Sunday, September 27, 2015

Climate Change and the Rule of Law

 A symposium held in London (King’s College London Dickson Poon School of Law and the Supreme Court) 17-19 September examined climate change and the rule of law. Professor Philippe Sands QC gave a public lecture on the role of international law and judges in addressing legal issues relating to climate change. Professor Sands' talk was followed by comments from Professor James Crawford, Judge of the International Court of Justice, and Professor Lavanya Rajamani of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. 1 h, 31 min, transcript available for Professor Sands’ talk here. The UKL website for the symposium has short interviews (7 - 12 min) with some symposium speakers, no transcripts available for these interviews.