Invitation: International Workshop on Ecocide Law and Climate Litigation, 29 and 30th of January 2026

We kindly invite you to our International Workshop on “Ecocide Law and Climate Litigation”, which will take place at the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability” on 29 & 30 January 2026.

Despite scientific warnings and accelerating impacts, meaningful political measures to halt environmental destruction and hold corporate polluters accountable remain persistently insufficient. Environmental law, in particular, lags behind the imperative of bringing global development within planetary boundaries. Against this backdrop, this two-day workshop examines legal strategies to pursue justice on a burning planet by (1) pushing the boundaries of existing law through novel interpretations and applications of legal norms, as seen in the transnational movement for climate litigation, and (2) renewing the law by developing new legal concepts, such as in the global campaign to recognize ecocide as a crime in national and international law.

Program:
Our Program is available via this link: https://www.zukuenfte-nachhaltigkeit.uni-hamburg.de/kolleg/newsroom/2026-01-05-ecocide-workshop.html

Registration:
If you want to visit the workshop you are very welcome to do so! You can register via our registration form - separately for day one and/or day two - since we only have limited seats in our conference room.

Please register via this link: https://www.zukuenfte-nachhaltigkeit.uni-hamburg.de/kolleg/newsroom/2026-01-05-ecocide-workshop.html 

Venue:
Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies "Futures of Sustainability"/ DFG-Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "Zukünfte der Nachhaltigkeit", Gorch-Fock-Wall 3 (doorbell sign "Nachhaltigkeit"), 20354 Hamburg, Room 1021