Monday, June 23rd, 17:00 - 18:30 CEST
The role of ‘ecocide law’ and ‘rights of nature’ in sustainable development and climate adaptation
The climate crisis and species extinction are making social transformation processes increasingly urgent – but these are highly complex and challenge existing interests, habits and business models.
The University of Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence ‘Climate, Climatic Change, and Society’ (CLICCS) has developed an internationally applicable methodological toolkit with 73 scientists from various disciplines to describe and research the relevant social drivers and their interactions.
The ‘Climate Transformation Outlook’ is the application of the toolkit in Germany. On this basis, we want to use the webinar to highlight how the new legal concepts of ‘ecocide law’ and ‘rights of nature’ positively influence the drivers of social transformation.
Schedule:
Introduction (approx. 10 min)
Presentation of the CLICCS study and explanation of the hypothesis ‘New legal concepts as positive resources for social drivers’ (approx. 20 min)
Impact of Rights of Nature (approx. 10 min)
Impact of Ecocide Law (approx. 10 min)
Digression: Ecocide through war (approx. 5 min)
Open discussion of the initial hypothesis (participants and audience; approx. 30 min)
Conclusion and outlook (approx. 5 min)
Ecocide is currently being introduced as a criminal offence in Germany on the basis of an EU directive. An exciting legal opinion is now available on this subject.
We invite participants to contribute their valuable experiences to the discussion. Our aim is to ensure that the new legal concepts find tangible application in the German political arena.
An event organised by Stop Ecocide Germany and the Rights of Nature Network in cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence ‘Climate, Climatic Change, and Society’ (CLICCS) at the University of Hamburg and with the kind support of ‘Protect the Planet’, DGVN and YERA HUB.
Please note: The webinar will be held in German only - translation will be available within the recording on our YouTube channel shortly afterwards.