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The ⁦CIJ_ICJ⁩ Advisory Opinion could reshape global climate governance. Many thanks to ⁦Verfassungsblog⁩’s Dr ⁦Maxim Boennemann⁩ for the questions to ⁦Tejas Rao⁩ ⁦MC Cordonier Segger⁩ and me ⁦DemEd Global⁩ ⁦Lauterpacht Centre for International Law⁩ verfassungsblog.de/the-advisory-o…

COSIS at COP29 👉Read the CNN article quoting COSIS legal experts Profs. Akhavan & Wewerinke-Singh on the importance of the diplomatic process in climate negotiations despite a disappointing #COP29Baku for #SIDS 🌏 edition.cnn.com/2024/11/25/cli…

Need reading for the holidays? Start with Łukasz Augustyniak's crucial case note on Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV in RECIEL - a landmark shift in Aarhus Convention implementation and environmental NGO standing rights in EU law. Read in Early View: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The change of the year in the Gregorian calendar marks out another opportunity to reflect on the way we sway with words, and my eternal tango with blogging: tejasrao.net/2025/01/01/sha…

Start your 2025 right! Now available, Elisa Cavallin examines how biochar and EU law can transform industrial agriculture toward sustainability. A timely analysis of CAP, organic & carbon farming policy intersections. Read now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #Sustainability #Biochar

Now available RECIEL: Bastiaan Klerk analyzes the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, focusing on the treatment of the relationship between UNCLOS and the Paris Agreement. Must-read as we await more climate change advisory opinions in 2025! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The legal community plays a critical role in implementing international climate, biodiversity and desertification commitments says Tejas Rao Gonville & Caius College Cambridge Zero Lauterpacht Centre for International Law DemEd Global

New in RECIEL Can climate laws deliver justice—or are they just performative? To help answer (and ask further questions), Vilja Johansson compares just transition provisions in climate laws from Ireland, Scotland & Spain. Now in early view: doi.org/10.1111/reel.1…

⏳ Time flies… but sometimes, it just disappears! Almost a century after two mischievous students replaced the hands of the Gonville & Caius College chapel clock with cardboard fakes, one of the originals has finally been returned! The hour hand is now safely in the College Archive—but

Satellites, Sunshades, Lunar dust. What if space law held the missing pieces for governing solar geoengineering? Rachel Neef (Uni of Adelaide) explores how space treaties—meant for the stars—could shape the future of solar radiation modification on Earth doi.org/10.1111/reel.1…

Elena Sandulli examines the EU Deforestation-free Products Regulation through the lens of public international law, exploring the balance between sovereignty, trade leverage, and forests as a common concern of humankind. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

EU data law talks about privacy and innovation, but what about climate impact? In the RECIEL, Enrique Santamaría Echeverría argues we need a paradigm shift: from anthropocentric to ecocentric data governance. Read now in #EarlyView: doi.org/10.1111/reel.1…

Caste as Practice is hosting a screening of ‘B R Ambedkar Now and Then’ on May 7, 1pm GMT, followed by a discussion with Jyotinisha, Damni Kain & Priyanka K. More here: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/46532/ (in-person only) CRASSH, Cambridge Cambridge Sociology Jusmeet S. Sihra Manali Desai @vishalwrites

Delighted to share that SEVEN - UvA Amsterdam's #climate institute - is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for our 2-yr project on the Fairness of Climate Solutions. Applications close on 15/5 – full details here: tinyurl.com/ypjx3fjj

Blog: What is the value of a tree? Owen Garling reflects on the conviction of two men for the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, exploring how the Bennett Institute's framework for measuring social & cultural infrastructure can help explain its value. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/first-kno…

How are African courts shaping sustainable development law? Jebby Romanus Gonza analyses key rulings by African regional bodies, revealing how they balance economic rights, natural resources & social justice. 🧵Read now, #OpenAccess on RECIEL: doi.org/10.1111/reel.7…

Can something be “circular” but not “safe”? doi.org/10.1111/reel.7… This piece by Joonas Alaranta and Mirella Miettinen explores how EU chemicals law balances the risks of recycled materials with circular economy goals and why design-based regulation might be the way forward.

How open is the EU when preparing for UN climate talks? Tuula Honkonen (UEF Law School) explores the tension between strategic secrecy and civil society participation in the EU’s climate diplomacy. New and #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel.1…

Can climate policy be stable and flexible? Sai Ma , Simon Schaub & Joan Enguer unpack Spain’s renewable energy disputes to rethink what ‘regulatory stability’ means for investors, states & decarbonisation. Available #OpenAccess in RECIEL: doi.org/10.1111/reel.1…

New policy brief by Monserrat Madariaga (UCL Laws) & Tejas Rao (Cambridge) shows how procedural gaps in UN climate talks affect participation by developing countries & limit global progress. 🌍⚖️ Read: shorturl.at/zUjGc #COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice