APCEL - Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law


About APCEL

APCEL was established on 1 July 1996 by the NUS Law Faculty in collaboration with the World Conservation Union-Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN-CEL) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). APCEL has since established itself as a centre of excellence in the region for research-based capacity building with a strong commitment to advancing innovative scholarship. The centre's areas of expertise include climate change law, Singapore environmental law, biodiversity conservation law, and international environmental law. [Read more]

 

Upcoming Events
Workshop on Measures to Counter Marine Plastic Debris in the Asia-Pacific Region
Co-organised with University of Cebu and Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI)
Supported by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)
19 October 2020
Programme
APCEL-Yale Virtual Book Launch: Climate Change Litigation in the Asia-Pacific
Co-organised with Yale Law School
28 October 2020
4.00pm to 5.30pm SGT

APCEL Executive Programme on Capacity Building and Technology Transfer (CB & TT): Lessons from Climate Change for Ocean Governance
Speakers: Ipshita Chaturvedi, Founding Partner, C&C Advisors,  Dr Nilufer Oral, Director, Centre for International Law, NUS,
Dr Tara Davenport, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Law, NUS and Deputy Director, APCEL & Dr Virginie Tassin Campanella, Founder and Director, VTA Tassin
3 to 5 November 2020 2.00pm to 5.15pm


News and Announcements
Eric Bea discusses the climate impacts of Singapore Airlines' planned "flights to nowhere", and how the airline can adopt long-term green solutions and become one of the world's pioneering net-zero airlines. Read it in CNA https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/flight-to-nowhere-singapore-airlines-sia-carbon-emission-offset-13123740
APCEL is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Tara Davenport has been appointed as our Deputy Director.  Please click here for her profile.
APCEL Senior Research Fellow, Linda Sulistiawati, considers how the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibition and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (UNESCO 1970) and UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen and or Illegally Exported Cultural Object (UNIDROIT 1995) can support Indonesia’s efforts for heritage protection. Read about it here
Joseph Chun examines the Wild Animals and Birds (Amendment) Act in his working paper, Legislation Note on the Wild Animals and Birds (Amendment) Act (APCEL Working Paper 2005).
APCEL Visiting Researcher, Bennett Wong examines urban food production and sustainability in the article, Feeding Cities: Singapore’s Approach to Land-Use Planning for Urban Agriculture.
Climate litigation shows that the global South experience is a rich and powerful one that offers many opportunities for multi-directional learning as shared by Jolene Lin & Jacqueline Peel in the article, The farmer or the hero litigator? Modes of climate litigation in the global South
 
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