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The UV celebrates the 2nd international congress on the rights of nature and the fight against climate change in the Mediterranean

  • Web and Marketing Unit
  • May 8th, 2023
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On 28 and 29 June numerous experts arrange to meet in the Faculty of Law to approach on how to fight against climate change from the Law field. They will analise the concept of the rights of nature and explore the legal procedures to guarantee sustainability on Earth.

The 2nd international Congress on the rights of nature and the fight against climate change in the Mediterranean will take place in the assembly hall of the Department of Constitutional Law. The inauguration will be held on 28 June, at 9:30 a.m., by Francisco Javier Palao, dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia; Aurora Pedro Bueno,, professor of Applied Economics and director of the Chair for a New Green Transition of the UV; Rubén Martínez Dalmau, full university professor of Constitutional Law and member of the research group on Constituent Power and new constitutionalism Democracia [+]; and Julián Mínguez, deputy director and person in charge of External Relations of Casa Mediterráneo.

This will be followed by multiple presentations on the foundations of nature as a subject of rights and the Mediterranean, comparative experiences, and gender and economics in the ecocentric paradigm. The presentations will be imparted by national multidisciplinary specialists (University of Valencia, Basque Country, Rovira i Virgili, Murcia, Alicante, Jaume I de Castelló, Extremadura, Girona y Navarra) and international multidisciplinary specialists (university of Pisa, Andina Simón Bolívar of Bolivia, Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales of Ecuador and Universidad del Norte in Colombia).

After the success of last year, this 2nd edition aims to continue establishing the basis of legal mechanisms that help fighting against climate change and improve sustainability in the Mediterranean. The congress has been organised by the Chair for a New Green Transition of the University of Valencia and the reaserch group on Constituent Power and new constitutionalism Democracia [+], in colaboration with the Faculty of Law and Casa Mediterráneo.