UNCITRAL Colloquium on the Law of International Trade for a Greener Future
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 - 9:00am to Thursday, 24 October 2024 - 5:00pm
Dates: 23-24 October 2024 (Wednesday and Thursday)
Venue: Board D Room of the Vienna International Centre, Vienna and online
Time: 9:30 – 12:30; 14:00 – 17:00 Vienna time (CEST/UTC+2)
At its fifty-seventh session, in 2024, UNCITRAL requested the secretariat to organize a colloquium on the relevance of UNCITRAL instruments to climate action, notably the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), the Model Law on Public Procurement, the Model Legislative Provisions on Public-Private Partnerships and the instruments on dispute settlement. The colloquium should help UNCITRAL assess the desirability for the secretariat to prepare guidance documents on the practical application and interpretation of existing instruments and possible supplementary texts to address issues concerning climate action.
In response to the request, the UNCITRAL secretariat is organizing the UNCITRAL Colloquium on the Law of International Trade for a Greener Future on 23 and 24 October 2024 at the Vienna International Centre (Vienna, Austria).
The colloquium will consist of four panels, which will discuss how UNCITRAL texts in each of the topical areas of (a) public procurement, (b) international sale of goods, (c) public-private partnerships, and (d) dispute settlement relate to and can support climate action.
The discussions are expected to develop recommendations and conclusions on whether and how additional texts, either guidance documents to existing texts or supplementary texts, could enhance the contribution made by UNCITRAL to the achievement of climate action goals set by the international community.
The main conclusions of the Colloquium will be presented to the Commission for consideration at its fifty-eighth session in 2025.
Short Bios of Moderators and Speakers