The Space Law Symposium on "Legal Implications of Space Applications for Climate Change", sponsored by the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) and the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), was held from 31 March to 1 April 2008.
Day 1: Legal Implications of Space Applications for Climate Change: Principles and Rules | ||
Chairman: Ambassador Peter Jankowitsch, Chair, Advisory Board, Austrian Aeronautics and Space Agency. Former Chairman of COPUOS | ||
Legal Features of the Climate Change Convention: from Kyoto to Bali
Gerhard Loibl, The University of Vienna, Austria |
Paper | |
Space Applications and Climate Change
Jorge Lafourcade |
Paper | |
Legal Aspects of Cooperation for Space Monitoring of Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Monserrat Filho, Brazilian Society of Space Law, Brazil |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
Promoting Access to, and Exchange of, Data and Information related to Climate Change: the Legal Perspective
Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, The University of Mississippi School of Law, United States |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
Day 2: Legal Implications of Space Applications for Climate Change: Institutions and Instruments | ||
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Chairman: Sergio Marchisio, President, European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) | ||
Coordination Instruments and Satellite Observation of the Climate System: the Contribution of CEOS
Evangelina Oriol Pibernat, Centre for Earth Observation of the European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN) |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
Monitoring the Environment for Climate Change: the Case of GMES
Gisela Süss, European Space Agency (ESA) |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
Monitoring the Kyoto Protocol: Greenhouse Gases Observation & the Global Forest Carbon Monitoring System
Masami Onoda, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/the University of Kyoto, Japan |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
Legal Aspects of Climate Monitoring by Means of Treaty Law
Frans Von der Dunk University of Nebraska, United States |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
Concluding Remarks
Vladimír Kopal, University of Pilsen, Czech Republic |
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