Protecting the Environment in the XXI Century: The role of the private sector

Organized by the CIES Programme on Institutions for Sustainable Development, those two days symposium will gather some of the most innovative thinkers in contemporary international environmental law (IEL) in order to provide specific answers to the question of how the private sector can be harnessed for environmental protection.

Topics will include:

a critical assessment of the techniques used so far to implement IEL;
an in-depth analysis of the tools that could be used to incentivize the participation of the private sector (e.g. environmental finance, mechanisms such as the CDM, JI or REDD, benefit sharing arrangements, insurance schemes, and environmental goods and services);
the tools to govern the new involvement of the private sector in environment-related projects abroad (through mechanisms such as FDI dispute settlement, CSR and new accountability mechanisms, transnational environmental contracts, socially responsible investment guidelines, and environmental litigation).

List of Speakers :

*Natasha Affolder,* Associate Professor, University of British Columbia	*Catherine MacKenzie,* University Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge
*Liliana B. Andonova,* Associate Professor, Political Science, Graduate Institute	*Sandrine Maljean-Dubois,* Director of Research, C.N.R.S., Aix-Marseille III
*Konstantina K. Athanasakou,* Senior Associate, White & Case, Geneva Office	*Riccardo Pavoni,* Associate Professor, International Law, University of Siena
*Pierre-Marie Dupuy,* Professor, International Law, Graduate Institute	*Benjamin Richardson,* Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia
*Daniel Firger,* Associate Director, Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change	*Swenja Surminski,* Senior Research Fellow, Grantham Institute, London School of Economics
*Francesco Francioni,* Professor, International Law and Human Rights, European University Institute	*Tim Swanson,* Professor, International Economics Graduate Institute
*Yann Kerbrat,* Professor, International Law, Université Paul Cézanne, Aix-Marseille-III	*Jorge E. Viñuales,* Pictet Chair in International Environmental Law and Assistant Professor, International Law, Graduate Institute
*Magnus Jesko Langer,* Ph.D. Candidate, International Law, Teaching and Research Assistant, Graduate Institute

Contact information	Email: CIES@graduateinstitute.ch
Event type	Conference
File link	http://www.environmenthouse.ch/
Source	Geneva Environment Network
Subject(s)	FINANCE-ECONOMY , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage	Switzerland,
Address	Auditorium Jacques Freymond, AJF, THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE I GENEVA, Rue de Lausanne,132 Geneva
Organizer	The CIES Programme on Institutions for Sustainable Development
Target audience	International
Period	[20/05/2011 - 21/05/2011]
Status	Confirmed
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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