Public Panel on Self-Determination and Sea-Level Rise
The Project on Self-Determination, Environment and Migration based in Princeton’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination will host a public discussion on self-determination and sea-level rise at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, via Zoom.
This panel discussion will address the current projections for climate change-related sea-level rise during the 21st century, the status of measures being taken to address the consequences of rising sea-levels, and further responses that may be possible going forward. Particular attention will paid to the effects of sea-level rise on small low-lying island states, including the well-being of their residents and their right to self-determination under international law if their territory is inundated by water.
Panelists are Tekau Frere, a French Polynesian consultant who works primarily with the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC) as adviser on United Nations ocean processes; Guy Goodwin-Gill, professor of law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, and; Clement Yow Mulalap, a lawyer from the island of Wa’ab in the Federated States of Micronesia and a consultant specializing in international environmental law (particularly related to climate change and biodiversity conservation), the law of the sea, and international Indigenous law.
The event is organized with the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations with co-sponsorship by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) and the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE).
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Public Panel on Self-Determination and Sea-Level Rise
The Project on Self-Determination, Environment and Migration based in Princeton’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination will host a public discussion on self-determination and sea-level rise at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, via Zoom.
This panel discussion will address the current projections for climate change-related sea-level rise during the 21st century, the status of measures being taken to address the consequences of rising sea-levels, and further responses that may be possible going forward. Particular attention will paid to the effects of sea-level rise on small low-lying island states, including the well-being of their residents and their right to self-determination under international law if their territory is inundated by water.
Panelists are Tekau Frere, a French Polynesian consultant who works primarily with the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC) as adviser on United Nations ocean processes; Guy Goodwin-Gill, professor of law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, and; Clement Yow Mulalap, a lawyer from the island of Wa’ab in the Federated States of Micronesia and a consultant specializing in international environmental law (particularly related to climate change and biodiversity conservation), the law of the sea, and international Indigenous law.
The event is organized with the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations with co-sponsorship by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) and the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE).
