Thursday, July 13, 2023

Just Transitions Conference 7-8 September 2023; University of Dundee

 


I am delighted to pass along some information about the upcoming Just Transitions Conference to he held at the University of Dundee 7-8 September 2023.  

Climate change threatens humanity and supporting ecosystems. International and regional legal and policy frameworks, governments, development actors and the private sector are striving to deliver a global green and just energy transition.

The idea of a just transition evokes policies that are designed and implemented in line with international principles, such as equity, participation, transparency and inclusion, and international human rights.

But the law, policy and scholarship on ‘just transitions’ is nascent and fragmented. There are sizeable knowledge gaps over the underlying conceptual architecture, economic, institutional, and social implications of a just transitions, at international, regional and national levels.

The conference will analyse challenges raised by just transitions to a low-carbon economy in, and for, international law. These challenges will be considered in five panels, focusing on:

 

  • Human Rights and Just Transitions
  • Just Transitions and Business
  • Just Transitions and International Economic and Investment Law
  • Global Perspectives on Just Transitions
  • Just Transitions Litigation

 

The conference includes two keynote speeches delivered by Judge Tim Eicke (online), the European Court of Human Rights, and Professor Freya Baetens, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford.

The Dundee conference follows conferences in International Law hosted by the Universities of Aberdeen in 2022, Edinburgh in 2019 and Glasgow in 2018 and is generously sponsored by the Society of Legal Scholars and the Clark Foundation.

The tentative Programme and biographical information follows

Registration link here.


















 


 




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