EVENTI / Workshop “Climate Change Liability and Responsibility”, 11-12 aprile 2014, Como

Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

Dipartimento di Diritto Economia e Culture

Via Sant`Abbondio 12, Como

Expert Meeting

11 – 12 April 2014

Climate Change Liability and Responsibility: what next?

 

Day I – Friday 11 April

9.00  Registration of Participants

 

9.30 Barbara Pozzo (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente)

Introductory Remarks

 

9.45  Panel I : The scientific discussion on liability for climate changes

Antonio Ballarin Denti (Università Cattolica di Brescia – Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente)

Is it possible to draw significant links of causation between polluting activities and climate changes? The The state of the art after the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report

Federica Gasbarro (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Pisa)

Climate change impact on human kind and awareness raising from the side of industry.

 

11.00 – 11. 30 Coffee break

 

Michael Evan Goodsite (University of Aarhus)

Apprehending Miasma – possibilities for assigning causality of trans-boundary air pollution

Jaroslav Mysiak (CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici)

Economic impacts of extreme events

Discussion led by Prof. Domenico Cavallo

 

13.15 Lunch

14.15 Tour of Sant’Abbondio Church and Cloister

 

15.00  Panel II:  The International dimension of the discussion

Francesca Romanin (University of Milan)

Liability v. Responsibility in International Law: in search of a clear terminology

Marjan Peeters (University of Maastricht and Leuphana University)

Responsibility and Liability of Member States in view of the Renewable Energy Directive

 

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break

 

Sanford Gaines (University of Aarhus)

The loss-and-damage compensation discussion  at the Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC

Michele Cespa (University of Insubria)

Climate change in view of liability: the loss & damage mechanism under the umbrella of the UNFCCC

Jesse Reynolds, University of Tilburg

Climate Engineering and International Liability

Discussion led by Dr. Stefano Fanetti

 

19.15 Excursion to Brunate with the funicular

20.30 Dinner at Ristorante Bellavista in Brunate

 

 

Day II – Saturday 12 April

 

9.30 Panel III: The role of business

Birgitte Egelund Olsen, University of Aarhus

Climate responsibility of Businesses: Sustainability reporting on climate policies.

Thomas Schomerus, University of Lüneburg

Compulsory licensing as an instrument for tackling climate change – on the example of the eco-design directive

Leszek Karski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Legal culture – climate  change libility and responsibility. Polish perspective

 

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

 

Diana Cerini, University of Milano-Bicocca

The impact of climate changes on the insured risks: perspectives and opportunities

Renato De Filippo (ENI)

From Mitigation to Adaptation: the perspective of the O&G industry

Discussion led by Prof. Valentina Jacometti

 

13. 15 – 14. 45 Lunch

 

14. 45 Panel IV: Area Studies

Herman Kaspar Gilisen

Adaptation to Climate Change in Dutch Water Management: responsibilities and liability

Marina Timoteo and Barbara Verri (University of Bologna)

Liability for climate changes in China

Domenico Amirante (Seconda Università di Napoli)

Facing Climate Change: institutional policies and liability instruments  in India

Discussion led by Prof. Carlo Dossi 

 

Il convegno rientra nelle attività scientifiche e didattiche dei Dottorati in Diritto Comparato e processi di integrazione della Seconda Università di Napoli, in Scienze Giuridiche dell’Università di Milano e di dell’Università dell’Insubria.

 

Per informazioni e iscrizioni: barbara.pozzo@uninsubria.it, stefano.fanetti@uninsubria.it, valentina.jacometti@uninsubria.it