Fairness in International Environmental Law

Cambridge, 2 Sept. 2010

Faculty of Law – Room LG17

Final Program

Opening (9h30-9h45)

Panel 1: Theory, Practice and Discourse on Fairness in International Environmental Law (9h45-11h00)

Chair: Mario Prost

- Natasha Affolder (University of British Columbia):
“‘International’, ‘Environmental’, ‘Law’: Lessons in Scholarly Boundary Drawing and Marginalization”

- Susana Borràs (Rovira i Virgili University):
“The Tribunals for Environmental Justice”

- Jaye Ellis (McGill University):
“Unilateral Exercises in Public Authority: Addressing Issues of Fairness”

- Kishan Khoday (UNDP) and Usha Natarajan (Centre for International Sustainable Development Law)
“Sustainable Development in the Third World or How Much Should a Person Consume”

Coffee Break (11h00-11h15)

Panel 2: Making Fairness a Reality in the International Regime on Climate Change (11h15-12h20)

Chair: Alejandra Torres Camprubi

- Jorge Vinuales (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies – Geneva)
“Balancing Fairness and Effectiveness in the Redesign of the Climate Change Regime”

- Aurora Mateos (Consultant, Legal advisor of the Republic of Timor Leste at COP-15)
“Climate Change at Copenhagen and afterwards: reasons of a limited progress and prospects for Mexico (COP-16)”

- Rosa Maria Fernandez-Egea (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
“Economic Mechanisms to Fight Climate Change: a Critical View of their Legitimization”

- Jerneja Penca (European University Institute)
“Fitting REDD within the Green Agenda: An Appraisal of Fairness in the Emerging Forestry Mechanism”

CLOSING REMARKS: 12h20-12h30

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