The Second Climate Change Moot Court competition

by Lala Wong

The Second Climate Change Moot Court competition was held at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 2 November 2019. It was organized by the Hong Kong America Center (HKAC) in which 12 teams, representing all Hong Kong’s universities took part.

Proposals across a wide range of environmental protection concerns, for example, air quality, water quality, green ways, land use and the protection of green and blue space, green building codes and retrofitting strategies, legal consequences to polluters, and principles for green urban and regional planning, were advocated by the teams and participants.

Congratulates to Mr. Carlos K. L. Li for receiving a well-deserved individual prize.

The School of Law would like to thank Prof. Low Fatt Kin Kelvin (Professor, School of Law, CityU), Dr. Guan Wenwei (Associate Professor, School of Law, CityU), Dr. Fozia Nazir Lone (Associate Professor, School of Law, CityU), Mr. Peter K F Cheung SBS, Prof. Ruth Gordon ( Professor, Villanova University Law School), Prof. Howard Sanborn (Professor, Virginia Military Institute), Dr. Jędrzej Górski (Ph.D candidate, Department of Asian and International Studies, CityU) and Dr. Xu Qian (Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong) for sitting as judges. The Third Climate Change Moot Court competition will be held by the School of Law, CityU and HKAC on March 28, 2020.

 


Chinese Title
第二屆氣候變化模擬法庭比賽
News Date
2019年11月25日
Chinese Body

第二屆氣候變化模擬法庭比賽於2019年11月2日在香港城市大學法律學院(城大)揭幕。比賽由港美中心主辦,共有12個本港大學團隊參與。

團隊和參與者提倡廣泛的環境保護問題的提案,例如空氣質量、水質、綠色生活、土地使用和綠色空間和海洋保護、綠色建築規劃和改造策略、對污染者的法律後果以及綠色城市和區域規劃原則等。

城大法律學院祝賀Carlos K. L. Li先生獲得個人最佳獎項。

城大法律學院要感謝劉發健教授(城大法律學院教授),關文偉博士(城大法律學院副教授),Fozia Nazir Lone博士(城大法律學院副教授),張錦輝先生SBS,Ruth Gordon教授(維拉諾瓦大學法律學院教授),Howard Sanborn教授(維吉尼亞軍校教授),Jędrzej Górski博士(城大亞洲與國際研究系博士生)和徐騫博士(香港大學法律學院博士後研究員)接受邀請出任模擬法庭法官。第三屆氣候變化模擬法庭比賽將於2020年3月28日由城大法律學院及港美中心合辦。