Press coverage

U.N. meeting moots WTO-style environment agency

Fri Feb 26, 2010
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - A World Environment Organization, similar to the World Trade Organization, could be formed as part of environmental governance reform, a meeting of environment ministers decided on Friday.

Pacific islanders bid to stop Czech coal plant

Tue Jan 12, 2010
A small pacific island state's challenge to a Czech coal-fired power plant extension some 6,000 km away on grounds it could harm its environment could open a new front in the fight over global climate change.

Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP 5)

18th December 2009
A Special Report on Selected Side Events at the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP 5)

World Watch

18th December 2009
World’s First Climate Change Hearing Staged in Copenhagen

Law Society Gazette

7th May 2009
International environmental court plan

Dag Bladet

8th May 2009
INTERNASJONAL DOMSSTOL MOT MILJØFORBRYTERE

The Atlantic

5th October 2009
Geo-engineering responsibility

Oliver Tickell

30 March 2009
Author of Kyoto 2 discussing ICE at our first event at the British Library with Positive TV

Bid for global environment court

27 November 2008
Virgin media news

The Guardian Online

19 August 2009
In search of world justice

International Law Observer

November 29, 2008
An International Environmental Law Court?

The Guardian Weekly

November 30th 2008
A world environment court? Editors' blog Sunday November 30th 2008 It took 10 years to go from plans for an International Criminal Court to its implementation. The Weekly's editor, Natalie Bennett, sees the start of what might be a similar process for an environmental court

Projects abroad support the ICE

2008
Projects Abroad is supporting a call for an International Court for the Environment. Stephen Hockman QC who has proposed the initiative aims to punish states that fail to protect wildlife and prevent climate change. Mr Hockman, the former chair of the Bar Council, said, "After millions of words that have been written on the subject of climate change, we seem no closer to establishing that 'structure of control'".

Legal Week - Stars at the Bar: Pollution in the first degree

06 Nov 2008
An international court for the environment is needed to give some bite to well-intentioned climate change efforts, writes Stephen Hockman QC

Branson backs bid to save Virgin Island mangroves from tourists

28 November 2008
The BVI dispute is expected to be used to illustrate the case for an international environmental court which will be debated at a high-profile symposium at the British Library in London today. An International Court for the Environment (ICE) has been championed by Mr Hockman and has been given a cautious welcome by Gordon Brown. The Prime Minister told MPs earlier in the year that the first stage of moving towards an international environment court would be persuading all countries to agree to binding targets.

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The truths Copenhagen Ignored - The Independent December 09
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Leading international academics at LSE seminar encourage ICE Coalition to progress its post-Copenhagen meetings with MPs, NGOs and the UN in 2010.
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Stephen Hockman QC - Press coverage - Environmental Law Review, November 2009
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International Court for the Environment's relevance to ecosystem issues outlined on BBC Radio World Service by Philip Riches, London barrister and a Director of the Coalition for the ICE. Listen below
ICE Coalition becomes a LTD company.
Director of the Coalition Stephen Hockman QC is on Radio 4’s Unreliable Evidence programme. Listen below
ICE Coalition registers for Copenhagen.

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ICE Acadamic Seminar Agenda The London School of Economics and Political Science New Academic Building, Wolfson Theatre Saturday 14 November 2009 Registration: 9:00am Start of event: 9:30am Read more
Internationaler Umweltgerichtshof Britische Juristen, Umweltschützer und Politiker bilden Koalition zur Gründung eines Internationalen Umweltgerichtshofs. Als Standort ist Hamburg im Gespräch. Read more
Seminar-Programm/Agenda für den 14. November 2009 Den Vorsitz des Seminars führt Lord Anthony Giddens, emeritierter Professor und ehemaliger Direktor der LSE, Sozialtheoretiker und Autor. Folgende Redner werden allen Debatten beiwohnen: Stephen Hockman QC führen, Dr. Veerle Heyvaert; Donald MacGillivray; Zen Makuch; Philip Riches, Barrister, Stone Chambers, London WC1. Read more
Umweltrecht Ein Fall für den Internationalen Umweltgerichtshof? Die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels und unzureichender Schutz der natürlichen Lebensräume fordern zum Handeln auf. Die Initiative ICE Coalition lädt zur Diskussion an der London School of Economics am Samstag, 14. November 2009; ab 9 Uhr erfolgt der Einlass und die Teilnehmer registrieren sich. Gastgeber der Veranstaltung ist die Koalition „ICE Coalition“ in Zusammenarbeit mit Global Policy. Nach Auffassung der Initiatoren gilt Hamburg als aussichtsreicher Kandidat für den ICE. Read more
ICE Invitation to LSE 2009 November It gives us great pleasure to invite you to “A case for an International Court for the Environment (ICE)” brought to you by the ICE Coalition in partnership with Global Policy. Read more
ICE Coalition commentary for radio As the Copenhagen Conference (COP 15) approaches the certainty of the increasing threat of climate change continues to pose the vexing question of how we are going to work together to protect the global community and, moreover, ourselves. The solution is simple to propose but immensely difficult to coordinate; everyone needs to work together to create a more sustainable future. Individuals, businesses, lawyers, local and international organizations, and States need to cooperate to meet the challenges we all face. New institutions dedicated to bringing people together, facilitating equitable solutions to areas of disagreement which are available equally to both rich and poor, are needed now more than ever. Read more
Letter to Gideon Rachman - Financial Times However, what if there was an alternative? I would like to draw your attention to a relatively old idea which has recently garnered new support and interest, the proposal to establish an International Court for the Environment, an ICE. Read more
Herbert Smith LLP Formal formation of the coalition for the ICE, the International Court for the Environment. Read more
House of Commons First public meeting of the Coalition for ICE spurs national and international programme of events and meetings. Read more
The ICE Coalition Climate change and inadequate institutional protection of habitats prompts the first step in London towards the creation of the ICE. Read more