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Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
September 17, 2020
Webinar on climate legislation: Law and governance approaches within the ocean-climate nexus
By videoconference
Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU)
Participants representing parliamentarians, civil society, and multilateral stakeholders examined the role of legislation in mitigating the challenges of climate change and its effect on the world’s oceans. Presentations from these communities (including a Canadian researcher) initiated discussion on such topics as the strengths and weaknesses of existing international mechanisms (Sustainable Development Goals) and treaties (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) in facilitating domestic legislative processes. A parliamentarian from Maldives highlighted the challenges faced by vulnerable small island developing states in terms of land loss as well as disruptions to economic activities such as tourism. Other topics raised include recent regional and national mechanisms addressing the ocean-climate nexus (the Caribbean, European Union, Australia, Seychelles, Mexico), Indigenous perspectives, and the opportunity presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to make progress on these interconnected concerns. The webinar was the second of three organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in partnership with the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.
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