The Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law is pleased to invite you to Professor Lee Godden’s
Inaugural Professorial Lecture:
Death, Desire, Sin, Redemption: Climate Change and the Rationality of Environmental Law
Wed 04/11/2009
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
Professor Lee Godden
Climate change suggests limits to civilisation and impending ‘Death’ of species and displacement of people. Western civilisations have sought to overcome limits through colonisation and industrialisation. Yet, such consumption and ‘Desire’ are integral to climate change. Divisions exist at International Law in efforts to curb ‘sinful’ consumption and mitigate global warming through targets, trading and offsets. Just how Law should respond to climate change in an era of corporatist states and reflexive law is examined. The lecture identifies the need to reshape the institutions of public law to facilitate an integrated governance framework for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
This Inaugural Professorial Lecture will draw on Professor Lee Godden’s wide range of interests and expertise. Professor Godden is Director of the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law at Melbourne Law School and has expertise in environmental law, natural resources management, water law, climate law, property law and indigenous peoples’ land rights.
Please register your attendance here
Venue Melbourne Law School
Address 185 Pelham Street Carlton
Contact Person Dianne Costello
Contact Details 8344 1153
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