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Susan Ann Samuel

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📰 New piece in The Conversation - @uk.theconversation.com Dr. Susan Ann Samuel (@susanannsamuel.bsky.social) explores why countries remain divided over how to tackle drought, despite its growing impacts worldwide. Read the full article here: theconversation.com/why-the-worl...
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Why the world can’t agree how to tackle drought
Fighting drought and combating desertification are climate obligations.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 03/09/2026
Fighting drought and combating desertification are climate obligations.
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Why the world can’t agree how to tackle drought
Fighting drought and combating desertification are climate obligations.
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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📝New article published! A new article by one of our postdoctoral researchers, Dr Susan Ann Samuel (@susanannsamuel.bsky.social), has been published in the Journal of Human Rights. Read the full open access article here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sarvodaya and climate justice: Reimagining global environmental politics
Sarvodaya, the classic Indian concept of welfare—reimagines global environmental politics by drawing a sociopolitical-legal nexus for justice and normativity. This article traces how Sarvodaya, und...
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Happy to share my new article in @uk.theconversation.com, after @unccd.bsky.social COP17 Mongolia - theconversation.com/why-the-worl.... I write about #drought and why the first of the three COPs this year, sets the tone for the next two COPs - @cop17arm.bsky.social and #COP31 in Türkiye.
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Why the world can’t agree how to tackle drought
Fighting drought and combating desertification are climate obligations.
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
On 29 July, it was a privilege to co-organise an International Symposium on "Governing #ClimateCrisis and #JustTransition" at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. I spoke on "Climate Change and Transformative Action: Role of Young People in #Litigation and #Negotiation". Grateful.
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The UN General Assembly Resolution A/80/L.65 is now adopted! 🌿 With 141 States voting in favour, 8 against, and 28 abstentions. See the resolution as adopted: docs.un.org/A/80/L.65. What a joy to watch UN web TV with the amazing #WYCJ and #PISFCC friends! Cheering you all!
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Is green transition suffering from a global "tug of war"? @gunjansoni.bsky.social and I write for @uk.theconversation.com responding to this 🌍✍️ See: theconversation.com/how-big-oil-...; This is in collaboration with World's Youth for Climate Justice (#WYCJ) who were in #SantaMarta conference 🌱
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How big oil companies can slow the green transition by suing governments that ban fossil fuels
Some countries are calling for the elimination of a process known as “investor-state dispute settlement”.
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Thanks to @susanannsamuel.bsky.social for the @cop30brazil.bsky.social photos! Susan spoke on a panel yesterday at the '𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧' event, about her experiences as the Uni of Leeds UNFCCC Taskforce student rep. #COP30 #youthvoices
A huge sculpture of earth hangs above people sat at tables and chairs in an open working space at COP30Five people, one man and four women, sit on a panel answering questions.
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Eklavya Vasudev @eklavyavasudev.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
@joiec.bsky.social @tim-lindgren.bsky.social @susanannsamuel.bsky.social
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
It's a joy to have had the opportunity to give an expert intervention about today's International Court of Justice #advisoryopinion on @tvpworld.bsky.social. This was streamed some time ago in #WorldNewsTonight. Watch here: youtu.be/V1LnS7wrFkk?... #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ #ICJ #Youth #ClimateLaw
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🌴 Ahead of #ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on state obligations regarding #climatechange, on 23rd July, happy to share a piece I wrote for the @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/how-young-pe...; Celebrating the vision and effort of the #youngpeople in this. I'm in solidarity with the youth 🌍
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🌴 Ahead of the much awaited #ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on state obligations regarding #climatechange, on 23rd July, happy to share a piece I wrote for the @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/how-young-pe... Celebrating the vision and effort of the #youngpeople in this 🌍
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How young people have taken climate justice to the world’s international courts
Four international courts are due to deliver advisory opinions on how governments are legally responsible for climate justice.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
'How young people have taken climate justice to the world’s international courts' - @susanannsamuel.bsky.social Great timeline on the “quartet” of advisory opinions from 4 judicial bodies 👉 theconversation.com/how-young-pe...
Graphical timeline by Susan Ann Samuel showing the timeline of progress of 4 Advisory Opinions in 4 world courts (the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights) from 2019 to 2025
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GNHRE @gnhre.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Climate Change and Reparations - Université de Montréal, April 10-11, 2025 in person and online @umontreal.ca With @matigre.bsky.social, @susanannsamuel.bsky.social and more! Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Maria Antonia Tigre @matigre.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🔥 Don’t miss it! See the full program & register here: 🔗 www.crdp.umontreal.ca/nouvelles/20... #ClimateJustice #Reparations #ClimateChange #ClimateLaw #Sustainability #HumanRights
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Maria Antonia Tigre @matigre.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We have an amazing lineup, including keynotes from @lienvandamme.bsky.social & @joiec.bsky.social! Also excited to welcome close friends @susanannsamuel.bsky.social & Alana Lancaster—and many more!
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A great start at #ISA2025, Chicago presenting on #HumanRights, #ClimateLitigation, the #UNFCCC Negotiations. What a rich discussion chaired by Christina Hoicka, discussions by Farrah Brown, and co-panelists @kmo95.bsky.social, Keith Goldstein, and Yasushi Katsuma.
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Kayla Morton @kmo95.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A great discussion this morning at #ISA2025. Thank you @isaess.bsky.social/IO for giving us a full panel of UNFCCC papers- it was a great way to highlight this aspect of global climate politics! Including @susanannsamuel.bsky.social
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Delighted to share the launch of my new #website: susanannsamuel.com I've listed my academic work from 2022, and upcoming projects. I've also written (and will continue to write) about my personal journey of PhD at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social #ClimateNegotiations #Law #Politics
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
At World Economic Forum, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social published its recent Report noting the increase of billionaires in 2024—stressing heightening global #inequalities. As such, my recent article in @uk.theconversation.com asks: What can #Davos do? Read more: theconversation.com/how-global-i...
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How global inequalities hinder climate action
Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbates the other; according to a new report.
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Happy to share my new post on the "𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭" in the @uk.theconversation.com - exploring the need for amplifying the voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in #UNFCCC #COP29 and beyond - theconversation.com/the-moana-ef... #ClimateChange #AdvisoryOpinion #Moana
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The Moana effect: how small island developing states are bringing their struggle against climate change to the world
The socio-political and legal push by small island developing states and youth activists at the UN climate summit reflects the motivation seen in the Moana films.
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Happy to share my new blogpost at @priestleycentre.bsky.social on today’s #UNFCCC #COP29 theme on #children and #youth - 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 Read more: climate.leeds.ac.uk/children-and... #climatefinance #UNFCCC #COP29 #intergenerstionaljustice
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Children and Climate Finance: A Matter of Intergenerational Trust - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Under 1.5°C of global warming by the year 2100, according to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) data, children who were ten years old or younger in 2020 will, over their lifetimes, encou...
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
And, with climate finance at the forefront of everyone’s minds this COP, Susan Ann Samuel shares her thoughts on how children must be considered as part of the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG) negotiations 👇 climate.leeds.ac.uk/children-and...
Quote card, Susan Ann Samuel: "What we do today matters forever - and money matters! Children and their agency in climate finance matter!"
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
As well as health, today’s #COP29 themes are also: 🧒 Children and Youth and 📚 Education Children are the future and climate education is key in making sure young people are able to engage in action 👇
Postcards drawn by primary school pupils at our Be Curious event, sharing their messages to world leaders about climate change.
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Today, in the #ClimateFinance Day at @COP29_AZ; happy to share my new write-up 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 — “𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝”: 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐮’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. Read more: policyleeds.medium.com/financing-th... #HumanRights #COP29
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 14/11/2024
#ClimateJustice is impossible without human rights & peace🍉 Today civil society, Indigenous Peoples & youth stood again at #COP29 with a clear ask: STOP FUELING GENOCIDE. Palestinian voices exposed how systems of oppression converge to enable genocide while corporations profit.
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Grateful to be at #Baku for the #UNFCCC #COP29. I am here as part of the delegation of the University of Leeds representing the UNFCCC Task Force as youth representative, and @priestleycentre.bsky.social. At COP, I'll be following #negotiations as part of my #PhD work. #climatepolitics
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
As #UNBiodiversity #COP16 comes to end and #UNFCCC #COP29 starts in a day—happy to share my new work as Opinion Piece in @plos.bsky.social co-authored with Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Dr. Maria Antonieta Nestor and Dr Jellie Molino. See - journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Susan Ann Samuel @susanannsamuel.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Honoured to have spoken on #USElections: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐒/𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐒-𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬" with @unimuenster.bsky.social for #live Elections Night, while in #US and leaving for #UNFCCC #COP29 in #Baku in day.
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