LEG8 | [Workshop] Law, biodiversity, and climate in transition: A collaborative writing session on the impact of recent international rulings
[Workshop] Law, biodiversity, and climate in transition: A collaborative writing session on the impact of recent international rulings
Convener: Camilo Cornejo | Co-convener: Cristian Heredia Ligorria
Sun, 14 Jun, 10:30–12:00|Room Aspen 2
Sun, 10:30
This interactive workshop invites all those interested in exploring the evolving interface between ecosystems, the climate legal regime, and human rights, in light of recent landmark rulings from the International Court of Justice, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and European Court of Human Rights. These decisions underscore the need to integrate biodiversity and diverse epistemic perspectives into legal reasoning within the “triple environmental crisis,” while simultaneously opening, recalibrating, or foreclosing critical conceptual and legal avenues. They have reinforced some interpretive paths (e.g., privileging human rights), constrained others (e.g., climate law as a lex specialis regime), and left key questions unsolved (e.g., structural drivers of environmental crises). These tensions raise pressing questions about law’s role in enabling biodiversity-positive futures, the legal methodologies required, and the institutional and jurisdictional complexities of implementation.

Designed as an ideas laboratory, the workshop will begin with a concise framing introduction, followed by facilitated group work across thematic clusters, and conclude with a plenary to share insights, receive feedback, and refine draft ideas. Participants will form collaborative groups to co-develop tangible outputs such as blogs, commentaries, podcasts, or research proposals. Immediate outcomes will include draft contributions, while laying the groundwork for longer-term joint projects (e.g., special issues or co-authored articles). By fostering this co-writing session, the workshop seeks to advance the legal understanding of biodiversity and climate justice, while building enduring collaborations that extend beyond the Forum.