UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (UKELA) 

CONFERENCE PAPERS 2017
Nottingham University, 7–9 July 2017

Cities of the Future: Legal challenges and opportunities for more sustainable living

THE CHALLENGE: CAN CITIES BE SUSTAINABLE?

Climate adaptation and cloudbursts:  learnings from Copenhagen 
CHRISTIAN NYERUP NIELSEN
Global Service Line Leader, 
Climate Adaptation, Ramboll

An audacious goal: delivering on sustainable development goals in cities
MARIA ADEBOWALE-SCHWARTE
Director, Living Space Project

UPDATES ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF BREXIT 

AND THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION
Brexit update: reviewing progress in the UK’s exit strategy and UKELA’s Brexit work
ANDREW BRYCE
Consultant, Co-chair of UKELA Brexit Taskforce

RICHARD MACRORY
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, 
University College, London

Brexit and nature conservation fact sheet  
UKELA NATURE CONSERVATION WORKING PARTY

What’s going on with the Trump administration? 
SETH A. DAVIS
Partner, Elias Group LLP, Rye, New York
Chair, American Bar Association 
Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

THE TOOLS – LEGAL AND REGULATORY MECHANISMS FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Energy efficiency in buildings – policy and regulation 
MICHAEL BARLOW
Burges Salmon LLP

The Raynsford Review: Planning 2020 –  a requiem for the English planning system?
HUGH ELLIS
Town and Country Planning Association

Case law update  
RICHARD HONEY
Francis Taylor Building, London

WORKING PARTY PRESENTATIONS

Protecting nature in Nottingham

LAURA HUGHES
Partner Browne Jacobson LLP

JANICE BRADLEY
Head of conservation
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, C.Env., MCIEEM  

Wind farms and the law of nuisance
FRANCIS MCMANUS
University of Stirling  

Rights of nature and wild cities – river rights in Frome: a case study
MICHÈLE PERRIN-TAILLAT
Wild Law SIG co-convenor