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Blended Finance for a Just Transition
A deep-dive into legal frameworks for blended finance, exploring its role as a crucial financing tool for facilitating a just transition and launching a seminal GAIL report written and produced by a cross-jurisdictional working group of impact lawyers: “Unlocking Legal Pathways for Blended Finance: Case Studies and Global Insights”.
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Rewriting the Rules – Pathways to Legal Systems Change by Indy Johar
A keynote session at the GAIL Annual Summit 2024 delving into the very roots of our legal systems, challenging conventional thinking and necessitating a re-evaluation of our legal and economic frameworks and the role of lawyers in bringing about this transformation.
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Leveraging Law and Economics to Tackle Climate Change by Professor Elizabeth Robinson
A keynote session at the GAIL Annual Summit 2024 on the crucial intersection of law, economics, and climate action, with a focus on attributing health outcomes to emissions, paving the way for accountability among emitters, the potential for litigation for damages and creating incentives to steer large emitters away from fossil fuels.
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Evolving Approaches to ESG, Pro Bono and Impact Law: Roundtable Session
Explore the evolving trends in social impact, the role of pro bono work, and the relevant ESG initiatives that can be leveraged to foster meaningful change. This includes examining how pro bono efforts align with ESG principles and impact lawyering, as well as understanding where they fit within the broader landscape of corporate responsibility.
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Impact Litigation: Mechanisms for Remedies and Enforcement
This session explored grievance mechanisms and dispute resolution frameworks under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), focusing on their effectiveness, corporate compliance, and innovative approaches.
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Climate and Market Integrity – Accounting for the Environment in Financial Architecture
A session from the Annual Summit 2024 featuring a Programme Director, Head of Climate Finance and an Advisor discuss Financial institutions’ devolved responsibility for market integrity and treatment of risk in portfolios
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Transformational Governance: The UN Global Compact, SDG 16, and the Pivotal Role of the Legal Profession
This session focuses on the UNGC’s current work on transformational governance and the role of lawyers and in-house counsel.
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GAIL Europe & GAIL North America Present: Partnerships for Impact – Opportunities & Challenges
This session delves into the evolving landscape of impact investing and sustainable finance, particularly focusing on the collaboration between European and U.S. organisations.
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GAIL Asia Pacific & GAIL Latin America Present: Building a Regional Impact Law Network – Case Studies in Cross-Border Collaboration
This session showcased the work of GAIL APAC and LATAM and provided opportunities for the regional networks to learn from each other and share projects and ideas. They discussed common challenges of operating in cross-national/cross-language formats and strategies that have and have not worked. They also discussed key regional needs and how lawyers in each…
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GAIL Africa & GAIL UK Present: Developing Communities of Impact Expertise
This is a collaborative session, led by members of the UK and Africa Regional Boards, aiming to showcase and develop expertise among lawyers across regions.