#GenerationRestoration is the focus for this year's #WorldEnvironmentDay, which is celebrated today, 5 June. Here at UKELA we work to promote a better understanding of environmental law and its impact on the world around us. Key for us this month is contributing to the debate at next week's Annual Conference. The first two days of conference are led by UKELA's working parties, who will be discussing:
Tuesday 11 June (online)
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9.30 am #Water: Discharges from Combined Sewer Outfalls: what can we learn from the CSO at Whitburn?
🔸Chair / Speaker: Nicholas Ostrowski - Barrister, Six Pump Court Chambers and Convenor of the UKELA Water working party
🔸Speaker: Robert Latimer - retired engineer
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12.00pm #ClimateChange & #Energy: Interoperability of sustainability reporting standards and materiality assessments – getting on track
🔸Chair: Becky Clissmann - Sustainability Counsel, Ashurst LLP and Co-Convenor UKELA climate change & energy working party
Speakers:
🔸Anna-Marie Slot, JD - Co-founder, Managing Partner, Transition Value
🔸Emily Lee - Head of Human Rights and Livelihoods for Nature Positive and RSK Group
🔸Guilherme Cassaro, Policy Manager, Standards and Frameworks, CPD
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2.30pm #Waste: SUEZ is the clear winner
🔸Chair: Dr Anna Willetts - Partner, gunnercooke and Co-Convenor UKELA Waste working party
Speakers:
🔸Peter Toffrey - Senior Solicitor, SUEZ UK Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd
🔸Sam Riggs - Barrister, 25 Bedford Row
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5.00pm #Noise & #Nuisance - Noise issues which will face the new government
🔸Chair: Francis McManus - Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Stirling
🔸Speaker: John Stewart - Chair, UK Noise Association
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Wednesday 12 June (online)
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9.30 am #EnvironmentalLitigation - The ECtHR Swiss Case: A Political Turning Point in Climate Change Litigation?
🔸Chair / Speaker: Richard Turney KC - UKELA Trustee and Landmark Chambers Barrister
Speakers:
🔸Marc Willers KC - Barrister Garden Court Chambers
🔸Dr Corina Heri - Post Doctoral researcher in Climate Rights and Remedies at University of Zurich, Switzerland
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12.00pm #NatureConservation - Nutrient Neutrality: Development barred in these areas - or just another hurdle to clear?
🔸Chair: Richard Barlow - Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP
Speakers:
🔸Lord Lord Charles Banner KC Banner KC - Barrister, Keating Chambers
🔸Dr Caroline Chapman PhD FCIEEM - Director, DTA ECOLOGY LTD
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5.00pm GDG: Ambition and divergence in #EnvironmentalGovernance across the UK
🔸Chair: Nina Pindham - UKELA Vice Chair of Trustees and Cornerstone Barristers
Speakers:
🔸Professor Colin Reid - Emeritus Professor of Environmental law, University of Dundee
🔸Dr Victoria Jenkins - Associate Professor of Law, Swansea University
🔸Dr Lisa Claire Whitten - Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast
🔸Estelle Dehon KC - Cornerstone Barristers and UKELA Trustee
Please join us. Programme and ticket details at https://lnkd.in/eqXQxSYH
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