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 4 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 |
A1: National Pathways to Climate-Resilient Water Law Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Mara Tignino The Necessity of Adopting a Water Law for Climate Change Adaptation Policies of Türkiye Water Law and Governance in Times of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss – India and South Asia Context Bridging Water Governance and Climate Action: Evaluating Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) in South Africa Water Justice, Climate, and Human Rights in the Americas The Evolving Normativity of Adaptation: A Communicative Analysis of China's Transboundary Water Governance in the Face of Climate Change |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
A2: Flood Risk, Land Use, and Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Jill Robbie Embedding Flood Risk in Planning Law: A Comparative Typology of Intertemporal Instruments in Flanders, the Netherlands, and Rhineland-Palatinate 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 A New Approach to Increasing Flood Safety in the Netherlands: Insights from the Island of Dordrecht in Implementing the Multilayer Safety Strategy The EU Taxonomy and Nature Based Solutions for Flood Risk Management |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
A3: Climate Change, Shared Waters, and State Obligations in International Law Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Richard Paisley From Principles to Standards: Judicial Articulation of Interstitial Norms in International Water Disputes The Implication of the ICJ Advisory Opinion in Defining State Obligations on Climate Change: Strengthening Water Law and Governance Frameworks Bridging International Water and Climate Law: Strengthening Transboundary Water Governance through NDCs and Adaptation Plans Navigating the Continuum: From Compliance to Dispute Settlement in International Water Law Why and how to address uncertainty around transboundary freshwater resources |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
A4: Securing Water in an Era of Scarcity & Geopolitical Change Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Philippe Cullet Regulating Unsustainable Global Water Footprints and Transnational Corporate Water Use – Regime Interactions of International Water Law and Corporate Sustainability Legislation Water Security and Legal Uncertainty in selected countries of Latin America: Risks and Challenges of Recent Trends in Water Law "Sleeping with an Elephant": The Columbia and Beyond - Current Trends in International Water Governance, a Canadian Perspective Governing Water under Climate Uncertainty: Empirical Pathways toward Juridical Differentiation in Semi-Arid River Basins Water Resource Management in Israel: An Integrated Framework for sustainable management of resource scarcity |
| 2:50pm - 4:20pm |
A5: Groundwater Governance in a Changing Climate: Bridging Local and Transboundary Challenges Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Gabriel Eckstein Offshore Freshened Groundwater: Legal Ambiguities and Governance Pathways for Climate Change Adaptation From Principles to Practice: Closing Legal Gaps for Transboundary Aquifers in Southern Africa Can Local Groundwater Management Really Work? Integrating Law and Hydrogeology in the Governance of Transboundary Aquifers under Changing Conditions: Insights from the Guaraní Aquifer The State as a promoter of a tool for an integral management of water use in the economic sector and its transnational impact. |
| 4:40pm - 6:10pm |
A6: Working with Nature: Law and Governance for Ecosystem-Based Water Management Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Amy Hardberger 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 Identifying Pathways and Navigating Barriers for Freshwater Landscape-Rehydration in Australia Scale challenges for sustainable water governance in federal rivers: A case study of the transboundary Colorado River Basin Water and Biodiversity in Tension: Towards Ecosystem-Based Management of Wetlands between Québec and Francophone Africa |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
A7: Water–Energy Futures: Competing Uses, Renewables & Ecological Integrity Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Katrine Hauge Powering Progress or Peril? The Hidden Environmental Costs of AI-Data Centers An overflow of interests? Flood-motivated hydropower development in Norway Tension between offshore wind energy and marine nature conservation Quantifying water sustainability by integrating the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus: implications for the EU Taxonomy Swedish Fisheries Fees – from rights-based fish replacement in hydropower operations to biodiversity offsetting |
