IAIA24 Conference Proceedings

IAIA24 Conference Proceedings

Impact Assessment for a Just Transformation
24-27 April 2024 | Dublin, Ireland

Summary

IAIA24 proceedings are a recap of the April 2024 event. Visit the IAIA24 Proceedings page to get a glimpse of the sessions, presentations, and activities that made IAIA24 a success. There you will find: 

Session Chair Reports: Read summaries of the concurrent sessions as submitted by the session chairs.

Presentations: View uploaded presentations; see the list below. (Note: Not all presenters choose to share their presentations.)

Final Program: Download the PDF final program to view the conference agenda and other final event details.

Papers: Presenters were invited to submit optional papers. The final (edited) papers are posted here.

Photos: See IAIA24 in action through these snapshots of the sessions, side events, and more.

Available Presentations

New EIA Regulation in Portugal
Presenting author: Maria Margarida Lameiras

A dual perspective on the SEA Directive – legal mandates and sustainability
Presenting author: Ulf Kjellerup

A fast and green transition: are just and fast compatible?
Presenting author: Marie-Eve Lemieux

A just transition: for whom?
Presenting author: Vidette Bester

A Model Proposal for Enhancing SIA Capacity in Non-Profit Organizations
Presenting author: Erdal Akdeve

A scorecard to assess and improve infrastructure engagement
Presenting author: Ruth O’Connor

A Tool to Support Indigenous Participation in Impact Assessment
Presenting author: Matthew Carlson

A Transformative Framework for Socioeconomic Cumulative Effects Assessment
Presenting author: Effah Kwabena Antwi

A typology of approaches to regional cumulative effects assessment and management
Presenting author: Jenny Pope

Activities in Marine Protected Areas: From Impacts to Valued Components
Presenting author: Marie-Claude Martel

Adaptive Coastal Development Management: Red Sea Turtles
Presenting author: David McGrath

Advances in policy and practice on the mitigation hierarchy in Mozambique
Presenting author: Hugo Miguel Rosa Gomes da Costa

Advancing E&S Impact Assessment for Operations at the World Bank with AI Technology
Presenting author: Hak Joo Song

Advancing Our Understanding of Indigenous Values and Interests within Impact Assessments
Presenting author: Valerie Masterman

Adverse Impacts for Native Hawaiians from Renewable Geothermal Energy: Just Transition to Renewable Energy
Presenting author: Michael Edelstein

Alberta and Regional Impact Assessments
Presenting author: Gavin Fitch

An analysis of NEMA S30A directives issued to eThekwini Municipality – April 2022 floods
Presenting author: Zinhle Dlamini

Analysis of the EIA of Landfills for Sustainability in Perú
Presenting author: Johanna Poggi

Applying RE-AIM framework to evaluate an environmental policy in China
Presenting author: Dan Xie

Australian mining of Essential Transition Minerals in South Africa: Curse or blessing?
Presenting author: L Janelle Ellis

Baffled systems or culturally competent impact assessment
Presenting author: Jane Munday

Better explain EIA for a better public participation: Review and outlook
Presenting author: Lina Lachapelle

Biodiversity mainstreaming in renewable energy projects in Uganda
Presenting author: Mulumba Agaba

Biodiversity Sweet Spots for greater protection in Mekong’s 3S Rivers Basin
Presenting author: Peter-John Meynell

Brazil ES Overview Assessment: Strengthening Borrower’s Capacity & Systems
Presenting author: Guilherme Faro

Capturing the health and wellbeing impacts of climate change in Wales
Presenting author: Liz Green

Catalysing transformation in spatial planning: Environmental Assessment for biodiversity valuation
Presenting author: Margarida Monteiro

Challenges for impact assessment in Offshore Wind Energy Development
Presenting author: Carla Grigoletto Duarte

Chiefs of Ontario Environmental Assessment Toolkit
Presenting author: Kathleen Padulo

CIAM – A living process
Presenting author: Juan Carlos Paez Zamora

Climate change in Danish impact assessment practice: The ugly duckling?
Presenting author: Ivar Lyhne

Collaborative Development of a Northern Canadian Regional Study: It’s Hard, It Takes Time, and It’s Worth It!
Presenting author: Kim Pawley

Committing to Net Gain in the Colombian High Mountain Ecosystems
Presenting author: Andres Amaya

Community health is integral to Social Impact for Mining companies
Presenting author: francesca viliani

Community health monitoring of the Trident Copper Project
Presenting author: Astrid Knoblauch

Considerations for equity impact assessment in development
Presenting author: Gerald Singh

CONSTRUCTION, UTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF KOREA’S CARBON SPATIAL MAP
Presenting author: Seunghyun Jung

Contractor Management Post Updating the Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project Environmental & Social Impact Assessment
Presenting author: Mwelwa Nsaka Sata-Haruperi

Cumulative Impact Assessment: A living Process
Presenting author: Juan Carlos PAEZ ZAMORA

Data Governance Advancing Green Mining: Environmental Observatory 2.0
Presenting author: Kay Bergamini

Delivering Biodiversity Net Gain in AlUla: Benchmarking and next steps
Presenting author: jonny Miller

Delivery of Just Decarbonisation
Presenting author: Christie Hazell-Marshall

Digital Impact Assessment: The future of the industry?
Presenting author: Ella Niehorster

Dublin Declaration on Fair and Equitable Land Access 1.0
Presenting author: Eddie Smyth

ECO-SHORELINE IN LANTAU: NATURE-BASED COASTAL DEFENCE AND NURTURING GROUND
Presenting author: Crystal Lui

Effectiveness criteria for EIA follow-up governance at the macro level
Presenting author: Charlene Smith

EIA in Nigeria 30 Years After, Challenges and Opportunities
Presenting author: Lawal Adegboyega

Embedding Socio-Economic and Ecosystem services benefits in ENR management
Presenting author: Maya Gabriela Quisumbing Villaluz

Employing Environmental Data to Inform Planning of Infrastructure Projects
Presenting author: Rand Al Sultan

Enabling Digital Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Nigeria
Presenting author: Etia Ndarake

Energy Just Transition: Chile as a Case Study
Presenting author: Pablo Baranao

Enhancing EIA and SEA education in Denmark: Collaborative competence building
Presenting author: Lone Kørnøv

Environmental Impact Assessment of Intensive Saltwater Shrimp Farm in Myanmar
Presenting author: Yadanar Swam Htet Kyaw

Environmental Protection Reviews of Canadian Nuclear Facilities
Presenting author: Aimee Rupert

Ethical Challenges in Impact Assessment
Presenting author: Alan Chenoweth

Ethnolinguistic Minorities in Southern Angola: Opportunities for Inclusion
Presenting author: Santiago Olmos

Evolution of the UK Electricity Transmission: Challenges and Opportunities in Impact Assessment
Presenting author: Edward Walker

Expert Systems on Environmental Decentralized Licensing in Brazil
Presenting author: Sergio Glasmeyer

Explore with local government how to conduct sustainability assessment
Presenting author: Akiko Urago

Exploring IA and Due Diligence for sustainably transforming large projects
Presenting author: Heikki Kalle

Fe-coated biochar for P removal and recovery of slow release fertilizers
Presenting author: Minkyung Kim

Financing it Green, Financing it Right
Presenting author: Olga Skotareva

Financing NbS for a Just Transition: Bamboo Afforestation in Hong Kong
Presenting author: Yoyo Mok

Follow-up and the new Environmental and Planning Act in the Netherlands
Presenting author: Wout van der Gun

Follow-up on Environmental Clearances Granted in India-A case study on surface mining projects in State of Himachal Pradesh
Presenting author: Randeep Singh Saini

FROM AVOIDANCE TO OFFSETS: HOW TO MEASURE BIODIVERSITY TO NET GAIN AMBITION
Presenting author: Sophia Raithel

Functions and Status of Follow-up in Finnish EIA legislation
Presenting author: Anni Kärkkäinen

Gender and Impact Assessment in the Northern Alberta Oil Sands Region: An Exploratory Review
Presenting author: Kathryn Stone

Gender-Based Analysis Plus – Respectful Engagement for Equitable Outcomes
Presenting author: Anna Johnston

Generating Wellbeing is a Must, Not an Option
Presenting author: Yaddy Ruiz

HIA in the energy sector
Presenting author: Delya Sommerville

How are follow-up programs implemented in Canada?
Presenting author: Cathy Mackay

How can Health Impact Assessment support a wellbeing economy?
Presenting author: Margaret Douglas

How the SEA shaped the Firth of Clyde Regional Marine Plan
Presenting author: Arthur Keller

How to assess climate change impacts and sustain health on regional level
Presenting author: Ilonka Horváth

How to be a CEP, Or, An Alternative Pathway to SIA Accreditation
Presenting author: Patrick Solomon

HRIA of artificial intelligence technology development and application: Emerging practice and coming regulation
Presenting author: Cathrine Bloch Veiberg

IA for MegaProjects: It Must Start with Stakeholder Engagement
Presenting author: Marissa Murphy

Identity-based Approaches to Psychosocial IA
Presenting author: Eden Klein

Impact Assessment for a Just Transformation: Perspectives from the EPA
Presenting author: Micheál Lehane

