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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🚨New article in #OpenAccess! In a new Climate Law article, Dan Bodansky & I reflect on some of the key distinctive features of international climate change law, and how they have evolved in the 10 years since the #ParisAgreement was adopted. brill.com/view/journal...

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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

How could a global, equitable transition away from fossil fuels look like through a binding global Treaty? 🌎 🤔 We’ve just released a new series of briefing papers exploring the essential architecture of a potential Fossil Fuel Treaty. Read more at FossilFuelTreaty.org/optionspapers

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

36/ 🥁🥁🥁 Now comes the moment of truth: the 🇺🇳 UNGA vote to adopt the resolution as tabled by Vanuatu! And what a success: ✅ 141 in favour, ❌ 8 against, 🙊 28 abstention... 🎉 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝! 🎉

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Pilita Clark @pilitaclark.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Huge thanks to everyone at the @FTMag for sending me to Santa Marta to cover the first international conference on shifting away from fossil fuels. The event showed the vast and messy complexity of the task - and the rising determination to achieve it as.ft.com/r/79eab047-c...

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The messy, chaotic and possibly quixotic quest to phase out fossil fuels

The inside story of a climate summit unlike any other

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Daisy Dunne @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org · 28/04/2026

It's officially been confirmed that Tuvalu, along with other Pacific Small Islands Developing States, will host the 2nd conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels in 2027🇹🇻 Tuvalu is also calling for a "binding international instrument to manage fossil fuel supply and demand"

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

In #SantaMarta, about 60 governments are now convening to discuss how to transition away from fossil fuels. The process is deliberately designed not as a negotiation, but as an exchange of views. Having said that, the conference can offer crucial political signals:

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Calling on legal scholars/practitioners to endorse an open letter to the co-hosts and participants of the Santa Marta Conference on the Legal Foundations for Fossil Fuel Phaseout. Read the letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Deadline: 09:00 PDT/18:00 CEST on 20 April 2026

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FOR SIGN-ON: The Legal Foundations for Fossil Fuel Phaseout: An Open Letter (April 2026)

The Legal Foundations for Fossil Fuel Phaseout: An Open Letter to the Co-Hosts and Participants of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels We, the undersigned X# legal scholars, ...

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The website of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels is now live. Three broad themes, with plenty of scope for good discussions: - Overcoming economic dependence - Transforming supply & demand - Advancing intl cooperation & multilateralism transitionawayconference.com

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First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders...

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Department of Land Economy @landeconomy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🌿🏛️⚖️The Department's Hatton Professor of Climate Law @harrovanasselt.bsky.social has co-edited two new books. 🔗Click here to read more on our website: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/new-cli...

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New climate law research from Professor van Asselt

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🚨Out now! Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law 📝 Edited by Michael Mehling, and Harro van Asselt (@harrovanasselt.bsky.social) 👓 Read first chapter free: www.elgaronline.com/view/book/97... 🛍️ Shop the hardback and for more info: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I’m very happy to receive my hardcopy of the new Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law (@elgarpublishing.bsky.social ), co-edited with Michael Mehling. A free access version of our intro chapter is available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Out now: Future-Proofing Law in a Time of Environmental Emergency Edited by @harrovanasselt.bsky.social, Seita Vesa and Kaisa Huhta Free chapter - Towards a future-proof environmental law? doi.org/10.4337/9781... Available in print through our website: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

This prescient book examines the future-proofing of environmental law to allow legislation to anticipate and adapt to long-term challenges. Leading and emerging experts discuss the extent to which law is fit for purpose in the face of environmental emergencies and associated scientific, socio-economic and political uncertainties.

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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Matthew Gingell of Oxygen House Group highlights the crucial role of contracts in addressing climate change for his Cambridge Seminar on Law & the Climate Crisis

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡 What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?

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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The #COP30 world leaders summit is about to start, and on this thread I'll be tracking how world leaders address energy transition (specifically fossil fuels) in their speeches. Let's go!

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Do not miss this week's Climate Law Lecture Friday, 07 Nov 2025, on Corporate Law and Climate Change, with Prof Ernest Lim from NUS @nus-cil.bsky.social, 4:00pm - 6:00pm DAB @landeconomy.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social @climatehughes.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4qvoIbX

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social

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Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

🔓 International transparency arrangements are often expected to benefit national-level policymaking. Yet, reporting and review are perceived to mainly support minor policy changes, find Pietarila, @harrovanasselt.bsky.social et al. @fiia.fi, with limited influence on policy instruments & goals ⬇️

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Transformative transparency in the EU and UNFCCC? Assessing the perceived influence of reporting and review on climate policy in Finland

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Reorienting #Climate litigation in a time of backlash, shrinking civic space & challenges to judicial independence Here's our take in Nature w/ Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social Great collaboration! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change

Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Framing the discussion on #reparations and #climatechange, Harj Narulla asks the audience at the Law & Climate Crisis Seminar what the biggest compensation award by the ICJ has been. Do you know the answer?

