In November, leaders will gather at COP28 for the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement. The process for preparing the next cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions will also be launched. 

This event is hosted by the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School.

Link to Dominique Hogan-Doran’s slides pack

This all day event on 31 October 2023 will bring together leading researchers and professionals ahead of the COP to provide insights on how to conceptualise, develop and implement legal and governance tools to accelerate deep decarbonisation, adaptation and address loss and damage, on a whole of economy basis. Against the backdrop of the UN’s 2023 Acceleration Agenda, experts will discuss the various dimensions of legal acceleration to ensure a more equitable transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient global economy.

The 2023 ACCEL Distinguished Address will be delivered by Dr Ian Fry, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. Dr Fry will discuss important human rights and justice dimensions of the UN’s Acceleration Agenda, including the need to integrate human rights standards and principles into accelerated climate action. 

The Distinguished Address will be supported by a series of panels in which leading experts will discuss the role and potential of legal accelerants in the context of climate finance, climate litigation, law and nature and the law of the sea.

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will join David Barnden (Equity Generation Lawyers) and Zoe Bush (Environmental Defenders Office) to discuss legal accelerators and the role of climate litigation.

Registration details: https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/events/acceldistinguishedspeaker

New Law Building Annex (F10A), Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus)