ABOUT THE EDITORS & CONTRIBUTORS
Sébastien Jodoin, Co-Editor and Contributing Author
Sébastien Jodoin is currently completing a PhD in environmental studies (law and public
policy) at Yale University, for which he holds a Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship and a SSHRC
Doctoral Fellowship. He is a member of the Governance, Environment and Markets
Initiative at Yale University, the Director of the One Justice Project and sits on the boards of
the Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement, the Centre for International Sustainable
Development Law, and the Canadian Journal of Poverty Law and serves on the technical
standards committee of Equitable Origin. Alongside his academic work, he has served as a
consultant for numerous countries and organisations including the United Nations
Environment Programme, the World Future Council, the Climate Land Use Alliance,
Equitable Origin, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, and the International
Development Law Organisation. He has also participated in international negotiations on
climate change, sustainable development, and international criminal justice.
Sébastien has worked for the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, the
Canadian Centre for International Justice, Amnesty International Canada, and the United
Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Sébastien
holds degrees in common law and civil law from McGill University, a master’s in
international law from the London School of Economics and a master’s in international
relations from the University of Cambridge and is a member of the Law Society of Upper
Canada. Sébastien has received numerous awards and honours, including a Public Interest
Law Articling Fellowship from the Law Foundation of Ontario, a John Humphrey
Fellowship in Human Rights from the Canadian Council on International Law, and a
Fellowship in International Criminal Law from the International Bar Association. In 2012,
Sébastien received the Annual Public Scholar Award from the Yale Graduate School of Arts
& Sciences for conducting research “that engages and betters the world at large.”
Katherine Lofts, Co-Editor and Contributing Author
Katherine Lofts, B.C.L. / LL.B. (McGill), M.A. (McGill), B.A. Hons. (University of
Victoria), is an Associate Fellow with the CISDL and Program Coordinator of CISDL’s
cross-cutting research program on Governance & Accountability. She is also the Director of
Research and Policy with the One Justice Project. Katherine graduated from McGill
University’s Faculty of Law, with a focus on human rights and environmental law. During
her time at McGill, she served as Executive Editor of the International Journal of
Sustainable Development Law and Policy. She has previously interned with UNICEF UK in
London, the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre in Delhi, and Rights &
Democracy’s Women’s Rights Programme in Montreal. She has also worked with the
Community Outreach Programme in Mumbai – a non-profit organization that provides
access to fundamental social services in disadvantaged communities across the city.
Katherine has written publications in the areas of international criminal law, human rights,
climate change and the environment. She has also participated in the international climate
change negotiations, presenting on topics at the intersection of climate change and human
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