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The @echr.coe.int today affirmed a set of important principles re the obligations of states under the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to the assessment of climate impacts from proposed fossil fuel extraction projects. hudoc.echr.coe.int#{%22itemid%2...

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HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Lord Robert Carnwath kicks off this year’s Law & the Climate Crisis Seminar Series discussing the roles and attitudes of judges in climate litigation @hugheshall.bsky.social @climatehughes.bsky.social @cambridgezero.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social

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Department of Land Economy @landeconomy.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

🌏✨We are looking for a Research Associate in Climate Governance, who will work with @harrovanasselt.bsky.social on the EU-funded ACCLIMATE project. The application deadline is 27th October 2025. 🔗See here on our website for more details, including how to apply: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/job-...

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Job Vacancy: Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term)

Application deadline: 27th October 2025.

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Applications are now open for a postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term, 18 months) at the Department of Land Economy to work with me on the @acclimateproject.bsky.social project. Deadline = 27 October www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term)

Applications are invited for a Research Associate in Climate Governance to contribute to an EU-funded research project titled 'Accelerating Climate Action: Navigating towards a Low-Emissions,

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Xi Jinping announced China's new climate targets personally, a positive gesture, but the targets brought little clarity on China’s future emission pathway. Targeting a 7-10% emission reduction by 2035 from an undefined "peak level" undersells China's current clean energy boom.

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Today's announcement by Colombia to host an international conference on phasing out fossil fuels could not be more timely. Following the #ICJAO, it's clear that international cooperation to transition away from fossil fuels is necessary. fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-co...

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Colombia Announces 1st International Phase-Out Conference — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

Colombia has announced its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The landmark conference will provide a global platform for countries to coop...

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 16/09/2025

NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly) 🧵quick thread www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

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Department of Land Economy @landeconomy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

⚖️🏦🌏Our researchers have been offering expert commentary on the International Court of Justice's recent Advisory Opinion on the responsibility of states to prevent harm to the climate system. 🔗You can read a round-up on our website here: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/land-ec...

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Land Economy researchers comment on the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on climate change

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Registration for the inaugural conference of the European Association of Climate Law on 22-23 September in Berlin is now open! We have an exciting conference programme, and we're delighted to have @christinavoigt.bsky.social give the keynote talk. usercontent.one/wp/www.ikem....

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

In a new blog post at @voelkerrechtsblog.org, I discuss the implications of the ICJ's Advisory Opinion for corporate climate accountability. Though the Court doesn't say much explicitly, the key is to read between the lines. voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-private-...

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The Private Life of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

It has been a decade since the Paris Agreement. And with COP30 in Brazil on the horizon, there have been calls for major reform at the UN climate talks. We asked 16 experts - including former negotiators and COP veterans - what they think should change at these events. ➡️ buff.ly/JWL8AQN

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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

A win for climate justice! 🎉 A New South Wales court has blocked the expansion of a coal mine because of its global climate harm. This is the first time an Australian court has rejected a fossil fuel project on emissions burned overseas. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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‘Significant legal breakthrough’ as NSW court blocks state’s largest coal expansion over emissions

Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

And here it is: the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (plus a Separate Opinion and Declaration). www.icj-cij.org/case/187 Happy reading!

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Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I had hoped - but not expected - that the Court would mention this. It did. These comments stand out in an already very strong AO.

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Ronald Steenblik @ronsteenblik.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This is big (and bad) news: New Zealand's government has withdrawn from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, which a previous NZ government joined at the Glasgow climate summit in November 2021.

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NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels

The move follows the Budget announcement of $200 million to support new drilling for fossil fuel fields.

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Lauri Peterson @thisislauri.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🚨 New in Climate Policy 🚨 Why are Paris Agreement pledges so hard to implement? @harrovanasselt.bsky.social and I identify 5 key risks, like political opposition & weak institutions, that threaten NDC follow-through in 22 major emitters. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1469... #ClimatePolicy #ParisAgreement

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Speaking to a packed room at Homerton College in Cambridge, @thomasnhale.bsky.social is offering hope that there are many ways in which we can tackle #LongProblems such as #climatechange press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @climatehughes.bsky.social @cser.bsky.social

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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · 19/05/2025

📢 Call for Abstracts: The first European Association of Climate Law (EACL) conference Submit to the Early Career Workshop on intergenerational justice or the general session on key climate law themes. Submit by 31 May Conference dates: 22&23 Sept 📍 Berlin 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/EACL-confere...

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Call for Abstracts: 1st EACL Conference - Climate Law in Europe: Taking Stock, Looking Forward | GreenDeal-NET

EACL Conference (Berlin 2025): Climate law's future, intergenerational justice, litigation, corporate action & global context. Call for abstracts!

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