Keynote: Water at the Heart of Global Environmental Challenges: The Role and Limits of Law

Christina Voigt

Asian Perspectives on Transboundary Water Governance in an Era of Climate Risk

Chair(s): David Devlaeminck

Presentations of the Symposium

China’s Perspective in Operationalizing the Obligation to Protect Transboundary Waters Under Climate Change Conditions

Yang Liu

From Climate Impact to Legal Action: The Integration of Himalayan Glacier Protection within the Framework of International Water Law

Chenjun Zheng

Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Waters in Central Asia

Barbara Janusz-Pawletta

Operationalizing International Norms for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation: A Water Tenure Approach in Indonesia

Mohamad Mova AlAfghani

The Necessity of Adopting a Water Law for Climate Change Adaptation Policies of Türkiye

Halil Cecen

Water Law and Governance in Times of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss – India and South Asia Context

VIVEK SAXENA

Bridging Water Governance and Climate Action: Evaluating Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) in South Africa

Jurie Moolman, Germarie Viljoen

Water Justice, Climate, and Human Rights in the Americas

Nicholas Bryner

The Evolving Normativity of Adaptation: A Communicative Analysis of China's Transboundary Water Governance in the Face of Climate Change

YU SU

Extraterritorial human rights and access to water and sanitation

Heping Dang, Raymond Yu Wang

The Human Right to Water and Private Water Supplies in Scotland

Jill Robbie

Right and Access to Water and Sanitation: Extent of Recognition within West Africa Water Regimes

Nwamaka Odili

The imperative of international human rights to ensure “vital human needs” in transboundary watercourses

Yusuf Ali MOHAMMED

Climate Adaptation as a Human Water Right – Ensuring Equitable Water Access in a Warming World

Kasim Balarabe

Legal challenges to wetland restoration - Danish experiences

Helle Tegner Anker, Mia Celine S. Greve

Navigating legal waters: Pathways for the ecological restoration of the Danube

Marianne Darbi, Albrecht Juliane, Werner Marius

Wetlands beyond borders: reimagining transboundary cooperation through Ramsar Art. 5

Bramley Lemine, Zoe Rosenblum, Susanne Schmeier

Let’s Not Drain the Swamp: A Rights-Based Approach to Wetland Conservation in Europe?

Hendrik Schoukens

Legal challenges of restoring international river basin ecosystem: Taking EU law as an example

Sicheng Wu

Indigenous Water Laws & Relationships Responding to Climate Change and Biodiversity Imperatives

Chair(s): Deborah Curran

Presentations of the Symposium

Māori Perspectives on Water Laws and Relationships

Linda Te Aho

Indigenous Legal Orders Creating Limits within State Water Law

Deborah Curran

Gitanyow Aks Ayookxw (Water Policy) as a Climate Adaptation Response

Tara Marsden

Syilx Water Relationships

Tessa Terbasket

Nibi Declaration: An Anishinaabek water law and governance approach

Aimée Craft, Sherry Copenance

Embedding Flood Risk in Planning Law: A Comparative Typology of Intertemporal Instruments in Flanders, the Netherlands, and Rhineland-Palatinate

Benjamin Paulus den Butter

From draining to retaining water in Belgian and Dutch private law: an interdisciplinary evaluation of case law applying the servitude of water runoff in changing hydrological circumstances

Flore Vavourakis

A New Approach to Increasing Flood Safety in the Netherlands: Insights from the Island of Dordrecht in Implementing the Multilayer Safety Strategy

Lilian van Karnenbeek, Marleen van Rijswick

The EU Taxonomy and Nature Based Solutions for Flood Risk Management

Cathy Suykens, Anne Lansink, Borjana Bogatinoska

International Freshwater Treaty Capacity for Climate Adaptation Governance

Melissa McCracken

New Developments in the Swiss-French Cooperation on Transboundary Water Management in the Context of Climate Change

Melanie Berger

Shared Waters, Shared Rules: Regional Approaches to Cooperative Management of Transboundary Basins in Latin America

Matthew Allen, Maria Victoria Montesinos Segura

Regional Practices and Global Norms: A Conversation with International Legal Frameworks

Medha Bisht

Public Participation in Transboundary Water Management: A Silent Stakeholder?

