The Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict's research cluster on Humanitarian Governance and Management hosted the webinar "Sea Level Rise between Responsibility and Protection" on March 31st, 2021. The event tackled some of the most pressing issues created by global sea level rise from the perspectives of international law and humanitarian action. These issues included questions of responsibility for the prevention of sea level rise and the mitigation of its consequences, questions of statehood in cases where whole territories are submerged as well as hurdles that humanitarian actors need to overcome to offer their assistance to peoples affected by sea level rise and which measures appear promising to improve their situations.

You can watch the Webinar on Youtube, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8hm8rupnyg

The panelists were:
Prof. Dr. Volker Röben (University of Dundee)
Prof. Dr. Patrícia Galvão Teles (International Law Commission)
Sanne Hogesteeger M.A. (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)