The one-day event held during New York Climate Week, will examine how planetary thinking can reorient law-framing and application, knowledge-making practices, and financing arrangements towards just interventions for our collective ability to sustain and improve life for all.

View the Concept Note for this event. 

8:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast & Registration

9:00 am - 9:30 am Introduction & Framing: Planetary Thinking in Law and Politics

• Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights; Professor of International Law (Durham University)

• Benedict Kingsbury, Vice Dean, Global Programs, Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law, Director, Institute for International Law and Justice

9:30 am - 12:15 pm Planetary Pathways in International Law: The Climate Change Advisory Opinions

*Note there will be a break during this panel at 11 am. The session will resume promptly at 11:15 am.

• Jule Schnakenberg, Director, World’s Youth for Climate Justice

• Ilana Cohen, JD Candidate and IILJ Scholar at NYU Law, Co-founder, Campus Climate Network

• Phoebe Okowa, Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London, Member of the UN International Law Commission

• Doreen Lustig, Visiting Associate Professor of Law (NYU Law), Associate Professor of Law (Tel Aviv University)

• Bryce Rudyk, Legal Advisor to the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at the United Nations, Adjunct Professor of Law (NYU Law)

• César Rodríguez-Garavito, Professor of Law (NYU Law), Chair, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Director, Earth Rights Research & Action (TERRA) Clinic, Director, More-than-Human Rights (MOTH) Program

• Jacob Werksman, Principal Adviser to the Directorate General for Climate Action (DG-CLIMA) of the European Commission, Emile Noel Fellow (NYU Law)

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Planetary Knowledge and Legal Regimes - Fireside Chat

• Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights; Professor of International Law (Durham University)

In conversation with: Angelina Fisher, Director of Policy & Practice, Guarini Global Law & Tech, Adjunct Professor of Law (NYU Law)

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Planetary Financing: Implementation and Reparation - Open Dialogue

Facilitators:

• Ashanapuri Hertz, Head of Climate, Partnerships and External Relations, SwedBio

• Flore Ghetti, SGI Programme Coordinator, SGI Office for UN Affairs

Contributors:

• Malih Ole Kaunga, Founder and Director, IMPACT Kenya

• Yblin Román Escobar, Policy Adviser, SIRGE Coalition

• Kaleigh Carlson, Learning and Development Consultant, The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility

• Pam McElwee, Professor in the Department of Human Ecology (Rutgers University), former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Nexus assessment

• Sam Tabory, Global Research Lead, Collaborating for Resilience

Note: If you register on the day of the event and do not hold an NYU ID, we will do our best to process your registration. However, building access is not guaranteed, and the approval process may take up to twelve hours.