MAY
16
2024
Navigating the Legal and Regulatory Landscape of Getting to Net-Zero
Description
In 2021, Singapore’s Parliament declared climate change to be a global emergency. This was a milestone in Singapore’s rapid law and policymaking towards the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This goal is enshrined in international law and Singapore has committed in its Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to achieve it. At the same time, Singapore has identified growth opportunities in the transition towards a low-carbon economy. It aspires to be a regional carbon trading and services hub.
Singapore’s growing body of climate change law features climate change disclosure requirements for major corporations and a Carbon Pricing Act which is accompanied by an International Carbon Credit (ICC) framework. Company directors are being advised to consider climate impacts carefully in their decision-making at the risk of failing to fulfill their legal duties. Regulators are also stepping up against greenwashing to protect consumers and businesses.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing regulatory landscape that lawyers and their clients have to navigate.
Speaker:
Koh Lian Pin
Associate Vice-President and Chief Sustainability Scientist
NUS Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions
Jolene Lin
Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
NUS Law
Melissa Low
Research Fellow
NUS Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions
Linda Yanti Sulistiawati
Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
NUS Law
Peter Zaman
Partner
HFW
Darian McBain
CEO and Founder, OCSO Asia
Visting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Joseph Chun
Partner, Shook Lin & Bok LLP
Adjunct Associate Professor, NUS Law
Sean Tseng
Senior Adjunct Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
For more information of the course, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/apcelxp2024
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Fees (where applicable) are to be paid before the commencement of the event with exception of e-invoices.
2. Fees paid are non-refundable.
3. Registration is transferable within the same organisation if the request is made at least one week in advance of the event.
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Date and Time
Thursday, 16th May 2024 9:00AM GMT+08:00
to
Friday, 17th May 2024 5:30PM GMT+08:00
Organisation
Faculty of Law
Contact Email
lawapcel@nus.edu.sg
Location
Seminar Room 5-1 (Block B Level 5), NUS Bukit Timah Campus, 469 Bukit Timah Road