Work Schedule

Introduction to the Workshop

• GS Baipai, National Law University Delhi

Groundwater Law and Climate Change Law

• Philippe Cullet, SOAS: Regulating Groundwater in a Context of Global Environmental Change
• Joyeeta Gupta and Kirstin Conti, University of Amsterdam:Legal Pluralism in Global Climate Change & Groundwater Law

Transboundary Aquifer Regulation and Climate Change

• Raya Marina Stephan, Water Law Expert/ International Consultant: Climate Change Considerations under International Groundwater Law
• Feja Lesniewska, SOAS: Following the Flow: The Nexus between Forests and Watersheds within International Climate Change Law and Policy
• Kerstin Mechlem, University of Ulster: Regional Approaches to Groundwater Protection

Country Case Studies

• Michael Kidd, University of KwaZulu-Natal: Climate Change, Groundwater and the Law – Exploring the Connection in South Africa
• Birsha Ohdedar, International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC): Regulating Groundwater Abstraction & Climate Change: British Columbia and England

Climate Change and Groundwater: Insights from India

• Trevor Birkenholtz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Assessing India’s Drip-Irrigation Boom: Social Institutions and Policy Implications in Rajasthan
• Lovleen Bhullar, SOAS: Regulating the Interactions between Climate Change and Groundwater – The Indian Experience
• Sujith Koonan, National Law University Delhi: Re-imagining the Foundations of Groundwater Law in India: Towards Strengthening the Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives

Environment, Water and Regional Challenges

• Stefano Burchi, International Association for Water Law: A Comparative Law Perspective
• Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University School of Law: Transboundary Aquifers under Uncertainty: A Case Study from the Mexico–United States Border
• Marcel Kuper, CIRAD; Ali Hammani, Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Hassan II; Tarik Hartani, University of Tipaza; Nicolas Faysse, CIRAD; Serge Marlet, CIRAD: Private Groundwater Use in a Context of State-led Irrigation Development: The Case of North Africa

Ecosystems, Groundwater and Climate Change

• Owen McIntyre, University College Cork: Legal Protection for Ecologically Significant Groundwaters under EU Law in the Light of Climate Change
• Andrew Allan, Dundee University: Groundwater regulation in delta environments – challenges and future projections in Bangladesh
• Ariella D'Andrea, International Lawyer: Managed Aquifer Recharge with Treated Wastewater: Old Laws for New Uses in a Context of Climate Change

• Closing remarks by Philippe Cullet, SOAS