Meinhard Doelle

JSD (Dalhousie) LL.M. (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University),
LL.B. (Dalhousie), B.Sc. (Dalhousie)

Associate Professor
Associate Director, Marine & Environmental Law Institute

Telephone: (902) 494-1030
E-mail: mdoelle@dal.ca

Biography:

Associate Professor Meinhard Doelle specializes in environmental law.  He is the Associate Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute and the Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Programme.  From 1996 to 2001, he served as the Executive Director of Clean Nova Scotia.  He has been involved in the practice of environmental law in Nova Scotia since 1990 and in that capacity drafted the NS Environment Act in 1992.  He currently is environmental counsel to the Atlantic Canada law firm of Stewart McKelvey. 

From 2000 to 2006, Professor Doelle was a non-governmental member of the Canadian delegation to the UN climate change negotiations. From January to May 2008, he was a visiting scholar at the Environmental Law Center of the IUCN in Bonn, Germany. Dr. Doelle was appointed to the Joint Federal/Provincial Environmental Assessment Review Panel for the Lower Churchill Hydro-Electric Project in January, 2009.

Professor Doelle has written on a variety of environmental law topics, including  climate change, energy, invasive species, environmental assessments, and public participation in environmental decision-making. His most recent books are entitled “Environmental Law: Cases and Materials” (with Chris Tollefson), “The Federal Environmental Assessment Process, a Guide and Critique", and "From Hot Air to Action: Climate Change, Compliance and the Future of International Environmental Law".

Publications:

• (co-author), “Governing Information: A Three Dimensional Analysis of
  Environmental Assessment” (accepted in Public Administration)

• (co-author), “New Governance Arrangements at the Intersection of
  Climate Change and Forest Policy: Institutional, Political and Regulatory Dimensions” (accepted in Public Administration)
  

• (co-editor), Promoting Compliance in an Evolving Climate Change
  Regime, (Cambridge University Press, 2011), (co-author of the introduction and the concluding chapter), forthcoming

• “Experience with the Kyoto Compliance System”, in Brunnee, Doelle &
  Rajamani, Promoting Compliance in an Evolving Climate Change Regime, (Cambridge University Press, 2011), forthcoming

• (co-author) “Climate Liability in Canada”, in Brunnee et al eds,
  Climate Liability (Cambridge University Press, 2011), forthcoming

• (with John Terry) “International Framework”, in D. Mahony ed.,
  Climate Change Law in Canada (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2011)

• (co-author) “Strengthening Strategic Environmental Assessment in
  Canada: An Evaluation of Three Basic Options” (2010) 20 J. Env. L. & Prac. 175

• (with John Sinclair) “Mediation in Environmental Assessments in
  Canada: Unfulfilled Promise?” (2010) 33 Dalhousie Law Journal 117

• “Early Experience with the Kyoto Compliance System: Possible Lessons for MEA Compliance System Design” (2010) 1 Climate Law 237

• The Copenhagen Climate Talks: The End of the Road for the UNFCCC or a Step Forward in the Evolution of the Regime?" (2010) 2 Amsterdam Law Forum 71.

• Book Review of Sustainable Development as a Principle of International Law: Resolving Conflicts between Climate Measures and WTO Law by Christina Voigt (2010) accepted in Polar Law Yearbook

• "The Legacy of the Climate Talks in Copenhagen: Hopenhagen or Brokenhagen?" (2010) 4 Carbon & Climate Law Review 86

• Case Comment: The Implications of the SCC Red Chris Decision for EA in Canada" (2010) 20 J. Env. L. & Prac. 161.

• (with John Terry) "International Framework", in D. Mahony ed., Climate Change Law in Canada (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2010).

• (with A John Sinclair) "Environmental Assessment in Canada: Encouraging Decisions for Sustainability" in B. Mitchell, ed., Resource and Environmental Management in Canada 4th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

• "The Role of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) in Energy Governance: A Case Study of Tidal Energy in Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy" (2009) 27 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 112

• (Co-Author) Law and Policy Options For Strategic Environmental Assessment in Canada (Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 2009)

• (With Chris Tollefson) Environmental Law: Cases and Materials (Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2009)

• “The Climate Change Regime and the Arctic Region” in Timo Koivurova at al eds., The Capability of International Governance Systems in the Arctic to Contribute to the Mitigation of Climate Change and Adjust to its Consequences (Springer Verlag 2008) 

• “Integration among Global Environmental Regimes: Lessons Learned from Climate Change Mitigation” in Aldo Chircop et al eds., The Future of Regime-Building in the Law of the Sea: Essays in Tribute to Douglas M. Johnston (Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008) 

• The Federal Environmental Assessment Process: A Guide and Critique (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2008)

• 2008 Update to Nova Scotia Chapter in Canadian Environmental Law (1996), 2nd Edition, Butterworths

• Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Commentary, 2008 (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2008)

