Meinhard Doelle

Meinhard Doelle (May 25, 1964 – September 17, 2022) was a German-born Canadian lawyer and university professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. He was the founder and executive director of several environmental law organizations, as well as the drafter of the Environment Act of Nova Scotia.

Meinhard Doelle
Born(1964-05-25)May 25, 1964
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
DiedSeptember 17, 2022(2022-09-17) (aged 58)
[Pembroke], Nova Scotia
EducationBSc (Dalhousie)
JD (Dalhousie)
LLM (Osgoode Hall)
JSD (Dalhousie)
Alma materDalhousie University
Osgoode Hall Law School
Occupation(s)Lawyer, professor
Employer(s)Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Known forDrafter of the Environment Act (Nova Scotia)
Climate change policy research
Notable workResearch Handbook on Climate Change Law and Loss & Damage

Education

Meinhard Doelle was born on May 25, 1964, in Dortmund, Germany.[1][2] Doelle graduated from his bachelor's of science in 1986 with a major in chemistry from Dalhousie University. He then earned his LLB from the university's faculty of law in 1989. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1990, and earned his LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1991.[3] He later received his JSD from Dalhousie University with a dissertation entitled From Hot Air to Action? Climate Change, Compliance, and the Future of International Environmental Law.[4]

Academic career

Meinhard Doelle served as a professor of law at Dalhousie University, as well as their associate dean of research.[5] He also previously served as the chair in Marine Environmental Protection at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden.[6] Among his book publications, he was the co-author of the Carswell textbook Environmental Law: Cases and Materials.[7] He is known for his research on energy law and environmental law,[8] including the impact of policy on climate change.[9] He also previously served as the Chair of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie.[10] He co-authored the 2021 book Research Handbook on Climate Change Law and Loss & Damage with Sara L. Seck, a fellow professor at Dalhousie Law.[11]

Career as a lawyer

In 2007 he founded the non-profit environmental law organization East Coast Environmental Law Association,[5] and was previously the executive director of the Clean Nova Scotia Foundation.[12] Doelle is perhaps best known for his role as the drafter of the Environment Act, legislation for the Government of Nova Scotia in 1995.[13][14] He was also an advisor on the 1992 federal legislation Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, and a non-governmental member of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations climate change negotiations from 2000 to 2006.[2] In 2013 he was appointed to a panel to overhaul the Province of Nova Scotia's policies on aquaculture.[15][16][17]

Personal life and death

Doelle died on September 17, 2022, at the age of 58.[2]

References
  1. "Meinhard Doelle". WorldCat.
  2. "In Memoriam: Meinhard Doelle (1964–2022)". Schulich News. September 21, 2022.
  3. "Speakers List". The National Sea Grant Law Center.
  4. "Thesis Survey". McGill Law Journal.
  5. Patricia Chisholm (November 20, 2017). "Environmental Defenders: The leaders of Canada's environmental non-profits". Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
  6. LINDA PANNOZZO5 (February 21, 2020). "Mitsubishis Fish". Halifax Examiner.
  7. Meinhard Doelle, Chris Tollefson (2013). Environmental Law: Cases and Materials. Carwsell.
  8. Joanna Smith (March 28, 2017). "PM highlights money for parks, conservation as U.S. changes course on climate". The Canadian Press.
  9. "Your Copenhagen questions answered". Globe and Mail. December 4, 2009.
  10. "Doelle, Meinhard". The Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment.
  11. Meinhard Doelle and Sara L. Seck (2021). Research Handbook on Climate Change Law and Loss & Damage. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78897-402-8.
  12. Anne Monette and Ronald Colman. "THE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY ACCOUNTS for the NOVA SCOTIA GENUINE PROGRESS INDEX" (PDF). GPI Atlantic.
  13. "Joint Review Panel Established for Environmental Assessment of Proposed Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Generation Project". January 8, 2009.
  14. David Duff; Jutta Brunnée; Steven Bernstein; Steven F. Bernstein (2008). A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 344.
  15. Keith Doucette (December 16, 2014). "New report urges overhaul of fish farm regulations in Nova Scotia". The Canadian Press.
  16. SUZANNE RENT (February 25, 2020). "Where do you go when you gotta go?". Halifax Examiner.
  17. Catherine Collins; Douglas Frantz (2022). Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish. Henry Holt and Company. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-250-80031-2.
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