The interface between climate science and international law in recent Advisory Opinions and international climate litigation
Dr Nataša Nedeski (University of Amsterdam and visiting researcher at the Faculty of Law at UiT) will introduce the "Translating Climate Science for International Law" project she is working on. She will present on and draw from a forthcoming collaborative piece that she wrote together with climate scientists on the integration of climate science evidence into international legal reasoning on causation.
PhD Research Fellow Bas Klerk (NCLOS / Faculty of Law at UiT) will discuss how climate science was discussed in the climate change related Advisory Opinions that were recently delivered by the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. He will draw on his recent article "From ‘well below 2°C’ to 1.5°C: The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change".
This seminar is organised by the Research Group for Human Rights and International Law at the Faculty of Law at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. It consists of two talks and there will be time for Q&A. This seminar is for everyone who is interested in international law, climate science, and climate change litigation, and in learning about how (international) courts and tribunals have dealt with the issue of climate science evidence.
There will be fruit and cookies as well as tea/coffee!