Call for Speakers
LAWASIA invites members to submit a proposal to speak at the upcoming LAWASIA Environmental Law Conference taking place in Fiji from 3 to 4 April 2020. Proposals must correspond to both the conference theme and one of the conference session topics.
Please review the conference programme for an overview of the topics.
Conference theme: “The tide is high; the time is nigh” – climate change and the Pacific
Please note that your expression of interest must include:
Session details:
- name of session – refer to conference programme;
- presentation abstract (300 word limit), fully summarising the content focus of your presentation
Speaker credentials:
- full name and contact details
- brief professional biography indicating relevant experience
- where will we find further information about you? Please share links to any social media accounts, videos, recorded presentations, published articles and/or testimonials
Deadline for submission: Friday, 8 November 2019
Please send your submission via email to: [email protected]
Note: All speakers must be able to cover their own registration, accommodation and travel costs
CONFERENCE SESSION TOPICS
Proposals may be submitted under one of the following session topics:
SESSION 1 – Consequences of Climate Change
- Climate-induced displacement with dignity, both within and outside of affected countries
- Impacts of climate change on culture particularly language in the Torres Strait Islands
- Impact of climate change on constitutional and human rights
- Water scarcity and water justice
SESSION 2 – Promoting action on Climate Change
- ‘Rising Up’ focusing on the ground swell of communities and youth movements and considering their legal impacts
- Role of the media – how communication and reporting on climate change and its impacts can shape public perceptions, opinions, and action
- Legal Strategies to Expand Community Based Governance in Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from the Pacific Islands
- Disaster preparedness and disaster management
SESSION 3 – Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Development
- Sustainable, resilient and inclusive development: What is it? How to achieve it, including environmental impact assessment?
- Financing sustainable, resilient, and inclusive infrastructure: the role of multilateral financial institutions (such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank)
- Legal and regulatory barriers to accessing climate finance
- Criteria for allocation of climate financing: How to allocate funding? How to access funding?
SESSION 4 – Ocean Governance, protecting the Pacific Ocean
- From marine protected areas to marine spatial planning: how legal tools are responding to complex ocean challenges
- Ecosystem-based Marine Spatial Planning in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: Achievements and Challenges
- Towards a Sustainable Ocean Governance Framework: A Need for a National Ocean Policy in Chile
SESSION 5 – Protecting and Managing Marine Resources
- Can’t see the (mangrove) forest for the trees: legal and policy recognition of mangrove and wetland ecosystem services in Australia
- Evaluation of the international, regional and domestic legal arrangements to protect seabirds in the Pacific region
- Protecting the marine ecosystem, law of the sea and international marine environmental law
- The importance of regional cooperation between Pacific Island Countries for efficient fisheries management
SESSION 6 – The role of the judiciary
- The Environmental Rule of Law: ready access to Courts, specialist or otherwise
- The role of judiciaries in advancing environmental (including climate) justice
- The role of public interest environmental litigation in advancing climate justice