Followed by a discussion with Jule Schnakenberg, executive director of WYCJ, Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change and Anne Mahrer, Co-president of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland.
Organised by CIEL – Center for International Environmental Law,
In collaboration with Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC)and World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ)
Free entry. Reservation requested : Book your place here: shorturl.at
The inspiring story of law students like Solomon, Vishal and Romabeth, who set out from the University of the South Pacific as part of a movement to take climate change to the International Court of Justice through the United Nations to save their home islands from extinction.
The three students work their way up from a small university room to the international stage. They learn how to deal with ministers, ambassadors and commissioners, experience the frustrations of diplomacy and face the challenges of their ambitious goal: to push through a historic resolution at the United Nations that will legally define the obligations of states to address climate change.
Their relentless motivation achieved the impossible, convincing 97 UN member states to take their case to the world’s highest court.
