Anita Margrethe Halvorssen

Research Interests
Multilateral environmental agreements; trade and sustainable development;
     differential treatment for developing countries; biodiversity; climate change issues
     and the Kyoto Mechanisms; small island developing States; environmental
     governance; the UN and multilateral systems; institutional reform; and the role of
     civil society in sustainable development.

Academic background
J.S.D., Columbia University, School of Law, New York (1999)
LL.M., Columbia University, School of Law (1988)
Juridisk embetseksamen (Law Degree) University of Oslo, Norway (1985)
Agronomist Degree, Landbruksakademiet (Agricultural Academy), Oslo,
       Norway (1978).

Positions
Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, College of Law - Courses:
       Global Climate Change Law and Policy, and Sustainable Development and
       Trade, (2002 - present).
Adjunct Instructor, International Law, Political Science Department,
       University of Colorado (2001 - present).
Adjunct Instructor, International Environmental Law, Environmental Studies
       Program, University of Colorado (2001, 2007).
Independent consultant, the World Health Organization (WHO) (1999).
Adjunct Instructor, International Environmental Law, University of Colorado,
       School of Law, (1998).
Visiting Fellow Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado,
        School of Law (1992-1993).
Adjunct Instructor, European Community Law, University of Colorado,
        School of Law (1992).
Project Assistant (Foreign Associate), Holme Roberts & Owen,
        Denver, Colorado (1988-1989).
Senior Executive Officer, Secretariat member of the Planning Act Committee,
        Legal Division, Department of Planning and Natural Resource Management,
        Royal Ministry of Environment, Oslo, Norway (1986-87, 89).
Trainee, Division of Planning and Development, County Municipality of
       Akershus, Oslo, Norway (1978-1979).
Consultant, International Office, Confederation of Norwegian Business and
        Industry, Oslo, Norway, (summer internships, 1983, 1984, 1985).Intern,
        Environment Department, Governor's Office for Oslo and Akershus
        Counties, (1984).

Other functions
Member on the Advisory Board of the Colorado Journal of International
        Environmental Law and Policy, 2000 -.
The Norwegian Association of Lawyers, 1986 -.
Association Representative at the Ministry of Environment, 1987.
World Wide Fund for Nature, Representative, Council of Norwegian
        Chapter (1986-1990).

Publications
Global Response to Climate Change- From Stockholm to Copenhagen,
        85 Denv. U. L. Rev. 841 (2008).
UNFCCC, The Kyoto Protocol, and the WTO – Brewing Conflicts or Are They
        Mutually Supportive? 36 Denv. J. Int’l L. & Pol’y 369 (2008).
Common, But Differentiated Commitments in the Future Climate Change
        Regime – Amending the Kyoto Protocol to Include Annex C and the Annex C
        Mitigation Fund, 18 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 247 (2007).
Nature, Origin, and Impact of Legally Binding Consequences: The Case of the
        Climate Regime (with Jon Hovi) Int. Environ Agreements, 6: 157-171 (2006).
 The Kyoto Protocol and Developing Countries – The Clean Development
        Mechanism, 16 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 353 (2005).
        Environmental Law and Policy, Spring 2005, Volume 16:2).
 Rapporteur's Summary of the Deliberative Forum: Sustainable Living,
        Climate Change, and Energy Production: The NGO Agenda in Energy
        Policy, 13 Colo. J. Int’L Envtl. L. & Pol’y 65 (2002).
The UN General Assembly's Special Session on Small Island Developing
        States: Sustainable Development in a Nutshell Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L.
        & Pol'y 1999 Y.B. 113 (2000).
Equality Among Unequals in International Environmental Law Differential
        Treatment for Developing Countries [Boulder, Oxford: Westview Press
        1999].
The Role of National Institutions in the Development and Implementation
       of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, U.N. Doc.
        WHO/NCD/TFI/99.5 (1999).  (Background paper for the World Health
       Organization).
Climate Change Treaties - New Developments at the Buenos Aires
        Conference, Colo. J. Int’L Envtl. L. & Pol’y 1998 Y.B. 1 (1999).
Pursuing the Elusive Goal of 'Sustainable Development' Through International
        Efforts, Resource Law Notes (Natural Resources Law Center, Colorado),
        April 1995, at 4.
Commentary, 3 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 225 (1992).  (Commentary on the
        paper presented by Professor Ved Nanda, addressing the law of
        non-navigational uses of international watercourses).
Book review, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
       (CEPMLP) Internet Journal (2003), reviewing Hu man Rights In Natural
       Resource Development: Public Participation In The Sustainable Development Of
       Mining And Energy Resources, edited by Donald N. Zillman, Alastair R. Lucas,
       and George (Rock) Pring (2003) .
Book review, Colo. J. Int’l Envtl. L. & Pol’y 2005 Y.B. 1 (2006), Implementing
       the Climate Regime: International Compliance, edited by Olav Schram Stokke,
       Jon Hovi, and Geir Ulfstein.
Book review, 4 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 241 (1993), reviewing Stephan
       Schmidheiny, Changing Course: a global  business perspective on development
       and the environment (1992).
Book review, 13 Colum. J. Env. L. 397 (1988), reviewing the Report of the World
        Commission on Environment and Development: our common future (1987).

Selected conference, panel, and seminar contributions

“Global Response to Climate Change – From Stockholm to Copenhagen.” Presentation, Denver University Law Review Synposium: Global Climate Change: Integrating Environmental Justice into Policy, Regulation, and Litigation, University of Denver College of Law, Denver, CO, February 15, 2008.

“A Future Climate Change Regime Based on the Principle of Common, but Differentiated Commitments.” Presentation, International Symposium: Legal Principles and Post 2012 Climate Regime, Waseda University , Tokyo , December, 2006.

“Kyoto Debates” Panel participant, Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies, Washington University – School of Law, - Missouri, November, 2005.

"Sustainable Development: Nowhere to Hide - Latest Legal Developments" Speech at the U.S. Chapter Meeting of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators in Denver, Colorado, March, 2005

“The Kyoto Protocol and Developing Countries – The Clean Development Mechanism,” Panel participant, Challenges Facing Developing Countries, International Law Student Association, University of Colorado, School of Law, October, 2004.

“Comparing the Montreal Protocol with the Kyoto Protocol: Why One Agreement is a Success and the Other Can't Get Off the Ground,” Colloquium at Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, Cornell University, April, 2004.

“The Kyoto Protocol and Latin America ,” Climate Affairs in Latin America : Climate Issues and Policy Responses, Institute of Latin America Studies, Columbia University, January, 2002.

“Differential Treatment of Developing Countries in International Environmental Law,” Environmental Law Lunch Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo , June, 2001.

Commentary on the paper presented by Professor Ved Nanda, addressing the law of non-navigational uses of international watercourses, Panel participant, Doman Colloquium on the Law of International Watercourses, University of Colorado , School of Law , 1991

Working languages
Scandinavian Languages, English, Spanish, and French (moderate).

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