Milena Oravcová, Barbara Janusz-Pawletta

The Legal Meaning and Implications of the Absence of Significantly Better Environmental Means within the EU Water Framework Directive’s Designation and Derogation Regime

Elina Heikkilä

What does SDG indicator 6.5.2 tell us about climate resilience and transboundary water agreements?

Sarah Tiefenauer-Linardon, Tatiana Dmitrieva, Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Iulia Trombitcaia, Aurélien Dumont

Data and Information Sharing for Transboundary Groundwater Governance in Rapidly Changing Environments

Jacob Petersen-Perlman

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Freshwater Resources: Opportunities and Challenges

Marcella Nanni

Burn or Build: How Information Integrity Shapes Climate-Resilient Governance in the Arctic

Sebastian Maria Karl Heinrich KOPF

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Water Policy Design

Chair(s): Anna Zemskova, Johanna Ohlsson

Presentations of the Symposium

Pathways towards a Swedish Water Resource Law: Addressing the Member State’s National Needs in the Context of the Current Design of the EU Water Acquis Possible?

Anna Zemskova, Erik Brattström, Johanna Ohlsson

Convergence and Divergence in Local Water Governance: A Catchment-Level Analysis of Municipal Policy Priorities using Web Scraping and NLP

Erik Brattström, Dong An

What happens when static policy instruments are used to regulate dynamic water systems?

Nikolas Benavides Höglund

Internalizing Water-Quality Externalities: Economic Instruments for Swedish Agriculture

Juliane Koch

Rights and Justice Perspectives in National Water Plans

Johanna Ohlsson

From Principles to Standards: Judicial Articulation of Interstitial Norms in International Water Disputes

Miharu Hirano

The Implication of the ICJ Advisory Opinion in Defining State Obligations on Climate Change: Strengthening Water Law and Governance Frameworks

Elena Salinas Tuñón

Bridging International Water and Climate Law: Strengthening Transboundary Water Governance through NDCs and Adaptation Plans

Yang Liu

Navigating the Continuum: From Compliance to Dispute Settlement in International Water Law

Marguerite de Chaisemartin, Riley Denoon, Cassandra Sawtell

Why and how to address uncertainty around transboundary freshwater resources

Zaki Shubber

Rights of Rivers – environmental protection and cultural reconciliation for a common future

Martin Kment

Indigeneity, Spirituality, the Rights of Rivers and an evolving Moral, Ethical and Legal basis for the Conservation and Protection of Rivers

Richard Kyle Paisley, Mohd Hassan Faizee, Jessica Paisley

Who Speaks for the Rivers? Justice Through Civil Society, Science, and Courts

Andres Martinez

Water Law and Governance from New Vision of Treatment of the Fundamental Rights and Green Transition

Beatriz Lorenzo Yera, Yanelys Delgado Triana

Water Rights, Endangered Salmon, Dam Removals, and Constitutional Takings in the United States

Robin Kundis Craig

From Circularity to Coastal Resilience: Integrating Zero-Waste Transitions into EU Water and Biodiversity Law

Jacqueline Wang

Transforming coastal governance: Experiences with institutional layering in the Norwegian coast

Saskia Trubbach, Gunnar Sander

Incoherences in EU water legislation are obstacles to achieving good quality of coastal waters

Gunnar Sander, Saskia Trubbach, Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen

Water Rights in the Mixing Zone: Desalination Extraction Wells and Coastal Aquifers

David Osias

How to Govern the Hydrological Cycle: Relevant Legal Frameworks and Emerging Issues

Chair(s): Christina Leb

Presentations of the Symposium

International Law and the Governance of the Global Hydrological Cycle

Owen McIntyre

International Water Law Beyond the Watercourse: Exploring the application of international water law erga omnes

David Devlaeminck

Consideration for the Hydrologic Cycle in Trade and Investment Law

Ana Maria Daza Clark

How to Institutionalize the Governance of the Global Hydrological Cycle?