Impact Assessment in Higher Education and Research in Mexico
Presenting author: JUAN CARLOS TEJEDA GONZALEZ

Impact Assessment is crucial for gauging community expectations in the energy transition
Presenting author: Kate Brittain

Impact Management with Indigenous Peoples of a Mining Company in Brazil
Presenting author: Thais Pereira

Impact of Mines for the Just Transformation: Cree EA Process
Presenting author: Cameron McLean

Impacts of floating solar panels: Tthe Magat reservoir as reference case
Presenting author: Ingrid Nesheim

Impacts on biodiversity and expected inputs to management from monitoring
Presenting author: Natália Takahashi Margarido

Implications of impact assessment approaches on tidal energy development in Atlantic Canada
Presenting author: Chris Milley

Indigenous perspectives for a just transformation of the mining sector
Presenting author: Johanne Hanko

Indigenous perspectives of health in Canadian impact assessments
Presenting author: Lara Durksen

Indigenous Values in Analysis and Significance Determination for Assessment
Presenting author: Jessica Hiltz

Indigenous-Led Program to Understand and Manage Cumulative Effects in Northern Alberta
Presenting author: Kevan Berg

Industry and Competency Standards for SIA Certification in the Philippines
Presenting author: Annabelle Vitti Corpuz Valenzuela

Infrastructure Corridor IAs: County-Wide in AlUla
Presenting author: Carla Korpijaakko

Initiatives to respond to evolving environmental and social learning needs
Presenting author: Aida Khalil Gomez

Innovative Methods and Tools for a Just Transformation
Presenting author: Camille Heaton

Inshore fish harvesting versus offshore wind development: Pathways forward
Presenting author: Ian Stewart

Internet-of-Things on Helium Network for Environmental Monitoring in an urban green space project in Nairobi, Kenya
Presenting author: Hanna Fiegenbaum

Investigating the implementation of biodiversity mitigation in EIA in Chile
Presenting author: Rocío Cares

Just Transformation and KSEIA
Presenting author: Myungjin Kim

Key ideas and challenges to deploy the appropriate E&S team for hydropower
Presenting author: Michel Tomasino

Kicking the can down the road?
IA, renewable energy and future generations

Presenting author: Tina SOLIMAN HUNTER

Learning from innovative approaches to enhance public participation in SEA
Presenting author: Gloriana Vargas Castro

Lithium supply development in Argentina
Presenting author: Simon Catchpole

Making follow-up happen to transform IA practice
Presenting author: Jos Arts

Mind the gap – Gaps between IA & Construction in renewable energy.
Presenting author: Barry Wiesner

Mitigating the Impacts of the Energy Transition on Vulnerable Communities
Presenting author: Etisang Abraham

Modeling Wildlife Roadkill Risk on São Paulo Highways Amidst Sugarcane Area
Presenting author: Rodrigo Silva

Nature Positive through a Just Transformation
Presenting author: Amrei von Hase

People-positive renewable energy: towards a competition for just outcomes
Presenting author: Adele Tharani

POLICY & LEGAL REFORMS FOR CLIMATE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TO WASTE PICKERS
Presenting author: Harjot Kaur

Public Acceptance of Wind Energies Located Near the Nuclear Power Plant
Presenting author: Kaiqi Liu

Recognising Cultural Dimensions in Psycho-Social Impact Assessment
Presenting author: Helen Ross

Role of community benefit agreements in a just transformation
Presenting author: thomas gunton

Role of environmental auditing in compliance monitoring and enforcement in South Africa
Presenting author: Theunis Meyer

Role of key actors for an effective license instrument in Argentine agro
Presenting author: Melina Gisela Santomauro

scəwaθn məsteyəxʷ Impact Assessment Framework: A Values-Centred Approach
Presenting author: Sheila Williams

SEA at a Crossroad: Trends in Austria’s Transport Infrastructure Planning
Presenting author: Felix Sternath

SEA Implementation in Ireland,
20 Years of Practice, the story so far

Presenting author: Tadhg O Mahony

SEA in energy sector: Two different approaches from Iberian Peninsula
Presenting author: Cecilia Rocha

SEA in mining for a just transformation
Presenting author: Joyce Kortlandt

SEA of Marine Plans in Ireland
Presenting author: Tom Woolley

SEA of the Mining Sector in Mongolia
Presenting author: David Annandale

Sector Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA) of wind energy in La Guajira, Colombia: scoping phase analysis
Presenting author: Viviana Arango

Setting a High Bar for Post-ESIA Project Performance—USAID Best Practices Review
Presenting author: Patrick Hall

