Caroline E. Foster is a Professor of International Law with the Faculty of Law at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Professor Foster teaches and researches in international law, international dispute settlement and international environmental law. She is the author of Science and the Precautionary Principle in International Courts and Tribunals: Expert Evidence, Burden of Proof and Finality, and co-editor with Professor Christina Voigt of International Courts versus Non-Compliance Mechanisms: Comparative Advantages in Strengthening Treaty Implementation, both published with Cambridge University Press, as well as author of Global Regulatory Standards in Environmental and Health Disputes: Due Regard, Due Diligence and Regulatory Coherence with Oxford University Press. Caroline serves with various national and international editorial committees and is the Director of the New Zealand for Environmental Law (NZCEL). Previously she worked for approximately ten years at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Caroline has recently assisted the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with its submissions in respect of the ITLOS and the ICJ Advisory Opinions on Climate Change.