Earth Trusteeship Working Group
The Earth Trusteeship Working Group (ETWG) is made up of people from around the world, who are committed to building the idea of Earth trusteeship into international and national law.
Klaus Bosselmann
Klaus has been the Director of the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law from its establishment in 1998 until 2022. He is currently Chair of the Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA), Chair of the Earth Trusteeship Initiative (ETI), Co-Chair of the Global Ecological Integrity Group (GEIG), executive member of several other professional networks including the IUCN World Commission on the Environment and the New Zealand Centre of Global Studies (NZCGS) and member of the UN General Assembly Knowledge Network on Harmony with Nature. Klaus has authored or edited over 30 books on environmental law and political ecology, a number of which have been translated into multiple languages; his articles appeared in many of the world’s leading law journals. For his pioneering work on ecological law, he has received numerous awards including the Inaugural Senior Scholarship Prize of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and the 2021 Carlowitz Sustainability Award.
Klaus Bosselmann
Chair, ETWG
Prue Taylor
Prue Taylor is the former deputy director of the New Zealand Centre of Environmental Law at the University of Auckland, member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and author of numerous books and articles on ecological approaches to law and governance. She is an authority on the ‘common heritage’ concept, the most advanced example of international trusteeship to date.
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Justin Sobion
Justin Sobion is from Trinidad and Tobago and is the Coordinator of the Earth Trusteeship Working Group. He is a lawyer, specialising in International Environmental Law. He presently teaches at the Faculty of Law, at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Justin Sobion
Coordinator, ETWG
Neshan Gunasekera
Neshan Gunasekera, WIJA, is a lawyer and educator and is currently a Co-Chair, Earth Trusteeship Working Group. Currently, he is Visiting Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Sweden, and a Member of several organizations including, World Future Council, Advisor, Climate Rights International, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and a Lead Counsel, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. In 2020, he was Awarded the prestigious HE Judge C.G. Weeramantry International Justice Award.
Neshan Gunasekera
Co-Chair, ETWG
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