Shared experience of SEA implementation from Malta and Ireland: Promoting best practices for environmental protection within the context of island states
Presenting author: Maryann Harris

Shared Value Towards SLO: engagement and growth, approaching Communities
Presenting author: margarida pinto-correia

Social impacts of establishing National Parks: Evidence from Giant Panda National Park, China
Presenting author: Yuqi Zhang

Starting at the end: a proposal to improve ESIA effectiveness
Presenting author: Stephen McIlwaine

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CENTRAL NAMIB URANIUM RUSH, NAMIBIA
Presenting author: Israel M Hasheela

Streamlining Impact Assessment: Focusing on Project-specific Issues and “IA-derived” Solutions
Presenting author: Steve Bonnell

STRENGTHENING SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS A TOOL TO FACILITATE JUST TRANSFORMATION IN MALAYSIA
Presenting author: Herlina Ab Aziz

Successful ESIA Compliance: Detailing E&S Measures from Bid to Completion
Presenting author: David Green

Supporting the Transition Towards a Holistic Assessment of Cultural Rights: Spirit of the Land Indigenous Cultural Rights & Interests Toolkit
Presenting author: Angel Ransom

Sustainability and regional assessment in next generation impact assessment
Presenting author: Robert B. Gibson

Synergies of Blue Economy and Circular Economy for IA in Tourism Sector
Presenting author: Wilailuk Niyommaneerat

Tailings as a Growth Medium: Eliminating Topsoil Dependency
Presenting author: Robyn Sally Mellett

Teaching impact assessment for wicked problems: A transdisciplinary case
Presenting author: Julia Neugebauer

The Impact of Integrated Impact Assessment on Urban Planning: focusing on Korean cases
Presenting author: Yeonju Kim

The Impact of Land Uses on PM10 Concentration in South Korea
Presenting author: Jin-Oh Kim

The Ocean Multi-use Assessment Framework
Presenting author: Annaïk Van Gerven

The Role of Impact Assessment in Delivering South Australia’s Critical Minerals Projects
Presenting author: Nathan Zeman

The role of Impact Assessments in protecting and enhancing heritage – a case study from AlUla County, Saudi Arabia
Presenting author: RAKAN A ALANAZI

The role of SEA, CIA & EIA within the High Seas Treaty
Presenting author: JUAN CARLOS TEJEDA GONZALEZ

The Role of Social Impact Assessment in Shaping Community Benefit Schemes
Presenting author: Andrea Kanaris

The use of soil contamination record management system for EIA in ROK
Presenting author: Jung Auk Park

The view from academia
Presenting author: Bridget Durning

This Other Eden? Assessing a myth
Presenting author: John Mabbitt

Towards a balanced Seascape: Integrating EB-MSP and EBSA Criteria in Celtic Sea Planning
Presenting author: Robert Mzungu Runya

Towards a Just Water Transformation: The SEA Imperative
Presenting author: Simone Medonos

Towards a minority-adjust Cultural Impact Assessment in Germany
Presenting author: Jenny Hagemann

Towards an evidence base to support Power-to-X (PtX) decision-making in South Africa
Presenting author: Luanita Snyman-van der Walt

Typologies of expected and idealised futures of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice: A Q-method analysis
Presenting author: Francini van Staden

Universalization of sanitation versus environmental licensing and IA
Presenting author: Mariana Rodrigues Ribeiro dos Santos

Using Impact Assessment and Human Rights Due Diligence to redefine ‘safe tailings’ for a just transition
Presenting author: Susan Joyce

Visual communication in EIA: stakeholders’ perspectives
Presenting author: Ana de Paula Nogueira Roque de Oliveira

Why co-drafting guidelines to support HIA implementation in Georgia?
Presenting author: Anne ROUE LE GALL

Why don’t we ask? The local knowledge and habits for the Great Apes Survey.
Presenting author: Silvia La Gala

Working towards consensus and consent in the B.C. Environmental Assessment Act – the First Nation, proponent, and regulator perspectives
Presenting author: Katherine St James

Your EIA Report Online: Easy, Attractive, and in Minutes!
Presenting author: Paul Eijssen

Available Papers

A just transition: for whom?
Vidette Bester

Achieving a Just Transformation
Sharon Harwood

Adaptive Coastal Development Management
David McGrath

Advancing Cumulative Effects Research at Natural Resources Canada: Challenges, Discoveries, and Moving Forward
Brian Eddy

Analysis of the EIA of Landfills for Sustainability in Perú
Johanna Poggi

Baffled systems or culturally competent assessment?
Jane Munday

BIODIVERSITY BENEFITS? NO NET LOSS & NET GAIN APPROACHES IN PERU & THE UK
Claudia Valencia Franke

