APCEL Workshop on “The Implementation Rules for The Paris Agreement”

24 & 25 January 2019 NUS Law (Bukit Timah Campus)

Back Row from left: Professor Benoit Mayer (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Professor Meinhard Doelle, (Dalhousie University, Canada), Professor Alexander Zahar (Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan

University, China), Mr Jake Werksman (Principal Adviser, DG CLIMA, European Commission) Front Row from left: Dr Zhang Hao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Associate Professor Jolene Lin (Director,

APCEL, NUS Law), Professor Steinar Andresen (Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway) & Mr Gu Zihua (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China)

The Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL), in partnership with the journal Climate Law, convened a two-day workshop on the recently concluded “Paris Rulebook” on climate change on 24 and 25 January 2019. The Paris Rulebook is an important milestone in the struggle against climate change that was reached in December 2018, when the international community agreed on a set of rules by which to operationalise the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The workshop brought scholars and climate change negotiators from around the world to present their papers and critically analyse the legal aspects of the "Paris Rulebook". The scholarly work finalised at the workshop will be published in early 2019 as a special issue of Climate Law. Published by Brill, Climate Law is the leading specialist journal on climate change law. The workshop was facilitated by Jolene Lin, National University of Singapore, and Alexander Zahar, Wuhan University, China, who will be the editors of the special issue.

Welcome & Introduction by A/P Jolene Lin and Prof Alexander Zahar

Day 1 of the Workshop

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About the Workshop

An important milestone in the struggle against climate change was reached in December 2018, when the international community of states agreed on a set of rules by which to operationalize the Paris Agreement on Climate Change of 2015. To mark this momentous occasion, APCEL is convening an international workshop of climate change law scholars and climate change negotiators from around the world, at which papers on the legal aspects of the "Paris Rulebook" will be presented and critiqued. The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Jolene Lin, National University of Singapore, and Professor Alexander Zahar, Wuhan University, China. The scholarly work finalized at this workshop will be published shortly thereafter as a special issue of Climate Law, the leading journal in this field of law. Through this process, APCEL will contribute to the early clarification and further development of the law governing the international response to one of the gravest problems of our times.

Registration

There is no registration fee for this seminar, but seats are limited.

Visit https://nus.edu/2sd8yZ7 or Scan the QR Code below to register by 16 Jan 2019 (Wednesday) 12 noon

For enquiries, please email Alexandra Chan (Ms) at

rescle@nus.edu.sg

24 & 25 January 2019 Eu Tong Sen Building, Level 1, Lee Sheridan Conference Room

NUS Law (Bukit Timah Campus)

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PROGRAMME (Day 1)

Thursday, 24th January 2019

8.30 AM – 9.00 AM Registration

9.00 AM – 9.15 AM Welcome & Introduction

SESSION 1

9.15 AM – 10.15 AM Nationally Determined Contributions: Content and Process

Prof Meinhard Doelle, Dalhousie University, Canada

Group analysis and feedback

10.15 AM – 10.45 AM Morning Tea / Coffee Break

SESSION 2

10.45 AM – 11.45 AM International Finance and Other Forms of Material Support

Dr Zhang Hao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Group analysis and feedback

11.45 AM – 1.10 PM Lunch

SESSION 3

1.10 PM – 2.10 PM State Reporting on Climate Change Action (and Independent Review Thereof)

Prof Benoit Mayer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Group analysis and feedback

2.10 PM – 2.40 PM Afternoon Tea / Coffee Break

SESSION 4

2.40 PM – 4.10 PM Facilitation of Implementation/Compliance Mechanism

Mr Jake Werksman, Principal Adviser, DG CLIMA, European Commission, and

Mr Gu Zihua, Deputy Director, Climate Change Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China

Prof Christina Voigt, University of Oslo, Norway

Group analysis and feedback

End of Day 1 Programme

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PROGRAMME (Day 2)

FRIDAY, 25th January 2019

9.00 AM – 9.15 AM Registration

SESSION 5

9.15 AM – 10.30 AM Tracking of Progress/Global Stocktake Process

Prof Alexander Zahar, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University,

China

Group analysis and feedback

10.30 AM – 11.00 AM Morning Tea / Coffee Break

SESSION 6

11.00 AM – 12.30PM Cross-cutting Issues: Environmental integrity of Paris Agreement and Rulebook

Prof Steinar Andresen, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

Group analysis and feedback

12.30 PM – 1.30 PM Lunch

SESSION 7

1.30 PM – 3.30 PM Recap of Scope and Content of Papers. Agreement on Manuscript Preparation Process

and Deadlines

3.30 PM - 4.00 PM Coffee Break and Close of Workshop

End of Day 2 Programme