2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: Human rights, climate justice and the UN Acceleration Agenda

In-person event

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Acceleration Agenda spells out the actions needed from government, business and finance leaders to accelerate their efforts to deeply cut emissions and deliver climate justice to protect lives and livelihoods. In the context of climate justice and drawing from the 2019 report of the Task Force on Justice, the Address will focus on two key thematic issues: climate change displacement and climate change litigation. Based on Dr Fry’s recent reports to the Human Rights Council (June 2023) and the UN General Assembly (October 2023), it will begin by discussing climate change displacement and the absence of appropriate legal measures for people displaced across international borders due to climate change. The Address will then focus on climate change litigation and barriers to accessing justice for people defending their right to live in a world free from climate change impacts.

Speaker: Dr Ian Fry (Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change)

This event forms part of a full-day conference on climate action. For further information, click here.

Registration 

• 2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: $40
• Student rate: $20

Tuesday 31 October 2023

Time: 5-7pm (Cocktail reception from 5-5.30pm)

Venue: Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)

This event is hosted by the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School.