Litigating Climate Change: Recent Developments

Collaboratively presented by the Commercial Bar Association (Climate Change Section) of the Victorian Bar, the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, and the Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability.

In this seminar, the authors and winners of the 2025 ANZSIL Book Prize, Litigating Climate Change in the Global South, Professor Jacqueline Peel and Associate Professor Jolene Lin, will discuss:

• Recent developments in climate change litigation at the international, regional and national levels, including the Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice and Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• The potential impact of recent developments on climate change litigation in Australia.
• The relationship between climate change litigation and the Paris Agreement
• Future trends in climate litigation

Speakers

Professor Jacqueline Peel, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Jolene Lin, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Moderator: Tomo Boston KC, Victorian Bar

Chair: Professor Alison Duxbury, Melbourne Law School, and President, ANZSIL

Date: Tuesday 26 August 2025

Time: 5.15PM-6.15PM (AEST)

Venue: Federal Court of Australia, Level 8, 305 William St, Melbourne (in person only)

Further information and registration below.