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Congratulations to the newly appointed member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
The DROP Programme Manager, Prof. Oliver Ruppel, has been confirmed as member of the prestigious IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) by the honourable Chair of the Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin Read more about the...
Prof. Ruppel to give keynote at III Congresso Internacional De Direito Ambiental Internacional
Prof. Ruppel, DROP Programme Manager, to give keynote address at the III Congresso Internacional De Direito Ambiental Internacional at the Universidade Catolica de Santos in Sao Paolo this Friday (31 October 2014). See more about the Congress...
DROP proudly presents the IPCC Report
IPCC launches full Working Group II report GENEVA, 15 October - Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is launching the full version of its contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and...
Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Change for Law, Policy and Development
High Level Conference held on “Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Change for Law, Policy and Development” by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Rule of Law for Sub-Saharan Africa Programme (Nairobi, Kenya) in cooperation with the Development and Rule of Law Programme...
High level conference on Challenges for Energy Security in Namibia and Southern Africa
High level conference on Challenges for Energy Security in Namibia and Southern Africa, 11 September 2014 at the NamPower Convention Centre, Windhoek, Namibia. From left to right: Hon. Ben Amathila, Member of Parliament, Republic of Namibia; Dr Bernd Althusmann,...
SIDS Conference will not address issues of environmental refugees
August 29, 2014 | Post-2015 | By Elke Weesjes UNITED NATIONS, MEDIAGLOBAL News – The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which will kick off in just a few days, will not address the issue of creating a new category of...
High Level Climate Finance Awareness Raising Event, Windhoek, Namibia
DROP Programme Manager, Prof. Oliver Ruppel, attended the High Level Climate Finance Awareness Raising Event, Windhoek, Namibia on 13 Aug 2014. From left to right: Prof. Dr. Oliver Ruppel, professor of law and Director of DROP at the University of Stellenbosch, South...
High Level Climate Finance Awareness Raising Event, Windhoek, Namibia
The event aims to raise awareness on climate change related challenges for Namibia and climate finance opportunities, specifically with the view to the Green Climate Fund (GCF); present ongoing MET activities on climate finance, including the National Climate Change...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Calls for More Attention on Human Mobility
Read Prof. Ruppel's article on human migration based on the IPCC's recently launched 5th Assessment Report (AR5) on Climate Change. For the full article: CLICK HERE
Programme Manager presents on Climate Change, human vulnerability and impacts
The DROP Programme Manger presented a paper on "Climate Change, human vulnerability and impacts" last week at the Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation, Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Cross-Border Displacement in the Greater Horn of Africa: Protecting People on...