The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) announced the appointment of Neil Craik as Senior Fellow with its International Law Research Program (ILRP)
Craik is current director of University of Waterloo’s School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED).
At CIGI, Craik will explore issues of climate change and environmental law. He has particular interests in the intersection of international and domestic environmental policy, climate and geoengineering governance and environmental impact assessment.
“In an increasingly complex and divided world, international environmental law is being called upon to structure interactions among states, international organizations and private actors through obligations to promote inclusive, science-based deliberations,” says Neil Craik, CIGI Senior Fellow. “The challenge for the rule of law in transnational environmental affairs is not to replace politics, but to promote a politics based on reason and shared values.”
Craik is credited with having played an instrumental role in the success of the inaugural year of CIGI's ILRP and Balsillie School of International Affairs International Law Summer Institute. In his current work, he examines the role of procedural obligations in governance structures addressing transboundary and global commons environmental issues.
Article adapted from Faculty of Environment News