• (With Dennis Mahony) “A Shift in the Legal Climate:  The Emergence of Climate Change as a Dominant Legal Issue across Canada”, in S. Berger, D. Saxe,  Environmental Law: The Year in Review (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2008)

• “Global Carbon Trading and Climate Change Mitigation in Canada: Options for the Use of the Kyoto Mechanisms” in Bernstein et al, eds., A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007)

• (With Moira McConnell and David VanderZwaag) ” Invasive Seaweed: Law and Policy Responses” (2007) 50 Botanica Marina 438 - 450 

•  “The International Climate Change Regime: At a Crossroads Yet Again”, (2007) IUCN Environmental Law Programme Newsletter 11-13

• Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Commentary, 2007 (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2007)

• Contributor to Environmental Law Section, Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2007)

• Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Commentary, 2006/2007 (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006)

• (Co-Author) “The Regulation Of Tidal Energy Development Off Nova Scotia: Navigating Foggy Waters” (2006) 55 UNB Law Journal 27 - 70

• “IT Waste Management In Canada: From Cost Recovery to Resource Conservation?” (2006) 5  Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 59 

•  “The Cat Came Back, or the Nine Lives of the Kyoto Protocol” (2006) 16 J. Env. L. & Prac. 261 

•  “Climate Change and the Use of the Dispute Settlement Regime of the Law of the Sea Convention” (2006) 37 Journal of Ocean Development and International Law 319 - 337 

•  2006 Update to Nova Scotia Chapter in Canadian Environmental Law (1996), 2nd Edition, Butterworths. 

•  (With A. John Sinclair) “Time for a New Approach to Environmental Assessments: Promoting Cooperation and Consensus for Sustainability” (2006) 26 Environmental Impact Assessment Review 185 - 205

• From Hot Air to Action? Climate Change, Compliance and the Future of International Environmental Law (Toronto: Carswell, 2005) 

•  “The Kyoto Protocol; Reflections on its Significance on the Occasion of its Entry into Force” (2005) 27 Dalhousie Law Journal 556

• Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Commentary, 2005/2006 (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005) 

•  “Linking the Kyoto Protocol and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements; From Fragmentation to Integration?” (2004) 14 J. Env. L. & Prac. 75

• Book Review of Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy by David R. Boyd (2004) 37 UBC Law Review Page 541 

•  “Climate Change and Human Rights:  The Role of International Human Rights in Motivating States to Take Climate Change Seriously” (2004) 1 Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law 179 

•  “The WTO and Climate Change; Opportunities to Motivate State Action on Climate Change through the World Trade Organization”(2004) 13 Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 85 

•  “The Quiet Invasion, Law and Policy Responses to Invasive Species in North America” (2003) 18 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 261

• (With A. John Sinclair) “Using Law as a Tool to Ensure Meaningful Public Participation in Environmental Assessment” (2003) 12  J. Env. L. & Prac.  27 

•  “From Kyoto To Marrakech; A Long Walk Through The Desert: Mirage Or Oasis?” (2002) 25 Dalhousie Law Journal 113

• Co-author, “Strengthening Acceptance and Implementation of Maritime Treaties and International Law Obligations in OECS Member States” (2001), (unpublished paper prepared for OECS Member States) 

•  “Review of Legal and Policy Responses to Invasive Species” (2001), Background Paper prepared for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, March 2001

• Contributor to “Guide to Environmental Law for Nova Scotians” (2000) 2nd Edition, Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia

• Co-Author, Nova Scotia Chapter in Contaminated Sites in Canada, L. Griffith (Carswell 1997).

• Nova Scotia Chapter in Canadian Environmental Law (1996), 2nd Edition, Butterworths.

• CEAA, New Uncertainties, but a Step in the Right Direction (1994) 4 J. Env. L. & Prac. 59.

• Co-Author, Nova Scotia Chapter in Environmental Spill Emergency Reporting, Clean-up and Liability, Moira L. McConnell and Erika C. Gerlock (Carswell 1993).

• Regulating the Environment by Mediation and Contract Negotiation: A Case Study of the Dona Lake Agreement (1992) 2 J. Env. L. & Prac. 129.

• Co-Author, Environmental Offences in Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Department of the Environment, 1992).

• Co-Author, Economic Loss and Environmental Damages: Developments in Claims for Offshore Oil Pollution (1991) 1 J. Env. L. & Prac. 129.

• Environmental Regulation into the 21st Century: Toward Long Term Solutions or a Dead End? (1991) LLM Thesis, Osgoode Hall Law School

• Federal/Provincial Power Struggles in Environmental Law: Marine Pollution and the Canadian Oceans (1990) 2 Journal of Environmental Law 195. The Ozone Layer Since the Montreal Protocol [1988] International Insight, Fall issue

Courses:

• LAWS 2104 - Environmental Law
• LAWS 2133 - Environmental Law II