Programme

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Reforming climate governance in the light of recent international judicial decisions

9:30 – 9:45 | Introduction

  • Stoyan TCHOUKANOV, President of the NAT Section and Permanent Group on COP
  • Lutz RIBBE, former EESC member

9:45 – 11:15 | Reforming climate governance

  • Hayley WALKER, Associate Professor of International Negotiation, IÉSEG School of Management - Civil Society Participation in Climate Summits: The Era of Mega COPs
  • Joanna DEPLEDGE, Research Fellow, Writer, Cambridge University - Decision-making at the UNFCCC under scrutiny: progress and challenges 30 COPs later

Reaction panel:

  • Sophie TALARICO, Coordinator of BINGO (Business and Industry NGOs at COPs)
  • Bert DE WEL, Coordinator of TUNGO (Trade Union constituency at COPs)

  • Pirah SIYAL, Adaptation WG Member, YOUNGO (Youth constituency at COPs)

     

  • Debate with EESC members

11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break

11:30 – 12:50 | The impact of recent international judicial decisions

  • Margaretha WEWERINKE-SINGH, Associate Professor of Sustainability Law at the University of Amsterdam - The impact of climate litigation cases on UNFCCC governance, with reference to the ICJ's advisory opinion of July 23, 2025

  • Elisa MORGERA, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights - The relationship between Human Rights and climate change and the impact of recent Human Rights rulings on climate governance

Reaction panel:

  • Denis KENNEDY, LEX Expert Group (WPIEI Climate Change, Council of the EU)

  • Lien VANDAMME, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

  • Luna Rayén PINTO BAKER, YOUNGO (Youth constituency at COPs)

     

  • Debate with EESC members

12:50 – 13:00 | Conclusions

  •  Corina MURAFA BENGA, EESC member, rapporteur