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14.11.2022

International Climate Technology Transfer : an issue of human rights

By Nicola Sharman, Early Stage Researcher In recent years, the link between climate change and human rights has been increasingly recognised and used as a legal tool to demand stronger action by governments to address the global crisis. However, one element of the international regime in which rights-based arguments remain underutilised is in respect of technology […]

9.11.2022

COP27-ilmastokokous: Onko Suomen neuvotteluvaltuuskunnan sidosryhmäjäsenillä mahdollisuuksia vaikuttaa neuvotteluihin?

Teksti: Tuula Honkonen. First published in the 2035Legitimacy blog on 06 November 2022. Vuosittainen YK:n ilmastokokous, jota joskus suureksi ilmastonäytelmäksikin kutsutaan, on jälleen täällä. Millainen rooli on varattu kotimaisille sidosryhmille Suomen neuvotteluvaltuuskunnassa? Onko heillä aitoja vaikuttamisen mahdollisuuksia Suomen toimintaan Sharm el-Sheikhissä? Miten Suomi osallistuu COP-27-kokoukseen? Ilmastonmuutosta koskevan puitesopimuksen ja Pariisin ilmastosopimuksen osapuolikokoukset (COP-27) alkoivat tällä […]

8.11.2022

Suomen uusi ilmastolaki uskottavuustestissä – päättääkö valtioneuvosto lisätoimista nieluromahduksen johdosta?

Teksti : Kati Kulovesi, Maiju Mähönen ja Otto Bruun. This was first published in the 2035Legitimacy blog on 24 October 2022. Vuoden 2022 ilmastovuosikertomus julkaistaan tällä viikolla. Samalla Suomen ilmastopolitiikan toteutumista ja päästöjen kehitystä päästään ensimmäistä kertaa arvioimaan uuden ilmastolain kiristyneisiin ilmastotavoitteisiin peilaten. Lisätoimet näyttävät tarpeellisilta tavoitteiden saavuttamiseksi ja hiilinielujen turvaamiseksi. Ilmastovuosikertomukseen kootaan vuosittain tieto […]

17.10.2022

A brief history of short-lived climate pollutants in environmental science and governance

By Niklas Löther, Research Trainee Interest in climate forcers other than CO2 is on the rise. The IPCC’s latest assessment report dedicates a full chapter to such substances, including gases like methane and HFCs but also aerosols like black carbon. Methane in particular then took centre stage at last year’s COP26, where over 100 states […]

20.6.2022

Taking stock of the stocktake: Reflections from the Bonn Technical Dialogue

By Nicola Sharman, Early Stage Researcher and Harro van Asselt, Professor of Climate Law and Policy From 6-16 June, government officials and other delegates, including experts, non-governmental organisations, business representatives, and other non-state actors met in Germany for the annual UN Bonn Climate Change Conference. High on the agenda was the first meeting of the […]

27.5.2022

Finland’s new Climate Change Act and the legally-binding target for carbon neutrality by 2035:  How it happened and what it means?

By Kati Kulovesi, Professor of International Law and Director of CCEEL On 25 May 2022, the Finnish Parliament adopted a new Climate Change Act, enshrining in law the goals for the country to be carbon neutral by 2035 and for its greenhouse gas emissions to continue decreasing and removals increasing thereafter, meaning that Finland must […]

Greenpeace activists together with survivors of climate disasters carry banners during a protest beside the Marikina River flood level marker. The groups called on the government to stand for climate justice, ahead of the May 2022 national elections and after the #LetTheEarthBreathe movement made rounds online. Marikina is one of the hardest hit cities in the metro during typhoon season in the Philippines, where calamities have worsened resulting in heavy rains and severe flooding in various parts of the country. © Basilio H. Sepe / Greenpeace
10.5.2022

Historic inquiry holds the Carbon Majors accountable for the impacts of climate change in the Philippines

By Annalisa Savaresi, Associate Professor of International Environmental Law and Margaretha Wewerinke Singh, Assistant Professor of Public International Law. First published in the GNHRE blog on 10 May 2022. On 6 May 2022, the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines released the findings of a pathbreaking inquiry into the responsibility for the impacts of climate change […]

29.4.2022

Legal transformations in an era of globalization: the case of REDD+

By Eugenia Recio Piva, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Law and Policy (Author’s Note: This blog post is based on my recently defended article-based PhD titled Legal Transformations in an Era of Globalization: the case of REDD+)  Forests are critical in ensuring the integrity of the world’s ecosystems and the wellbeing of humanity. Scientists say that […]

8.4.2022

Kolme ehdotusta, miten vahvistaa ilmasto-suunnitelmien roolia

Teksti: Antti Belinskij, Anu Lähteenmäki-Uutela, Paula Leskinen, Seita Romppanen. This was first published in the 2035Legitimacy blog. Parhaillaan uudistettavan ilmastolain tärkein työkalu on ilmastopolitiikan suunnittelujärjestelmä. Ilmastosuunnitelmien avulla Suomi pyrkii saavuttamaan hiilineutraaliuden vuoteen 2035 mennessä sekä muut ilmastonmuutoksen hillinnän ja sopeutumisen tavoitteet.  Jotta tavoitteet saavutetaan, ilmastosuunnitelmien oikeudelliseen sääntelyyn on syytä tehdä kolme tärkeää muutosta:  1) ilmastolain […]

7.4.2022

Five takeaways on international climate cooperation from the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report on mitigation

By Harro van Asselt, Professor of Climate Law and Policy. First published in the NDC Aspects blog on 7 April 2022. The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores once again why this is a critical decade for climate action: to keep global warming below 1.5°C with a chance of more than […]

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