AIDA World Water Law Congress 2026
Water Law and Governance in Times of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
24 - 26 June 2026 | University of Oslo, Norway
Conference Agenda
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Location: Auditorium 6 2nd floor Domus Academica building, Faculty of Law, Univesity of Oslo Karl Johans gt. 47, 0162 Oslo https://link.mazemap.com/fY0B1hsu |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
C1: Restoring Rivers and Wetlands: Legal Tools for Ecological Restoration Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Froukje Maria Platjouw Legal challenges to wetland restoration - Danish experiences Navigating legal waters: Pathways for the ecological restoration of the Danube Wetlands beyond borders: reimagining transboundary cooperation through Ramsar Art. 5 Let’s Not Drain the Swamp: A Rights-Based Approach to Wetland Conservation in Europe? Legal challenges of restoring international river basin ecosystem: Taking EU law as an example |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
C2: Governing with Evidence: Data, Science, and Decision-Making in Water Law Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Imad Antoine Ibrahim The Legal Meaning and Implications of the Absence of Significantly Better Environmental Means within the EU Water Framework Directive’s Designation and Derogation Regime What does SDG indicator 6.5.2 tell us about climate resilience and transboundary water agreements? Data and Information Sharing for Transboundary Groundwater Governance in Rapidly Changing Environments Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Freshwater Resources: Opportunities and Challenges Burn or Build: How Information Integrity Shapes Climate-Resilient Governance in the Arctic |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
C3: Connecting Source to Sea: Legal and Institutional Integration in Coastal Water Governance Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Stephen Hodgson From Circularity to Coastal Resilience: Integrating Zero-Waste Transitions into EU Water and Biodiversity Law Transforming coastal governance: Experiences with institutional layering in the Norwegian coast Incoherences in EU water legislation are obstacles to achieving good quality of coastal waters Water Rights in the Mixing Zone: Desalination Extraction Wells and Coastal Aquifers |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
C4: Rethinking Water Governance: Markets, Participation, and Policy Innovation Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: François Touchais FAO’s water tenure assessment methodology as a legal analytical tool Popular participation and restoration of an exposed fjord Water as a Catalyst for Peace: Ethical Governance and Justice in Times of Climate Uncertainty The Water-Trade Connection: Tackling Water Insecurity through Virtual Water Trade Policy Changes to Lower Transaction Costs and Increase Prior Appropriation Water Transfers |
| 2:50pm - 4:20pm |
C5: Multilevel Governance and Policy Coherence: Aligning Water, Biodiversity and Climate Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Helle Tegner Anker The Role of Policy Coherence and Institutional Integration in Coastal Biodiversity Protection Calibrated Coupling at EU Borders: A Multi-Level Toolkit for Climate-Resilient Transboundary Water Governance Identifying obligations for Member States under EU marine nature conservation law for the protection of carbon-rich coastal ecosystems Global Review of Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation through a Multi-Governance Lens The role of law and governance in enabling a resilient and circular freshwater system |
| 4:40pm - 6:10pm |
C6: Transboundary Water Governance in a Fragmented World: Law, Cooperation and Allocation Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: ROBYN STEIN Bringing Afghanistan In: Challenges to Water Cooperation in Amu Darya Basin Are Water Resources a “Common Concern of Humankind”? Exploring the Legal Notion and its Effects on the Law of International Watercourses Differing Legal and Institutional Pathways for Transboundary Water Justice: exploring the law-science interface in courts versus implementation committees DROUGHT MANAGEMENT THROUGH HYDROLOGICAL PLANNING: THE SPANISH-PORTUGUESE EXPERIENCE AS AN EXAMPLE OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION. REALLOCATING WATER AND PROTECTING MINIMUM RIVER FLOWS: THE EXPERIENCE OF WESTERN CANADA |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Special Session 8: Developing Principles for the Responsible Governance of Water Tenure: A Consultative Forum Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Jessica Troell |
