IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024
PALACIO DE CANAL 4, LEVEL E1
Session information
Climate change litigation: global overview and trends
Thursday 19 September (0930 - 1045)
PALACIO DE CANAL 4, LEVEL E1
Committee(s)
Oil and Gas Law Committee
(Lead)
Class Actions Committee
Description
The role of litigation in addressing climate change, including discussion of various types of litigation (eg, based in human rights law, corporate law, administrative law and investment law). The session will be covering the key litigation cases affecting this topic.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Glaucia Coelho | Machado Meyer Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Chair, Class Actions Committee |
| Francisco Maranhão | Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Membership Officer, Oil and Gas Law Committee |
Speakers
| Professor Gloria Alvarez | University of Aberdeen , Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nathan Block | Managing Counsel - Litigation, BP America, Houston, Texas, USA |
| Jimena Vega Olmos | Martinez de Hoz & Rueda, Buenos Aires, Argentina |