HBKU college co-hosts Mena conference

Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Law collaborated with Sohar University and the Association of Environmental Law lecturers in Middle East and North African Universities (ASSELLMU) to jointly host the 5th Mena Environmental Law and Policy Scholars’ Conference recently in Sohar, Oman.Organised under the theme "Environmental Law and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Legislation Towards a Sustainable Economy in the Mena Region,” the conference brought together leading environmental educators, administrators, and legal practitioners to exchange knowledge, experience, and learn from each other on how to advance the attainment of the SDGs in the Mena region by the global target date of 2030.Speakers from HBKU College of Law included dean Susan L Karamanian, Dr Damilola S Olawuyi, professor of law and Unesco Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development at HBKU, and chair of ASSELLMU, and Tasniem Ahmed Elyass Hussain, third year Juris Doctor student and research fellow to the Unesco Chair at HBKU.A significant outcome of the conference was the official adoption of a work plan of environmental training and education which will include focused research in five thematic areas: Technology and the Green Economy; Business, Human Rights and the Environment; Environmental Dispute Resolution; Food, Agriculture and Water Security; and Energy and Natural Resources.