The 240-page report has been put together by the International Bar Association, which comprises 200 bar associations worldwide and has more than 55,000 members. It is the first time that a legal organization of this size has studied climate justice and the role of human rights law in addressing climate challenge. The report was released Monday. “Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times,” said David Estrin, co-chair of the panel that put the report together. “And it is the one that we are most inadequately prepared for.” Estrin works for Gowlings law firm in Toronto and was one of the first Canadian lawyers to specialize in environmental law more than four decades ago. The report comes on the heels of the giant People’s Climate March in New York on Sunday and just before leaders from more than 120 countries prepare to attend a United Nations Climate Summit to announce initiatives meant to move the world toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions. A final agreement will be adopted in 2015, at the Paris climate conference, and then implemented from 2020 onward.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 21:14:13 +0000
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