ICJ Climate Opinion: States, foreign investors and local communities

SADRC presents a webinar that will unpack the impact of the 23 July 2025 ICJ Advisory Opinion On Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change on states, foreign investors and local communities by experts on the environment, business and human rights and international investment law.

About the speakers

• Birsha Ohdedar is a Lecturer in Climate Change and Environmental Law at SOAS and is the Deputy Director at the Law, Environment, and Development Centre (LEDC).
• Michelle Staggs Kelsall is a Senior Lecturer in International Law at the SOAS College of Law.
• Philippe Cullet is Professor of International and Environmental Law at SOAS.

Moderator: Floriane Lavaud, partner in the litigation and arbitration team at Withers LLP.