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A number of side events were organized in the lead up to the seventh session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, the fourth session of the Protocol on PRTRs and their joint High-level online from 11 to 15 October 2021.

The side events addressed a number of important topics. Their informal settings allowed participants to share diverse examples related to the implementation of the Aarhus Convention and the Protocol on PRTRs and benefit from this learning experience.

     
Date & Time (CET)
Title / Programme / Connection details
(language: English)
Organizer / Contact
     
11 Oct
10:00 – 12:00
Guaranteeing Aarhus-protected rights in International Climate Governance
Center for International Environmental Law

 

     
11 Oct
13:00 – 15:00
 
Enhancement of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in the Western Balkan countries and the Republic of Moldova
Participatio Ltd.
RECs Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and EcoContact
 
     
11 Oct
15:00 – 17:00
Defend the Defenders 2021

 

Earthjustice, Arnika,
Guta Association

 

 

 

 

12 Oct
10:00 – 12:00
Improving environmental data sharing under the European Green Deal through digitalization
Presentations

Recording
European Environment Agency

 
     
12 Oct
13:00 – 15:00
Young and marginalised:
An assessment of barriers and opportunities for young environmentalists accessing justice using the Aarhus Convention
Youth and Environment Europe
European Environmental Bureau
 
     
12 Oct
15:00 – 17:00
 
Aarhus Convention and sustainable spatial planning
 
Arnika
 

 

 

 

13 Oct
10:00 – 12:00 CET
Environmental defenders and ombudsman-towards new legal frameworks?
English/French
CIDCE

 
     
13 Oct
13:00 – 15:00
Practical implementation of the Aarhus Convention: perspective of civil society
Arnika, Aarhus Centre Sarajevo and ECO-Tiras
 
     
13 Oct
15:00 – 17:00
Access to justice against corporate environmental harm and courts jurisdiction in international context
Earthjustice
 
     
14 Oct
10:00 – 12:00
 
Recent developments regarding access to justice (ACCC & case law)
 
Justice&Environment
ClientEarth
 
 
     
14 Oct
13:00 – 15:00
 
PRTRs: the evidence base instrument for the right to know our environment?
 
Earthjustice and GEN
 
     
14 Oct
15:00 – 17:00
 
Recommendations on Electronic Information Tools:
Using citizen science effectively within the Aarhus context
European Citizen Science Association
 

 

 

 

15 Oct
10:00 – 12:00
 
PRTR: Entering the digital age for industrial activities
European Environmental Bureau

 
     
15 Oct
13:00 – 15:00
 
Welcome Guinea-Bissau: opening a new dimension for Aarhus
 
Earthjustice, GEN and European ECO Forum
 
     
15:00 – 17:00
 
Cooperation between the Aarhus Convention and the Escazú Agreement to promote the protection of access rights and of environmental defenders
 
Guta Association,
CIEL, EarthJustice, EarthRights, EEB and ECLAC