Multi-Level Law and Governance on Climate Responsibility

Day 1: Monday 22 September,
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities

Registration 08:30 – 09:00

Opening and Welcome Speech: 09:00 – 09:30
Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson

• Maria Ågren: Professor and Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters,
  History and Antiquities
• Pernilla Leviner: Deputy Dean, Professor in Public Law, Department of Law
• Tianbao Qin: Professor, Director of Research Institute of Environmental Law, and Dean of
  Law School, Wuhan University; Vice-Chair of the Nagoya Protocol Compliance Committee
• Jonas Ebbesson: Professor of Environmental Law, Director of Stockholm Environmental Law
  and Policy Centre, and former Dean at SU Stockholm University; former Chair of the Aarhus
  Convention Compliance Committee

Keynote Speech: 9.30-10:30
Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson

• Åsa Persson: Chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council; Research Director and Deputy
  Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute: “The Operation of the Swedish Climate
  Policy Council in the Context of Multi-level Climate Governance”
• Xiang Gao: Dr., Co-Chair of the UNFCCC Mitigation Work Programme; Division Director,
  China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation:
  “Opportunities and challenges for China-Europe cooperation leading the global response to
  climate change”

Fika with Photo Session: 10:30 – 10:50

Thematic Session 1: 10:50 – 12:00
Litigation and Public Participation in Climate Governance
Moderator: Meng Zhang

• Jonas Ebbesson: Professor and Director of Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre,
  Stockholm University: “The Human Rights Dimension of Climate Litigation and Public
  Participation in Environmental Matters”
• Jing Liu: Professor at the Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University:
  “Climate Change Litigation in China: Status Quo and the Way Forward”
• Li Ji: Professor and Director of the Environmental Communication and Science Institute,
  School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University: “Grassroots Engagement in
  Water Environmental Governance in China and its Implications for Climate Public
  Participation”

Lunch Break: 12:00 – 14:00

Thematic Session 2: 14:00 – 15:00
Multi-Level Climate Governance and Legal Approaches
Moderator: Jan Darpö

• Tianbao Qin: Professor and Director of Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan
  University: “China's Climate Change Legislation: Advances and Outlook”
• Åsa Romson: Dr., Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for the Environment
  of Sweden; Senior Researcher, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL): “The Legal
  Approach to Science in Multi-Level Climate Law”

Fika: 15:00 – 15:45

Thematic Session 3: 15:45 – 17:15
Multi-Level Climate Governance and Geopolitical Turbulence
Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson

• John Hassler: Professor, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University:
  “Mid-Century Climate Neutrality – an Affordable Insurance Against the Unknown”
• Yan Bo: Professor of Climate Politics and International Relations, School of International
  Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University: “The EU-China-US Trilateral Relations in
  Global Climate Governance”
• Hongyuan Yu: Professor, School of Political Science & International Relations, Tongji
  University: “Global South and Climate Governance: Coordinative Orchestration”
• Charles Parker: Professor of Political Science, Department of Governance, Uppsala
  University, and Chair of the Board of Centre of Natural Hazards & Disaster Science: “The
  European Union’s Global Climate Leadership: Between Ambition and Achievement”

Welcome Reception and Dinner at the Academy: 17:15 – 21:00

Day 2: Tuesday 23 September,
Juristernas Hus, Stockholm University

Keynote Speech: 09:00 – 09:40
Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson

• Carl Folke: Professor, and Chair of the Board of the Stockholm Resilience Center, SU; “The
  Anthropocene and the Climate Challenge”

Fika: 09:40 – 10:10

Thematic Session 4: 10:10 – 11:40
Trade, Investment and Climate Governance
Moderator: David Langlet

• Sanja Bogojević: Professor of Law, Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty of Law, University of
  Oxford: “Critical Minerals, the Environment and the Rule of Law”
• Marios Iacovides: Associate Professor, Department of Business Studies/Department of Law,
  Uppsala University: “Green or Competitive? The EU’s Scaled-Back Green Ambitions in Light of
  Geopolitical Tensions in Trade and Investment”
• Meng Zhang: Dr., EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Centre for Climate Change Law and
  Governance, University of Copenhagen: “A Game Changer in Greening the Trade Between
  the EU and China in a Polarized World: A Bilateral Soft-Law approach”
• Emilie Eriksson: Legal Adviser at the National Board of Trade Sweden (Komerskollegium):
  “Trade and Climate Change – Promoting Climate Goals with a WTO Agreement”

Lunch Break: 11:40 – 13:00

Thematic Session 5: 13:00 – 14:30
Climate Change, Ocean and Arctic Governance
Moderator: Åsa Romson

• David Langlet: Professor of environmental law, University of Uppsala, “Legal Challenges at
  the Nexus of Climate Change and Fishery”
• Beatriz Martinez Romera: Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Climate Change
  Law and Governance, University of Copenhagen: “The ITLOS and ICJ Advisory Opinions on
  Climate Change and Shipping Decarbonization”
• Chuxiao Yu: Associate Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan
  University: “Cross-Bench Learning": Synergies Between ITLOS and ICJ Advisory Opinions on
  Climate Change”
• Gabriela Argüello: Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Gothenburg: “The
  Impact of Climate Science on Law and the Future of Sino-Nordic Arctic Diplomacy”

