Water and the Law, Towards Sustainability, edited by M. Kidd, L. Feris, T. Murombo and A. Iza, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK, 2014, examines the critical relationship between law and the management of water resources in the context of ensuring environmental sustainability. It highlights

The IVth SCELG Post Graduate Colloquium on Environmental Law and Governance will take place in Glasgow on Thursday 9 June 2016. It will build on the success of previous events during which researchers from a wide range of countries presented their research on topical areas of environmental law and governance. Leading

Strathclyde Law School is offering a 4-year funded scholarship (including a fee waiver at home/EU student levels and an annual stipend of c.£14,000) for an exceptional PhD candidate in the field of international, European and/or comparative environmental law. The candidate's research project is to address

The Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science will organise its 7th Annual International Law and Transboundary Freshwater Training Workshop in Dundee, from 27-30th June 2016. Through a series of lectures from experienced water law experts, case studies and group exercises the workshop provides participants with the opportunity

A training in International Water Law in Africa will take place in Kampala, Uganda, 5-12 June 2016.  This is being organised by Global Water Partnership, ANBO, Makerere University, IGAD and the Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science, University of Dundee.   The event is open

A seminar on "Hydrodiplomatie et changement climatique pour la Paix au Moyen Orient" (Hydrodiplomacy and climate change for Peace in the Middle East) was held in Paris at the French Senate on 1st December 2015. AIDA was represented by his Honorary Chairman, Dominique Alhéritière. Several members were also in attendance.  France and Italy were behind the

The policy guidelines proposed in this paper address fundamental factors related to transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation. The central notion is to reinforce water governance capacities as well as the ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation policies and measures in river basins across

The first Informal Gathering of the Parties to the UN Watercourses Convention was convened by the governments of Finland, Germany and The Netherlands, and hosted by UNESCO at its HQ in Paris. It comprised a closed-door meeting on 15 September with discussions between the Parties

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) has entered a partnership with the University of Makerere (Kampala, Uganda), the University of Dundee (Scotland), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Network for Basin Organizations (ANBO) to train government officials across the continent in international water