9th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium
2026-08-03 16:37 (Australia/Sydney) | Sydney Law School, New Law Building, 3 Law School, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
9th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium
This colloquium will be held on 16-17 February at The University of Sydney Law School
The annual Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium provides a forum for environmental law academics and practitioners to share and discuss their experiences, research, and teaching practices.
Through this forum, we aim to:

Foster a supportive and inclusive network of like-minded individuals;
Explore innovative environmental law ideas and insights within and beyond our discipline;
Contribute meaningfully to the future of environmental law in our region;
Share approaches to teaching and learning in environmental law; and
Assist environmental law academics to actively build their careers.

Colloquium Theme for 2023:
A Half Century of Environmental Law: Where to From Here?
This year marks fifty years since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, a conference that led to the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the first international instrument to broadly recognise the dependency of humans on the natural world, the Stockholm Convention. Over the past fifty years, we have
witnessed the maturity of environmental law as a discipline, as major multilateral agreements including the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Biodiversity Convention, as well as
the Rio Principles have shaped domestic environmental laws around the world, and a body of scholarship has concurrently developed.
As we enter the second half of environmental law’s first century, we are facing an extinction crisis that is being exacerbated by a climate crisis. Australia is particularly vulnerable to the impacts as we struggle to adapt to major species losses and frequent extreme weather events. The urgency of this situation has prompted an increasing volume of litigation, both in Australia and abroad, and calls to reform environmental and climate laws that are not working. We invite you to reflect with us on the relevancy of environmental law’s pioneering sentiments today, in light of what is needed to secure a stable future.
Program
Click here to view the program (updated on 8/2/23)
Registration
Full fee: $100 per person
Dinner (optional) – on Day 1, Thu 16 February, 6pm at Thai Pathong, Newtown: $50
Register here.
Venue
Sydney Law School, New Law Building (room tbc)
The University of Sydney
Nearby hotels
Local hotels to University campus

This conference is hosted by the University ofÂ Sydney Law School.
