Wednesday 27 January

10 - 12PM (GMT +8) - Opening Session and Climate Justice

Opening Remarks: Matthew Baird, Director, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law

Keynote Speaker: The Environment, Human Rights and Environmental Justice by Professor Ben Boer, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, University of Sydney and Wuhan University

Panel 1: Climate Justice

Briony Eales, Consultant, Asian Development Bank | Jinmei Liu, Attorney, Friends of Nature (China) | Hasminah Paudac, Legal Advisor - Climate Justice and Liability Campaign, Greenpeace Southeast Asia

2 - 4PM - ARIEL / Greenpeace/ EarthRights International Workshop (Separate Registration Required)

Thursday 28 January

10 - 12PM (GMT +8) - Panel 2: Animal Law

Sallie Yang, Director, Governance (Wildlife Law & Policy), Freeland | Khin Thandar, Director, Myanmar Environmental Legal Services | Matthew Baird, Director, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law

2pm - 4pm - Panel 3: The Role of Lawyers - Environment and Human Rights

Sor Rattanamanee Polkla, Attorney, Community Resource Center | Ben Hardman, Myanmar Policy and Legal Advisor, EarthRights International | Stephanie Venuti, Policy Advisor and Legal Expert, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | Raynaldo Sembiring, Executive Director, Indonesian Center for Environmental law.

Friday 29 January

10 - 12 PM (GMT +8) - Panel 4: Plastics and Marine Pollution

Youna Lyons, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Law | Jerker Tamelander, Coordinator, Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) United Nations Environment Programme | Bella Nathania, Researcher, Pollution Control Division, Indonesia Center for Environmental Law | Anna Oposa, Executive Director, Save Philippine Seas.

2pm - 4pm - Panel 5: Oceans and Fisheries

Gloria Estenzo Ramos, Vice President, Oceana Philippines | Mas Achmad Santosa, Executive Director, Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative | Dominic Thomson, Deputy Director and Project Manager, Environmental Justice Foundation Thailand.

Closing Session

Closing Address: Gloria Estenzo Ramos, Vice President, Oceana Philippines

Closing Remarks: Rocky Guzman, Deputy Director, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law

Theme: Stories and Solutions in Challenging Times

Host: Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law (ARIEL)

Time: 09:00 – 15:00, BKK Time

10:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00, MNL Time

13:00 – 19:00, SYD Time

Venue: Zoom Webinar for Conference (500 pax) and Facebook live

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