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Paul Govind is a Lecturer at the Centre for Environmental Law at Macquarie University Law School. He completed a BA/LLB (Hons) at Macquarie and a LLM at Sydney University focusing on distributive justice and funding for climate change adaptation. He is currently researching the intersection between value change and the Anthropocene, the relationship between climate adaptation and extinction and dephysical property, responsbility and envrionmental law.
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Paul is currently researching the intersection between value change and the Anthropocene, the relationship between climate adaptation and extinction and dephysical property, responsbility and envrionmental law.
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Projects
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Nature Positive Cities – presenting the legal case and policy pathways
Govind, P. (Primary Chief Investigator), Davies, P. (Primary Chief Investigator), Houston, D. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Carthey, A. (Primary Chief Investigator)
30/06/25 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Developing a legal framework for participation of indigenous people and protection of indigenous knowledge relevant to climate change
Govind, P. (Primary Chief Investigator)
2/03/09 → 1/05/10
Project: Research
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The nature of nature: why the promotion of plural values of nature could pose transition risks and influence nature-related financial disclosure
Govind, P. J. & Webb, T., Apr 2026, In: Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law. 35, 1, p. 8-21 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate litigation as a tool for change: Australian lessons in a global context
Govind, P. J. & Birchall, E., 2025, Strategic human rights litigation in Australia. Birchall, E. (ed.). Alexandria, NSW: The Federation Press, p. 131-152 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Embracing relationality in planning law to help restructure relationships between people and land—a case from Australia
Govind, P. J. & Davies, P. J., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Environmental Law. 37, 3, p. 537–557 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the ethical responsibility of environmental planning law in perpetuating settler colonialism using a transnational legal lens
Govind, P. J., Mar 2025, In: Transnational Environmental Law. 14, 1, p. 12-40 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using planning law to advance urban green infrastructure: the experience of urban heat in Sydney
Govind, P. J. & Davies, P. J., 2025, Research handbook on climate change and infrastructure law. Webb, R. M. (ed.). Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 536–563 28 p. (Research Handbooks in Climate Law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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People and Nature (Journal)
Govind, P. (Reviewer)
27 Jun 2025 → 20 Jul 2025Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law (Journal)
Govind, P. (Reviewer)
31 Aug 2025 → 18 Sept 2025Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Legal Reforms for Housing Supply and Their Impact on laws protecting nature: A Crisis of Priorities?
Govind, P. (Speaker)
1 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Reclaiming Legal Reasoning and Normative Authority – How can legal reasoning, plurality, and contestation be re-centred in global environmental assessments to complement scientific expertise?
Govind, P. (Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Journal of Environmental Law (Journal)
Govind, P. (Reviewer)
11 Aug 2025 → 10 Sept 2025Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
Press/Media
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The Mercury: Antarctic runway project would mark Australia as an environmental vandal, opponents claim
Liu, N. & Govind, P.
8/05/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment