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Harro van Asselt

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Hatton Professor of Climate Law, Department of Land Economy & Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge | Professor of Climate Law & Policy, University of Eastern Finland Law School | Affiliated Researcher, Stockholm Environment Institute

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Wolfgang Obergassel @obergassel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
NEW from our @acclimateproject.bsky.social: Led by @harrovanasselt.bsky.social, a review of the outcomes of the first #TAFF conference and options for how the #EU and others could follow up acclimate-project.eu/news/new-acc...
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New ACCLIMATE policy brief explores how the EU can contribute to the transition away from fossil fuels
A new ACCLIMATE policy brief, Towards a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels: Options and priorities for the EU after Santa Marta, identifies several areas where the European...
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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis is coming back for the 2026/2027 academic year, starting this week. We have a fantastic line-up - go check it out: climatehughes.org/the-cambridg...
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The Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis returns for 2026/27 - Centre for Climate Engagement
The Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis returns this year with interesting talks exploring the vital role of legal systems in tackling the climate crisis.
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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
4️⃣ Showing that there are opportunities for fossil fuel exporters and importers to coordinate #TAFF planning 5️⃣ Reaffirming the necessity of inclusive and just transitions
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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
1️⃣Making #SantaMarta the start of an intergovernmental process by announcing the next meeting 2️⃣Affirming that #TAFF is grounded in international law 3️⃣Identifying the clear gap in international governance on fossil fuels that needs to be filled by international instruments to complement the #UNFCCC
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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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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 20/04/2026
Revealed: Scientists tell Colombia fossil-fuel transition summit to ‘halt new expansion’ ✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @frankjotzo.bsky.social Read here ⬇️
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Revealed: Scientists tell Colombia fossil-fuel transition summit to ‘halt new expansion’ - Carbon Brief
Around 50 nations will gather in Colombia to debate ways to “transition away” from fossil fuels, in the face of worsening climate change and high oil prices
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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Individual legal experts can become signatories by filling out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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SIGN-ON 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 in Santa Marta, Colombia
** Versión en español abajo ** The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels will take place in Santa Marta, Colombia later this month - less than a year after the International Court ...
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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Original signatories include Julian Aguon, Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Mary Robinson, Hina Jilani, David Boyd, Kate Cook, Mamadou Hébié, Sarah Mead, Jacqueline Peel, Jolene Lin, Kate Mackintosh, Justin Sobion, Rebecca Brown, and others.
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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The letter aims to put legal obligations front and centre in discussions on how to end reliance on oil, gas and coal - grounding the transition away from fossil fuels in the law. Drawing on the #ICJAO, it outlines a minimum legal baseline for the discussion on the transition away from fossil fuels.
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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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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
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US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
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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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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In a new blog, @tejasrao.bsky.social & I reflect on some of the key findings from the #ICJAO on #fossilfuels ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
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ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague
By Harro van Asselt, Hatton Professor of Climate Law, Department of Land Economy and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge; and Tejas Rao, PhD Researcher, Department of Land Economy, University of Camb...
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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
The announcement also gains further currency when considering the other major news today, with the 2025 Production Gap Report finding that fossil fuel-producing countries are still continuing to expand production, thereby undermining the achievement of the 1.5C goal productiongap.org
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2025 Home - Production Gap
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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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Peter Newell @peternewell.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New paper with Kyla Tienhaara & Harro van Asselt in Global Policy exploring whether climate clubs might be able to resist ISDS measures being used to slow the energy transition onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social
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Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: A Role for Climate Clubs?
There is growing concern that provisions in international investment treaties are being used to delay the critically needed transition away from fossil fuels. Although various procedural and substant...
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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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