Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development

The Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development (EGSD) research interest group explores the many different facets of environment and sustainable development, including national and international law and policy relating to climate change, water, biodiversity, pollution, environmental crimes, environmental justice and human rights.

This multidisciplinary group acts as a platform for researchers from Northumbria Law School and the wider University, whose research interests include the governance of the environment and sustainable development. Members include well established researchers, early career researchers and PhDs that are addressing environmental governance and sustainable development challenges at both national, regional and global scales.

Activities of the Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development research interest group include running knowledge exchange seminars which tackle cross-cutting research sub-themes, such as the sustainable development goals, environmental justice and climate change. Additionally, the research interest group provides an opportunity to foster research collaborations and ensure that Northumbria’s research in this area is reaching key constituencies.

To find out more about the group please contact either Professor Alistair Rieu-Clarke alistair.rieu-clarke@northumbria.ac.uk, or Professor Gita Gill gita.gill@northumbria.ac.uk.

Group convenors

Professor Alistair Rieu-Clarke

Professor Gita Gill

Membership

Sanjay Bhomwick
Claire Bessant
Rachel Dunn
Mark Goddard
Oliver Hensengerth
Alex Hope
Matt Kirby
Helen Kopnina
Anil Namdeo
Patricia Prado
Victoria Roper
Aly Salama
Ahmed Sarhan
Alister Scott
Paul Wagner
Tony Ward
Tanya Wyatt
Weihua Zhang

News and events

EGSD Seminar in collaboration with China Law, Society & Economy RIG, 19 November 2021: This seminar focused on the law applicable to hydropower projects on transboundary rivers. Speakers included Professor Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Northumbria Law School and Mr Diego Jara, Legal Officer, Environmental Law Centre IUCN.
Recent publications explore sustainable transformations, biodiversity and the Indian Judiciary: Professor Gita Gill has recently co-authored two papers entitled, 'Biodiversity and the Indian Judiciary: Tracing the Trajectory', and 'Sustainability transformations, environmental rule of law and the Indian judiciary: Connecting the dots through climate change litigation'.
Congratulations to Professor Alistair Rieu-Clarke and his co-authors for the award of Best Paper 2020 in Water International. The paper entitled, 'The devil's in the detail: data exchange in transboundary waters', was described by the International Water Resources Association as, 'an extremely important and illuminating article' that 'highlights where data exchange can be improved'.
Professor Gita Gill has joined a prestigious international network of scholars investigating global trends in climate change law and litigation. For more details click here.
Climate Justice post COP26 - where next? Online seminar, 2-3pm, Friday 18th February 2022: Two renowned speakers (Professor Barbara Pozzo, University of Insubria, Como, Italy and Professor Gita Gill will share their perspectives on climate justice. Please click here to register for the event.

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