APCEL - Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
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About APCEL |
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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. [Read
more] |
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News and Announcements |
Beatriz Garcia and Jolene Lin in The
Conversation about the climate deal
for the global shipping sector:
https://theconversation.com/the-shipping-sector-is-finally-on-board-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-95212
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The Environmental Law Students
Association (ELSA) at NUS Law and
their partners have published “The
Pathway to Paris: A Commentary on
the Carbon Pricing Bill”. This
commentary provides an in-depth
study of the Carbon Pricing (Draft)
Bill which provides the legal
framework for the carbon tax that
will be implemented in Singapore
next year. The paper advances 14
recommendations including safeguards
and a carbon price escalator. The
commentary can be downloaded here:
http://bit.ly/esicpb18
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Assoc Prof Burton Ong gave a public
talk on 13 April 2018 at the Temasek
Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) on
“Access and Benefit-Sharing
principles under the CBD and Nagoya
Protocol”. |
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About APCEL
