Law Conference
Over 4,500 participants attended the three-day conference covering 15 sessions on the myriad of environmental and social challenges facing the ASEAN region. The conference brought together development partners, civil society organizations, judges, academia, lawyers, private sector and other interested stakeholders from 66 countries to discuss legal, policy and community-based actions to transform principles of environmental law into practice.
ADB Partners with the Philippine Judicial Academy
The ADB Law and Policy Reform Program team met with the newly appointed Chancellor Rosmari Carandang and her team from the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) and representatives from the Supreme Court to discuss capacity building of special commercial court judges and inclusion of courses on environment and climate change into the judicial education program.
Train-the-Trainers Country Focal Points' Virtual Meeting
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Train-the-Trainers Country Focal Points (CFPs) comprising senior professors from 12 countries across Asia convened on 25 October 2021 for a Third Virtual Roundtable to discuss developments around environmental and climate change laws and legal education.
Train-the-Trainers Country Focal Points Convened for the 3rd Virtual Roundtable
ADB’s Train-the-Trainers (TTT) Country Focal Points (CFPs) composed of senior professors from 12 countries across Asia convened on 25 October 2021 for a 3rd Virtual Roundtable to discuss developments around environmental and climate change laws and legal education.
ASEAN Chief Justices Recognize ADB as a Key Development Partner
At the 9th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) meeting on 7 October 2021, the ASEAN Chief Justices adopted a declaration calling on its Working Group on Judicial Education and Training to collaborate with ADB and submitted an implementation plan for CACJ's approval.
ADB Supports the Parliament of Fiji to Pass Transformative Climate Change Act
ADB assists the Government of Fiji to draft a transformative Climate Change Act. The act provides a comprehensive framework using a "whole-of-economy" approach that will guide Fiji's response to climate change and help it progress toward its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
ADB Partnered with Philippines Legal Education Board on Environmental Law Curriculum Development and Capacity Building
ADB's General Counsel Thomas Clark opened the 22 September 2021 launch of the Philippine Environmental Law Teachers Training Program which supported the Legal Education Board’s recent reform initiative providing for mandatory teaching of environmental law.
ADB Conducted Consultations with the Royal Academy of Judicial Professions on Developing Capacity Building Programs for Judges
ADB's Law and Policy Reform Team met with authorities from Cambodia's Royal Academy of Judicial Professions (RJAP) to discuss capacity building of new and senior judges on commercial, environmental and climate change disputes.
ADB Discussed Collaboration on Judicial Capacity Building with the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices
On 16 September 2021, ADB's Law and Policy Reform Program team gave a presentation to the Judicial Education and Training Working Group of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices on opportunities for collaboration in key areas of law.