Susanne Schmeier

Dealing with the Uncertainty of the Hydrological Cycle

Zaki Shubber

Environmental modifications techniques for peaceful purposes : legal challenges

Mara Tignino

Regulating Unsustainable Global Water Footprints and Transnational Corporate Water Use – Regime Interactions of International Water Law and Corporate Sustainability Legislation

Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen, Outi Penttilä

Water Security and Legal Uncertainty in selected countries of Latin America: Risks and Challenges of Recent Trends in Water Law

Liber MARTIN, Mariana RUGOSO

"Sleeping with an Elephant": The Columbia and Beyond - Current Trends in International Water Governance, a Canadian Perspective

Marguerite de Chaisemartin, Riley Denoon, Richard Paisley, Cassandra Sawtell

Governing Water under Climate Uncertainty: Empirical Pathways toward Juridical Differentiation in Semi-Arid River Basins

Ashwathi V K, Nikhila Sudharma, Shrinivas Badiger

Water Resource Management in Israel: An Integrated Framework for sustainable management of resource scarcity

Jitzchak Alster

Advancing Equitable Water Governance through Global Dialogue – Towards Principles for Responsible Governance of Water Tenure

Benjamin Kiersch, Sofia Espinosa, Jessica Troell

Breathing Life into the Human Right to Water and Sanitation: South Africa’s Constitutional Mandate and Pragmatic Reform Tools

ROBYN. STEIN, THEO BUCHLER

Reconciling Hydrologic Change, Water Use, and Biodiversity Protection: Gendered Dimensions of Fisheries Governance in Malawi

Ngcimezile Mweso

Climate Justice and Transboundary Freshwater Governance in C40 Cities: Legal Pathways for Equitable and Sustainable Water Futures

Tanya Agarwal

Climate justice and the Right to Water: Need for Decolonising Water Governance for Equitable and Inclusive Access and Allocations

GAYATHRI D NAIK

FAO’s water tenure assessment methodology as a legal analytical tool

Stephen Hodgson

Popular participation and restoration of an exposed fjord

Erling Dokk Holm

Water as a Catalyst for Peace: Ethical Governance and Justice in Times of Climate Uncertainty

Cameron Fioret

The Water-Trade Connection: Tackling Water Insecurity through Virtual Water Trade

Surabhi Kumari

Policy Changes to Lower Transaction Costs and Increase Prior Appropriation Water Transfers

Amy Hardberger

Strengthening Water Law through Collaborative Environmental Compliance Assurance

Chair(s): Eléonore Maitre-Ekern

Presentations of the Symposium

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Offshore Freshened Groundwater: Legal Ambiguities and Governance Pathways for Climate Change Adaptation

Angeles Jimenez Garcia-Carriazo, Margarita Teresa Nieves Zarate

From Principles to Practice: Closing Legal Gaps for Transboundary Aquifers in Southern Africa

Malebo Matlala

Can Local Groundwater Management Really Work?

Eric Garner

Integrating Law and Hydrogeology in the Governance of Transboundary Aquifers under Changing Conditions: Insights from the Guaraní Aquifer

Pilar Carolina Villar, Laura Movilla Pateiro

The State as a promoter of a tool for an integral management of water use in the economic sector and its transnational impact.

JUAN PABLO GALEANO

"Comparative study of environmental flows: different approaches for similar problems"

Camila Boettiger

Mangrove Conservation for Climate Adaptation and Resilience: A Critical Assessment of Legislative, Administrative, and Judicial Action in India

Vedavalli Saravanan

Judicial Water Conflicts in Chile (2015-2025): Legal Trends and Governance Lessons for a Thirsty World

Daniela Rivera

Water Law and Governance in Times of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss: Lessons from the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)

Rosemary Semafumu Mukasa

The Role of Policy Coherence and Institutional Integration in Coastal Biodiversity Protection

Froukje Maria Platjouw, Gunnar Sander, Maaike Knol-Kauffman, Saskia Trubbach, Frode Sundness, Marthe Indset, Eirik Mikkelsen, Ingrid Kvalvik, Nina Memmi

Calibrated Coupling at EU Borders: A Multi-Level Toolkit for Climate-Resilient Transboundary Water Governance

Flore Vanackère, Aline Telle, Laura Turley

Identifying obligations for Member States under EU marine nature conservation law for the protection of carbon-rich coastal ecosystems

Emma Flevaud Dufau

Global Review of Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation through a Multi-Governance Lens

Silvia Cardascia

The role of law and governance in enabling a resilient and circular freshwater system

Sophie Melchers

Sectoral water conflicts and water justice in South Asia – Multi-scalar aspects

Chair(s): Philippe Cullet

Presentations of the Symposium

Water Justice in South Asia – Need to address Sectoral Water Conflicts

Philippe Cullet

Multi-scalar conflicts – South Asian perspective

Birsha Ohdedar

Water security, human rights, and climate change in borderlands: The case of the two Punjabs

