IMDO and the Law and Development Research Group, with the support of Klimaatzaak, Milieudefensie, Reset.Vlaanderen, and FIAN Belgium, invite you to a two-hour session exploring how climate change is affecting people’s lives and territories, and what lawyers, NGOs, and civil society organizations across Belgium and the Netherlands are doing to respond to these challenges.
Programme
17h-17h10: Welcome and introduction
17h10-17h25: Climate crisis testimonials
Koen Doggen, self-employed farmer at Moesland
Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts, Climate Justice for Rosa
17h25-17h55: Three climate cases revisited
Sarah Tak, director Klimaatzaak (BE) on Klimaatzaak vzw vs. Belgium, Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia
Catherine van Es, senior legal advisor Milieudefensie (NL) on Milieudefensie vs. ING Group & ING Bank
The farmer case: Mieke Van den Broeck/Emilie Djawa, lawyer PROGRESS Lawyers Network (BE) on Hugues Falys et al. vs. TotalEnergies
17h55–18h15: Mattia Bosio, EU Legal Counsel, Greenpeace European Unit on the role of the International Court of Justice
Reflection on the Advisory Opinion and its implications for EU climate ambitions and national climate litigation
18h15-19h00: Panel debate and open Q&A