The International Conference on Environmental Law and Governance for Sustainable Development 2025 (#ICELGSD2025) convenes scholars, legal professionals, policymakers, civil society leaders, and youth voices from across the world to critically examine how environmental law and governance can evolve to protect the planet’s natural heritage, uphold ecological justice, and catalyse sustainable development. The 2025 theme is Biodiversity, Nature-based Solutions and Sustainable Development: Legal Frameworks for Coherent Implementation.
KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS AND PANELLISTS
Prof. Damilola S.
Olawuyi
Professor and UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
Prof. Riyad Fakhri
Professor of Law and Director of the Research Laboratory in Business Law at Hassan 1st University, Settat, Morocco
Ghita Chehbouni
Ph.D. candidate at the University of Law and Economics of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Dr. Adenike Akinsemolu
Director, The Green Institute
Dr. Elena I. Athwal,
LL.M. (Harvard), Research Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, and SJD candidate at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law, Doha, Qatar.
Dr. Eghosa O. Ekhator
Associate Professor of Law, University of Derby, United Kingdom.
Prof. Eduardo G. Pereira
Founding Partner, International Energy Law Advisory Group