Nos intervenant·es Hilème KOMBILA-IBOUANGA, Paul Baumann et Victoria Lichet font le point : Deux ans après la reconnaissance du droit à un environnement sain par l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies en juin 2022, où en est son intégration dans le droit européen ? Si la Cour Européenne des droits de l’homme applique un tel droit par l’interprétation de la Convention de sauvegarde des droits de l’homme et des libertés fondamentales, aucune disposition explicite ne lui est dédiée dans ses textes. Ce droit est déjà utilisé dans des contentieux novateurs mais son utilité et sa mise en œuvre sont encore flous pour beaucoup de juristes. Nos intervenant·es nous éclairent sur l’application concrète du droit à un environnement sain dans le contentieux.

On June 5, 2021 – World Environment Day – experts joined together to probe urgent new approaches, trajectories, and frameworks for international environmental governance. Contributors to a recent EPL special issue and limited-edition book entitled "Our Earth Matters" that investigate pathways to a better common environmental future were the high-profile panelists who joined Bharat H. Desai, PhD (EPL Editor-in-Chief) in conversation. There are two sessions: the first covering "Prognoses" with discussions around the review of global environmental change and chaired by Edith Brown Weiss (Georgetown University, Washington, DC); and the second covering "Prospects" chaired by Nicholas A. Robinson (Pace University School of Law, New York) that turns to look forward and focus on actions that can be taken. Watch the full discussion in this recording of the webinar, which officially starts around the 15 minute mark. More information is available at: http://environmentalpolicyandlaw.com/our-earth-matters Special offer: Purchase the print "Our Earth Matters" book at 20% discount via http://bit.ly/OurEarthMatters-book-mailing Panelists: - Yann Aguila (Global Pact Coalition, France; represented on the day by Lionel Chami) - Edith Brown Weiss (Georgetown University, USA) - Bharat H. Desai (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) - Ole K. Fauchald (University of Oslo, Norway) - Louis Kotzé (North-West University, South Africa; could not attend, so Edith Brown Weiss kindly shared details about this author's contribution on Earth System Law) - Said Mahmoudi (University of Stockholm, Sweden) - Nele Matz-Lück (Kiel University Law School, Germany) - Owen McIntyre (University College Cork, Ireland - Nicholas A. Robinson (Pace University School of Law, USA) - Greg Rose (University of Wollongong, Australia) - Oliver Ruppel (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) - Anna Sundström (Olof Palme International Centre, Sweden) - Nico Schrijver (Leiden University, the Netherlands) From IOS Press: - Marten Stavenger (IOS Press, the Netherlands) - Steffen de Jong (IOS Press, the Netherlands)

Victoria Lichet on the September 20th EPL webinar about The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment Here is the link to the complete video of the Webinar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPTPPGLpRFI&feature=youtu.be On September 20th, 2022, the Environmental Policy and Law Journal hosted a webinar in which prominent speakers including: Edith Brown Weiss ( Georgetown University Law Center, USA), Gudmundur Eiriksson, (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Iceland), Karan Singh, ( Parliament, India), Jonas Ebbesson, (Stockholm University, Sweden), Ole Kristian Fauchald, (University of Oslo, Norway), Philippe Cullet (SOAS University of London, UK) and many others ... reflected on the recent adoption of the UNGA resolution 76/300 recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. This webinar seeked to make sense of the global significance of this advent of this normative development soon after the Stockholm+50 Conference (2–3 June 2022). The timing of the webinar coincided with the commencement of the high-level segment of the 77th UNGA in New York. The discourse with a panel of eminent scholars and practioners provided an opportunity to: (i) explain the context and significance for celebrating the UNGA’s (and the HRC) emphatic recognition of the human right to (clean, healthy, and sustainable) environment for the SDGs 2030 as well as “other rights and existing international law;” (ii) normative value of the UNGA resolution for universality of the environmental human rights; and (iii) impact of the human right to the environment on treaty-based international environmental obligations, and observance of human rights of individuals and inanimate objects, as well as domestic policies, legislations, and litigations. In this webinar, Victoria Lichet discussed the possibility of the UNGA resolution recognizing the right to a healthy environment to pave the way towards an international convention on environmental rights, such as the Global Pact for the Environment. The Global Pact for the Environment offers to bring together environmental rights and duties in an instrument that would serve as a reference for stakeholders: citizens, companies and states. This instrument, combined with other national and multilateral agreements, would establish a new threshold in international environmental law and would inspire national legislation towards more ambitions to achieve climate change and environmental objectives.

One of the main puzzles of international environmental law is why it is taking so long to formulate binding principles which would govern the relations between humans and the environment. This has been a goal since the 1972 Stockholm Conference and, as we enter into the 2021-2030 'critical decade', this goal is more pressing than ever before. This webinar takes a retrospective and prospective view of efforts in pursuit of this goal, particularly in the light of the Stockholm+50 Global Conference scheduled for 2022.

On Sunday, 20 June, at 10.30pm CET, the Global Pact Coalition, together with LIDERA and Common Home for Humanity, hosted a webinar for the attention of the Portuguese public. The record is now available! The conference addressed the following topics: Introduction 0:00:40 1/ The role of principles in international environmental law ; 0:02:46 2/ Origins and content of the Global Pact for the Environment ; 0:12:02 3/ The Legal Recognition of a Stable Climate: a Paradigm Shift ; 0:26:04 4/ Q&A session ; 0:47:20 Speakers included: - Patrícia Galvão Teles, UN International Law Commission Member. - Makane Moïse Mbengue, University of Geneva. - Paulo Magalhães, Founder of Common Home for Humanity Organizers: - LIDERA: https://www.decadadoclima.com/?fbclid=IwAR2E9T4bJrrPs09F9VOZ360z4qPhjS48ByJuy4pC1nVD-Nu-JKzcVOYYQ2s - Global Pact Coalition: https://globalpactenvironment.org/en/ - Common Home for Humanity: https://www.commonhomeofhumanity.org/ The event took place in English, through Zoom and Facebook live (on the @GlobalPactEnvironment account). Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions to our eminent speakers during an ending Q&A session. Don't forget to join the Global Pact Coalition! https://globalpactenvironment.org/en/join-the-coalition/