The conference will have the following objectives.

• Assess the current state of climate change, environmental protection in developing countries
• Define opportunities and set priorities for legal systems to respond to the challenges
• Identify policy and institutional innovations and best practices required to advance climate resilience and low carbon emissions.
• Promote sharing of experiences, best practices and lessons learned in mainstreaming climate change concerns into development policies and practices;
• Build and strengthen strategic alliances and partnerships to further climate change agenda of developing countries

The proposed conference will allow the participants to debate freely on issues related to climate change treaties and conventions, carbon emission, carbon credit, clean technology, adaptation and mitigation and the cross cutting issues. The conference will provide a platform to stakeholders to share the latest studies and findings on ecology, climate change and sustainable development.

Climate Change, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development: Issues & Challenges of Developing Countries.

Five sectoral themes and five cross-cutting issues have been identified to guide the session. There are various ways of organizing themes, for example, ecosystem management (a theme) can offer solutions in agriculture, urban settings and public health. Evaluation (a cross-cutting issue) can be applied to many themes. We therefore welcome contributions that demonstrate the added value of combining knowledge, experience and innovation across themes and sub-themes.

Sectoral Themes:

TRACK A: Climate Change Treaties

• Climate Treaties and Kyoto Protocol
• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Carbon Emissions and Trading
• Joint Implementation (JI), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• COP 21 and Paris Agreement of Climate change

TRACK B: Climate Change: Causes and Consequences

• Climate Change and Disasters
• Agriculture and Climate change
• Health Concerns of Climate Change
• Economic development and risk of global climate change
• Green Technology and Climate Concerns

TRACK C: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

• Ecosystems Based Adaptation and Mitigation
• Food, Forestry and Livelihoods
• Climate Change and Human Health issues
• Coastal Ecology and Resilience
• Bio Diversity & Climate change

TRACK D: Climate Change and Human Rights

• Climate Change and Human Rights Protection
• Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Climate Change
• Judiciary, Environment and Human Rights
• Obligations of governments and private actors, human rights and implications of climate change
• Climate Changeand Right to Education Issues

TRACK E: Cross Cutting Issues

• Climate Change Politics, Global Negotiations and Legal Concerns
• Risk Assessment, Adaptation Planning and Evaluation
• Institutions and Governance
• Strategies for Environmental Success
• Others

GLS Law College invites high quality original unpublished conceptual/research papers for the International Conference on the theme – Climate Change, Environmental Protection & Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges of Developing Countries.

1. Last date for submission of Abstract: July 15, 2016
2. Notification for acceptance of Abstract: July 22, 2016
3. Last date of Registration: July 31, 2016
4. Last date for submission of full paper: August 30, 2016

	Amount Payable without Accommodation	Amount Payable with Accommodation
International Delegates	150 USD	200 USD
National Delegates	Rs. 1500	Rs. 2500
Research Scholars /Students	Rs. 1000	Rs. 2000

Note: Limited accommodation is available. Thus accommodation will be provided to the delegates on first-cum-first serve basis.

The amount can be paid either by wire transfer or through Demand Draft of Nationalized Bank drawn in favor of “GLS Law College” Payable at Central Bank of India, GLS Branch, Ahmedabad, latest by July 31, 2016:

Bank:	Central Bank of India
Branch:	GLS Branch
Address:	GLS Campus, Opposite Law Garden, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad – 380 006.
Branch Code:	29
MICR Code:	380016012
IFS Code:	CBIN0282261
Account Number:	3472386507

1. Registration Form needs to be filled in online.
2. For out-station delegates, guests, participants, and students interested in availing accommodation facility, put a tick park for “Accommodation Required”
3. In case of joint authorship, author as well as co-author should register.
4. The first author of the paper will be the main contact person and receive all correspondence such as notification of acceptance, presentation details and guidelines, etc. It is the author's responsibility to provide this information to his/her co-authors.

Patron	Shri Sudhir Nanavati Senior Advocate, President, GLS University
Convener	Dr. Mayuri Pandya Coordinator, GLS Law College Ms. Chandni Kapadia C.O.O, GLS University
Organizing Secretary	Mr. Rishi Bhandari rishi@glslaw.edu.in Cell: +91-9173399937
Organizing Committee Members	Dr. Binod K. Das binod@glslaw.edu.in Cell: +91-9725543642 Ms. Vidhi Shah vidhi@glslaw.edu.in Cell: +91-9879797182 Ms. Payal Mehta Dr. Parna Mukherjee Dr. Debranjan Hota

• Inauguration at Gujarat University Convention Hall
  132 Ring Road, Near Helmet Circle, Opp. Mayflower Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009.
• Conference Tracks at GLS Auditorium
  GLS Campus, Opp. Law Garden, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380006.

Contact Address:

GLS LAW COLLEGE
GLS Campus
Opp. Law Garden, Ellisbridge
Ahmedabad – 380006.
Gujarat, India.
Phone: +91 – (079) – 26443434
Email: glslawclimatechange2016@gmail.com
Website: www.glslaw.edu.in

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