Mer et changements climatiques | Introduction par Kiara NERI et Pascale RICARD

The video is an introductory session from a conference titled ‘Mer et changements climatiques’ (Sea and Climate Change), organized by the University Jean Moulin Lyon 3. The speakers, Kiara Neri and Pascale Ricard, are legal scholars who co-direct a research project on the interface between the sea and climate change. They begin by thanking participants and organizers, then explain the origins of the project, which arose from their cooperation with the African Union in the context of an advisory opinion request to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The project aims to analyze how law addresses the effects of climate change on oceans and the role of oceans in climate change mitigation. They outline three research axes: identifying state obligations regarding climate change at sea, examining the articulation of institutional and jurisprudential frameworks, and exploring legal frameworks for using oceans as adaptation solutions. The conference focuses on the role of international organizations, questioning whether the traditional category of international organizations is adequate to address the transversal nature of climate change. They mention the recent advisory opinions from ITLOS, the International Court of Justice, and other courts, and highlight the need to study how specialized international organizations handle this complex issue. The first speaker, Habib Touré, will discuss the category of international organizations in the face of climate change.