Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger FRSC FRSA [https://weeramantryaward.org/ WIJA] is a professor of sustainable development law and governance and international law. She is an international jurist widely recognised as a founding figure in sustainable development law, an emerging field distinct from traditional environmental law.

She holds the world's first Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge in Lucy Cavendish College and serves as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) in the Academy of Social Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in the United Kingdom. She is also a Fellow in Law & LLM/MCL Director of Studies at the Lucy Cavendish College; fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law; member of the [https://www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/ Bennett School of Public Policy] and fellow of the [https://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/c-eenrg Cambridge Centre for Energy, Environment & Natural Resource Governance].

She serves as executive secretary of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and holds adjunct professorships at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law and the University of Waterloo [https://uwaterloo.ca/school-environment-enterprise-development/ School of Environment, Enterprise and Development], where she is also senior fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She also serves as chair of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) [https://www.biodiversitylawgovernance.org/ Biodiversity Law & Governance Initiative]; and chairs the International Law Association Committee on International Law for the SDGs; co-founder of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) of Canada; Vice President of the International Law Association (ILA) of Canada; co-founder and councillor of the World Future Council.

Cordonier Segger authored the foundational textbook ''Sustainable Development Law: Principles, Practices and Prospects'', which established sustainable development law as a distinct legal discipline integrating economic, social and environmental concerns. In 2002, she co-founded the [https://www.cisdl.org/ Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)], creating the first international research centre dedicated to this emerging field. Her scholarly and institutional contributions have been instrumental in shaping international legal frameworks for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Provided by Wikipedia