Workshop Schedule

Introduction

• Nirmala Rao, Pro-Director (Learning and Teaching), SOAS

Groundwater Law and Climate Change Law

Chair: Shaminder Puri

• Philippe Cullet, SOAS: Groundwater law and climate change law: international and India context
• Joseph Dellapenna, Villanova University: Climate change and the obsolescence of most groundwater legal regimes

Climate Change and Implications for Groundwater: Science, Policy and Law

Chair: Srikrishna Deva Rao

• Richard Taylor, University College London: Groundwater and climate change: opportunities and challenges for water science and adaptation policy
• MJ Mace, SOAS: International climate change regime and groundwater
• Jenny Gronwall, SIWI: Groundwater governance and development

Case Studies- North Sahara and Israel

Chair: Joseph Dellapenna

• Kerstin Mechlem, University of Ulster: Northwestern Sahara Aquifer System (SASS)
• Tony Allan, King’s College London & SOAS: Getting groundwater water back into the environment is a very political process: farmers have been key agents in achieving groundwater stewardship in Israel

Transboundary Aquifer Regulation in Climate Change Context: International Law Perspective

Chair: Kerstin Mechlem

• Stefano Burchi, International Association for Water Law: International water law and transboundary aquifers
• Gabriel Eckstein, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law: Assessing Transboundary Aquifers Pacts Through the Lens of Climate Change: The Guarani Agreement and the UNILC’s Draft Articles
• Owen McIntyre, University College Cork: International environmental law and transboundary aquifers
• Annukka Lipponen, UNECE: The UNECE Contribution to groundwater regulation and conservation

Country Case Studies

Chair: Owen McIntyre

• Daanish Mustafa, King’s College London: Law and policy regime for sustainable groundwater development in Pakistan
• Birsha Ohdedar, LEDC, SOAS: Perspectives from Commonwealth countries: Australia and Canada

Indian Perspectives

Chair: Daanish Mustafa

• Srikrishna Deva Rao, National Law University Delhi: Groundwater regulation in Delhi – A rights perspective
• Lovleen Bhullar, National Law University Delhi: Climate change-related law and policy developments in India– The groundwater context
• Sujith Koonan, SOAS: Groundwater regulation and the environment: the Model Bill, 2011
• Philippe Cullet, SOAS: International and comparative developments: lessons for India