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DROP attends Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Change for Law, Policy and Development Conference in Kenya
DROP meets Swiss Federal Delegation
Cape Town, 4 February 2015: On the occasion of her visit to South Africa, DROP Professor Oliver Ruppel had the pleasure of meeting with the Swiss Federal Councilor Doris Leuthard and her delegation. Doris Leuthard is the Head of the Department of Environment,...
Young Water Professionals Conference Call NOW OPEN
The South African Young Water Professionals (YWP-ZA) under the auspices of the International Water Association (IWA) and the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) would like to invite all interested parties to send in their abstract before the 28 February 2015 to...
VACANCY AT DROP: Assistant on Biofuels Regulation Project
The Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP) has one assistantship position available for 2015. The assistant shall support DROP (http://drop.sun.ac.za/) with research work and will also be assisting with administrative tasks as assigned (i.e. drafting documents,...
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...