FIRST YEAR OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE LAW
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE LAW TOOK PLACE FROM 14 SEPTEMBER 2023 TO 17 SEPTEMBER 2023, IN WHICH 30 STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF LAW, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA TOOK PART.
From 14 September 2023 to 17 September 2023 the first year of the Summer School of Environmental and Climate Law took place, in which 30 students of the Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava took part. The summer school was held in the charming setting of Donovaly in the boarding house Donly. Upon arrival, an informal introduction of the organizers and the participants themselves followed. This introduction was followed by the first lecture, which was dedicated to the brown bear, led by a former member of the Medved intervention team, Michal Haring, who currently works in the TANAP administration. After a short break, the lecture on hunting in Slovakia was continued by Samuel Javorský, a student of our faculty.
The next day started with yoga, and after breakfast, the day continued with lectures on environmental law. The first lecture was devoted to the tasks and activities of the Slovak Environmental Inspectorate, which was given by the Director General of the Slovak Environmental Inspectorate Ján Jenčo together with the Director of the Environmental Inspectorate Banská Bystrica Denisa Masna. The next lecture was dedicated to environmental crime, led by the prosecutor of the Galanta District Prosecutor's Office Denisa Hamranová, who presented environmental crimes from the point of view of the prosecutor's office. We continued with a lecture on the biggest environmental problems in Slovakia, led by Michal Kiča. After lunch, we continued with a lecture on carnivores and the loss of biodiversity given by Jergus Tesák. This was followed by a lecture on the Nature Guards and their tasks, which included an educational walk in the Low Tatras National Park, led by nature guards Branislav Píši and Dan Harťanský. We ended the day with a dinner at the campfire, strengthening new friendships.
Saturday was focused on the issue of climate change. The day started as before with yoga and breakfast. We continued with a workshop on climate impacts on the urban environment, conducted by Andrej Šteiner and Michal Schvalb from the Carpathian Development Institute. This was followed by lunch and a lecture on the Slovak Climate Change Act by Ivana Figuli from the non-profit organization Via Iuris. Martin Abel from Climate Action presented and introduced the case of the Czech Climate Action to the students. The topic of the last lecture was the Carbon Footprint, presented by Dominika Ceryová and Patrícia Husárová from the Association of Agrarian and Environmental Lawyers. We ended the day with dinner and a social event.
The last day focused on collecting opinions and feedback from the participants of the Summer School, who had the opportunity to comment on all aspects of the Summer School on Environmental and Climate Law.
The Summer School was funded by the AGIT project.