The european capacity ­building initiative (ecbi) organised a two-­day capacity ­building workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 14 to 15 April 2016 for junior developing country negotiators. LRI is one of the ecbi lead organisations and LRI lawyer Subhi Barakat presented at the workshop on a variety of issues. The workshop brought together …

LRI attended a workshop in Brussels co-hosted by the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Climate Strategies on “Balancing responsibility and solidarity in international climate negotiations”. Under the new climate agreement adopted in Paris, parties have moved away from the formal differentiation between …

On 4 February over 60 participants reflected on some of the key take aways from Paris, including the setting of a new long term temperature goal, the pivotal role of nationally determined contributions (known as”NDCs”) and the increasing space given to non-state actors. Discussions were led by a panel made up of Sam Bickersteth (Climate …

LRI lawyer Raj Bavishi (right) with clients/partners and the US Secretary of State LRI lawyers are playing an important role as the Paris climate negotiations reach a critical point. UK solicitor Raj Bavishi is on the Angolan delegation and represents the LDCs in a small group of legal and linguistic experts tasked by COP president […]

After a week of informal coordination and other meetings, the climate conference officially starts on Monday 30 November in Paris-le-Bourget. It is expected that at the end of the meeting, on Friday or Saturday 11/12 December, countries will adopt a new international agreement on climate. There is a team of altogether 10 LRI lawyers in […]