Fika: 14:30 – 15:00

Thematic Session 6: 15:00 – 16:30
Corporate Climate Responsibilities across State Borders
Moderator: Sanja Bogojevic

• Stephen Minas: Professor, Peking University School of Transnational Law, Chair, UN Climate
  Technology Centre & Network Advisory Board, “Sustainable Finance Standards in Bilateral
  and Transnational Relations Regarding Climate Change”
• Ester Herlin-Karneli: Professor of EU Law, University of Gothenburg, ”Privatisation and
  Climate Change: A Question of Duties?”
• Rui Wang: Senior Researcher, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL), Beijing
  Office, “How Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declaration Support Value
  Chain Carbon Reduction”
• Li Yuan, Doctoral Candidate, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science and Faculty of Law,
  University of Helsinki: “Closed-Loop Recycled Content for Scope 3: A Circular-Economy Lever
  for Cross-Border Climate Change Accountability”

Short Break: 16:30 – 16:45

Roundtable Discussion: 16:45 – 17:45
Global Climate Governance and Multilateralism
Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson

• Discussants: Sanja Bogojevic; Xiang Gao; Tianbao Qin; and Åsa Romson

Concluding Remarks 17:45 – 18:00
Meng Zhang and Jonas Ebbesson

Dinner at the Faculty Club 18:20 – 21:00

(in the order of speaking)

Welcome address:

Maria Ågren: Professor and Secretary General of the Swedish Academy of Letters, History
and Antiquities

Pernilla Leviner: Deputy Dean, Professor in Public Law, Department of Law, Stockholm
University

Keynote speakers:

Åsa Persson: Dr., Chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council; Research Director and Deputy
Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute – SEI

Xiang Gao: Dr., Co-Chair of the UNFCCC Mitigation Work Programme; Division Director,
China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation

Carl Folke: Professor and Chair of the Board of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm
University

Speakers:

Jonas Ebbesson: Professor of Environmental Law, Director of Stockholm Environmental Law
and Policy Centre, and former Dean at SU Stockholm University; former Chair of the Aarhus
Convention Compliance Committee

Jing Liu: Professor of Environmental and Climate Law, Research Institute of Environmental
Law, Wuhan University

Li Ji: Professor and Director of Environmental Communication and Science Institute, School
of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University

Tianbao Qin: Professor and Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law, Dean
of the Law School, Wuhan University; Vice-Chair of the Nagoya Protocol Compliance
Committee; Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Journal of Environmental Law

Åsa Romson: Dr., Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for the Environment
of Sweden; Senior researcher, Swedish Environmental Research Institute – IVL
John Hassler: Professor, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University

Yan Bo: Professor of Climate Politics and International Relations, School of International
Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University

Hongyuan Yu: Professor of climate politics & international relations, Tongji University

Charles Parker: Professor of Political Science, Department of Governance, Uppsala
University, and Chair of the Board of Centre of Natural Hazards & Disaster Science

Sanja Bogojević: Professor of Law, Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty of Law, University of
Oxford; Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Environmental Law

Marios Iacovides: Associate Professor, Department of Business Studies/Department of Law,
Uppsala University

Meng Zhang: Dr., EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Centre for Climate Change Law and
Governance, University of Copenhagen

Emilie Eriksson: Legal Adviser at the National Board of Trade Sweden

David Langlet: Professor of environmental law, Faculty of Law, Uppsala University; Editor-in-
Chief of Nordic Environmental Law Journal

Beatriz Martinez Romera: Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Climate Change
Law and Governance, University of Copenhagen; Editor-in-Chief of Climate Law

Chuxiao Yu: Associate Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan
University

Gabriela Argüello: Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of Gothenburg
Stephen Minas: Professor of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law; Chair, UN
Climate Technology Centre & Network Advisory Board

Ester Herlin-Karnell: Professor in EU Law, Department of Law, University of Gothenburg

Rui Wang: Senior Researcher, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL), Beijing Office
Li Yuan, Doctoral Candidate, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science and Faculty of Law,
University of Helsinki

Participants:

Anna Christiernsson: Associate Professor in Environmental Law, Department of Law,
Stockholm University

Jan Darpö: Professor Emeritus of Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, Uppsala University
Emma Flevaud-Dufau: Doctoral Candidate in Environmental Law, Department of Law,
Stockholm University

Edith Lalander: Doctoral Candidate in Environmental Law, Department of Law, Stockholm
University

Christina Olsen Lundh: Senior Judge, Head of Division, Land and Environment Court of
Vänersborg, Associate Professor in Environmental Law, Göteborg University

Britta Sjöstedt: Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law at Lund University

Rebecka Thurfjell: Doctoral Candidate in Environmental Law, Department of Law,
Stockholm University