Event

Ecological Human Rights and the Climate Crisis: A Critique of the Paris Agreement from the Lens of Ecological Law

Thursday, November 19, 2020 12:30to14:00
Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83343623087
Price: 
Free.

The McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law (MJSDL) welcome Carla Sbert.

In this lecture, Carla Sbert will introduce the lens of ecological law, an analytical tool developed to help understand the transition from contemporary law (environmental and other) to ecological law, and apply the lens to the Paris climate framework. From this basis, Carla will offer some reflections on the intersection of the climate and ecological crises, human rights and human needs, and make a case for ecological human rights. Participants will be invited to contribute to this reflection, including by discussing the lessons we can draw from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The speaker

Carla Sbert is an independent researcher in Danford Lake, Quebec. Born in Mexico, where she studied law at ITAM, she also holds an LLM from Harvard Law School and a PhD in law from the University of Ottawa. Before turning her focus to research on ecological law, Carla Sbert worked in environmental law and policy for twenty years. Her book, The Lens of Ecological Law: A Look at Mining, was published in April 2020 by Edward Elgar.

Zoom: mcgill.zoom.us/j/83343623087

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