Moderator: Claudia de Windt, Senior Legal Specialist, Department of Sustainable Development, Organization of American States Speakers: Dr. Marcos Orellana, Director, Human Rights & Environment Program, Center for International Environmental Law (Human Rights and the Environment), Ms. Nilufer Oral, Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University; Co‐Chair, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law Specialist Group on Oceans, Coastal & Coral Reefs (Oceans), Dr. Ian Hannam, Adjunct Associate Professor, Australia Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England; Chair, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law Specialist Group on Sustainable Use of Soils and Desertification (Soils), Glenn Wiser, Director, Chemicals Program, Center for International Environmental Law (Chemicals and Mercury Negotiations), Kathryn Kintzele, Director, North American Global Responsibilities Program, Center for Humans and Nature (Biosphere Ethics Initiative), Timo Koivurova, Research Professor, Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre/University of Lapland (Arctic).