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Professor Gita Gill is a tenured full professor of environmental law at the Northumbria School of Law, Northumbria University, UK. Her research interest and published work in leading peer-reviewed journals forms a coherent body reflecting the thematic issues including access to environmental justice, climate change, biodiversity, SDGs, sustainability and good governance in Asia with a focus on India.
In 2013-16, funded by a British Academy grant, she examined the casework and environmental jurisprudence of India's National Green Tribunal. Her research findings were published in Environmental Justice in India: The National Green Tribunal (2017, Routledge UK). In 2019, the book was published in Chinese. Her current BA Grant (2020-23) is titled 'Land Acquistion, Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Vulnerable Poor Communities: Criticalities and Scrutinites of Law in Gujarat.' In 2022, she was awarded a NERC Grant on climate change and UK's decarbonisation agenda.
She acts as an expert academic advisor to prestigious international organisations including the Sabin Centre Peer Review Network on Climate Change Litigation (National Rapporteur on India's Climate Change Litigation), Columbia Law School, New York. Presently, her climate change research is focusing on just transitions and sustainability transformations.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Law, PhD
1 Sep 1999 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 1 Sep 1999
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Projects
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The National Green Tribunal, India: A reform for Environmental Justice
15/06/14 → 14/11/15
Project: Research
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India’s National Green Tribunal: Quo Vadis?
Gill, G. N., 2023, (Accepted/In press) ECTs in Asia Pacific. Brill Academic PublishersResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Climate change response mechanisms and the risk of increasing vulnerability: conceptual background and pathways of change
Behnassi, M., Ramachandran, G. & Gill, G., 2022, The Climate-Conflict-Migration Nexus from a Human Security Perspective. Behnassi, M., Gupta, H., Kruidbos, F. & Parlow, A. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, p. 29-48 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Environmental Law in India’
Gill, G. N., 15 Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) Global Environmental Law edited by Professor Wang Shuy. China Social Science PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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National Green Tribunal and the Environment
Gill, G. N., 25 Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Natural Resources Law in India . Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The International Outreach of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales: Diffusion in India
Gill, G., 28 Jul 2022, An Environmental Court in Action : Function, Doctrine and Process. Fisher, E. & Preston, B. (eds.). Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 113-132 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Prizes
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Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education Award
Gill, Gita (Recipient), 4 Jun 2018
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Sustainability Transformations, Judiciary and Climate Litigation
Gita Gill (Invited speaker)
4 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Climate Change National Rapporteur for India, Sabin Centre Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation, Columbia University, New York, USA
Gita Gill (Participant)
Dec 2021 → …Activity: Other
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'EIA in India: Speak up Madam! Your Voice Matters'
Gita Gill (Invited speaker)
24 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Legal Research: My Journey from Global South to Global North
Gita Gill (Invited speaker)
9 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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'Just Sustainabilities and the SDGs: Towards New Opportunities’
Gita Gill (Speaker)
13 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation