Sustainable Solutions: Environmental Protection During Armed Conflict

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Please join Jennifer da Rosa and Cassandra Hansen for a curated conversation with Elizabeth Hessami on "2022 Sees Important Advancement in the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict."

2022 has been a banner year for advancing protections for the environment in relation to armed conflict. The UN International Law Commission (ILC) has adopted 27 Key Principles that are expected to be presented to the General Assembly for consideration later this year. The Principles mark increased recognition of the fragility of the environment before, during, and after armed conflict. They restate and aggregate important environmental legal protections for the both the environment and the lands of vulnerable peoples during conflict.

Elizabeth B. Hessami is a licensed attorney in environmental law and faculty lecturer of international environmental policy and environmental and natural resources security for Johns Hopkins University. She has served as a visiting attorney for the Environmental Law Institute (remote) for nearly a decade researching post-conflict natural resources management specializing in armed conflict and the environment. She is licensed to practice law by the Washington, D.C. and United States Supreme Court Bars. Learn more about Hessami.

Sustainable Solutions Series Overview

The Sustainable Solutions Speaker Series is presented by the Environmental Sciences and Policy and the Energy Policy and Climate programs at Johns Hopkins University. Each talk features scholars and practitioners working to tackle 'wicked' environmental, energy, and climate problems. Speakers take us through how they leverage technology, policy, the private sector, markets, research, and field work to form innovative and lasting solutions. From water insecurity to climate adaptation, natural resource conflict to energy transitions, and food insecurity to sustainable agriculture, this series features the depth and breadth of Johns Hopkins University faculty and our greater community toward a sustainable future.