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Haub Law Dean Horace Anderson, 91��Ƶ President Marvin Krislov, Professor Narinder Kakar, Trustee Liliane Haub and philanthropist Christian Haub met with former President of the United Nations General Assembly Casaba Kőrösi to discussed the common efforts of GCELS and 91��Ƶ|Haub Environmental Law faculty and students in supporting climate action.

GCELS hosted several distinguished international environmental law advocates, experts and dignitaries for a week of impactful events aiming to advance the human right to the environment for present and future generations, including renowned Filipino Environmental attorney and activist Tony Oposa, Emilie Gaillard of France’s Normandy Chair For Peace Normandy Chair for Peace, Justice Nambitha Dambuza of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, and Chief Judge Brian John Preston of the Land and Environment, Court of New South Wales (Australia).

GCELS Professor Nicholas Robinson organized a Continuing Judicial Education program held in conjunction with the New York State Judicial Institute on “Adjudicating the Right to the Environment: Judicial Education Comparing Decision Making from Courts World Wide.” The panel included Justice Nambitha Dambuza of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, Chief Judge Brian John Preston of the Land and Environment, Court of New South Wales (Australia), and Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin of the High Court (Superior Tribunal da Justica) of Brazil.

In their book, Fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals: On a Quest for a Sustainable World, GCELS Professors Narinder Kakar and Nicholas Robinson, with co-author Dr. Vesselin Popovski, Jindal University, review the progress and challenges in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

GCELS joined Normandy Chair for Peace for a global launch of the Good Stories Movement at the Kalayaan (Freedom) Hall of the Philippine Consulate in New York City.