Lovleen Bhullar

Sectoral water conflicts: An ecological perspective

Nate Palmer

Integrating Nature-Based Solutions and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation into Water Governance: The Role of Forests and Natural Resources in Enhancing Climate Resilience and Biodiversity Conservation in South Asia

VIVEK SAXENA

Identifying Pathways and Navigating Barriers for Freshwater Landscape-Rehydration in Australia

Pip Abbott

Scale challenges for sustainable water governance in federal rivers: A case study of the transboundary Colorado River Basin

Tamee Albrecht, Elilzabeth Koebele, Gina Gilson, Julian Cardona Vallejo, Andrea Gerlak

Water and Biodiversity in Tension: Towards Ecosystem-Based Management of Wetlands between Québec and Francophone Africa

Sessinou Emile HOUEDANOU

Community Stewardship under State Ownership: Water Law and Governance in Rural Costa Rica

Roger Madrigal-Ballestero

Legal instruments for regulating water scarcity in Germany: Status quo and need for further development

Juliane Albrecht

Mandatory Urban Landscape Water Conservation: Movements and Results

Gregor MacGregor

Rethinking the Right to Water in Europe and Sustainable Consumption

Iris Benohr

Managing Water Sustainably in the Era of Climate Change

Mark Squillace

Bringing Afghanistan In: Challenges to Water Cooperation in Amu Darya Basin

Mohd Faizee, Richard Paisley, Charity Watson

Are Water Resources a “Common Concern of Humankind”? Exploring the Legal Notion and its Effects on the Law of International Watercourses

David Devlaeminck

Differing Legal and Institutional Pathways for Transboundary Water Justice: exploring the law-science interface in courts versus implementation committees

Alistair Rieu-Clarke

DROUGHT MANAGEMENT THROUGH HYDROLOGICAL PLANNING: THE SPANISH-PORTUGUESE EXPERIENCE AS AN EXAMPLE OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION.

Adrián Gavín Lalaguna

REALLOCATING WATER AND PROTECTING MINIMUM RIVER FLOWS: THE EXPERIENCE OF WESTERN CANADA

David Percy

Special session on knowledge bases and impact assessments as enablers of just and sustainable protection and use of water

Chair(s): Lena Schøning

Presentations of the Symposium

Preliminary topic: Coastal revaluation: environmental standards and the future of low-trophic aquaculture

Mathilde Morel

Preliminary topic: knowledge co-creation and working with local and scientific knowledge across science and management

Sigrid Engen, Lena Gross, Marit Arneberg, Charlotte Weber

Preliminary topic: Obligations to include traditional knowledge in water and coastal governance: a justice perspective

Sofie Elise Quist

Preliminary topic: Can Participation Bring Traditional and Local Knowledge to Life? Insights from Regional Water Management in Troms: Exploring Representation, Valuation, and Normative Challenges in Knowledge Integration

Christine Myrseth

Preliminary topic: when and how environmental and climate concerns are integrated into decision-making processes in developing new aquaculture regulation

Ingunn Elise Myklebust

Preliminary topic: Strategic environmental assessments in fjord ecosystems

Ole Kristian Fauchald

Powering Progress or Peril? The Hidden Environmental Costs of AI-Data Centers

Melissa Scanlan

An overflow of interests? Flood-motivated hydropower development in Norway

Susana Kvan, Endre Stavang

Tension between offshore wind energy and marine nature conservation

Sebastian Loecker

Quantifying water sustainability by integrating the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus: implications for the EU Taxonomy

Isha Savani, Elizabeth Quiroga Jordan, Dorottya Bartucz, Sarah Milliken

Swedish Fisheries Fees – from rights-based fish replacement in hydropower operations to biodiversity offsetting

Kristjan Laas

Rivers Flowing to the Courts: Reimagining Justice Beyond the Human

Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada

Like Water Through Stone: Reshaping Sovereignty through Communities in International Water Law

Giusto Amedeo Boccheni

Community-Based Water Governance and Legal Empowerment in the Sahel: A Case for Integrating Customary and Formal Water Law in Mali

KABINE DOUMBIA

Flowing without voice and Justice: Dammed Soverignties and Forgotten Riparian in the Tigris and Euphrates river basin

Qaraman Hasan