Biodiversity Risk Management for Challenging International Projects
Dave Massey

Brazil ES Overview Assessment: Strengthening Borrower’s Capacity & Systems
Guilherme Faro

Careful argument can improve IA processes
Glen Brown

Committing to Net Gain in the Colombian High Mountain Ecosystems: Raising the Bar
Andres Amaya

Countering Consultation Fatigue in Regional Approaches to Just Transition
Rosemary Joiner

Data Governance at the Cornerstone of Good Governance in Mega Projects
Andy Chung

DUBLIN DECLARATION ON FAIR AND EQUITABLE LAND ACCESS
Eddie Smyth

Ecological Awareness in Environmental Assessment; The Case of Thailand
Kanokporn Swangjang

Effectiveness criteria for EIA follow-up governance at the macro level
Charlene Smith

Employing Environmental Data to Inform Planning of Infrastructure Projects
Rand Al Sultan

  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SALTWATER INTENSIVE SHRIMP FARM PROJECT
Yadanar Swam Htet Kyaw

Environmental Protection Reviews of Canadian Nuclear Facilities
Aimee Rupert

Financing Nature-Based Solutions for a Just Transition: Bamboo Afforestation in Hong Kong
Yoyo Mok

Follow-up and the new Environmental and Planning Act in the Netherlands
Wout van der Gun

Gap Analysis of Biodiversity Management Legal Framework of Kyrgyz Republic
LULWA ALI

Generating Wellbeing is a Must, Not an Option
Yaddy Ruiz

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Practice
Omar Hallab

How are follow-up programs implemented in Canada?
Cathy MacKay

How the SEA shaped the Firth of Clyde Regional Marine Plan
Arhur Keller

Impacts of floating solar panels: The Magat reservoir as reference case
Ingrid Nesheim

Impacts on biodiversity and expected inputs to management from monitoring
Natália Takahashi Margarido

Indigenous perspectives for a just transformation of the mining sector
Johanne Hanko

Innovative Approaches to Quantify and Rank Impacts for EIA Scoping
Ernesto Sánchez-Triana

Is the clean energy transition a just transition?
Eleanor Seymour

Just Transition and Transformation of the Coast and Maritime
Elena Schirinzi

Lithium supply development in Argentina
Simon Catchpole

Modeling Wildlife Roadkill Risk on São Paulo Highways Amidst Sugarcane Area
Rodrigo Silva

New EIA Regulation in Portugal: a step backwards
Maria Margarida Lameiras

No Longer at the Margins: Unlocking Potential of Informal Waste Pickers for Inclusive and Climate-Just Solutions to Solid Waste Management
Harjot Kaur

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES IN THE EIA: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STUDENTS IN ARGENTINA
Verónica Giberti

Public Sector and Hydro-Power in Nepal: Organization and Management Issues
Lars Soeftestad

Role of key actors for an effective license instrument in Argentine agriculture
Melina Santomauro

SEA at a Crossroad: Trends in Austria’s Transport Infrastructure Planning
Felix Sternath

Sector Wide Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Wind Sector in La Guajira, Colombia: scoping phase analysis
Viviana Arango

Shared experience of SEA implementation from Malta and Ireland: Promoting best practices for environmental protection within the context of island states
Maryann Harris

Shared Value Towards SLO – engagement and growth, approaching Communities
margarida pinto-correia

Social Inclusivity for Climate Adaptive Approaches for Climate Justice
Madhuri Parikh

Starting at the end: a proposal to improve ESIA effectiveness
Steve McIlwaine

Sustainability and regional assessment in next generation impact assessment
Robert Gibson

Synergies of Blue Economy and Circular Economy for IA in Tourism Sector
Wilailuk Niyommaneerat

Teaching SEA in a country without regulation: Challenging this senario?
Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo

The Role of Social Impact Assessment in Shaping Community Development Funds for Energy Projects: Lessons from Australia and Asia
Andrea Kanaris

This Other Eden – Assessing a Myth
John Mabbitt

Tiering biodiversity from SEA to EIA
Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo and Alan Bond

Towards a minority-adjust Cultural Impact Assessment in Germany
Jenny Hagemann

Towards an evidence base to support Power-to-X (PtX) decision-making in South Africa
Luanita Snyman-van der Walt

Universalization of basic sanitation versus environmental licensing and IA
Mariana Santos

Using AI for Review of Automated Remote Wildlife Camera Data
Arash Shamseddini

Vision for creating a toolkit for proportionate considerations of health in SEA
Shiu Fung Hung