Eugenia Recio. Photo by Vista Wei on Unsplash. Natural forests, particularly in tropical regions, are essential for life. They are pools of biodiversity, contribute to combating climate change by storing… Read More »Saving the world’s forests: What’s (international) law got to do with it?
Harro van Asselt & Jakob Skovgaard. Harro van Asselt, PhD (VU University Amsterdam, cum laude), is a Professor of Climate Law and Policy with the University of Eastern Finland Law… Read More »It’s the politics, stupid! How to make fossil fuel subsidy reform happen
Dr. Sabaa A. Khan is Senior Researcher at CCEEL / UEF Law School. Her areas of expertise include regional trade agreements and she serves on the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the… Read More »Environmental cooperation under CETA
Kati Kulovesi, Professor of International Law & Co-Director of the Centre for Climate, Energy and Environmental Law. The latest round of United Nations climate negotiations concluded on 18 November 2017 in… Read More »The Bonn Climate Conference 2017- Progress on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and higher ambition?
Kati Kulovesi, Yulia Yamineva and Veera Jerkku. There is an important ‘ambition gap’ between the climate change mitigation policies pledged by countries in context of the Paris Agreement and those needed to avoid… Read More »More time for an energy revolution? Seizing the opportunity to slow down climate change by cutting emissions of short-lived climate pollutants
Sara Kymenvaara, Researcher, Climate Change Law, LL.M. Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash. A famous metaphor on climate change politics refers to people’s unrelenting driving of SUVs, disconnected from the threat of… Read More »A nudge towards low-emission mobility – A glance at the AFI Directive’s approach to end oil dependence in the European transport sector
Maria Eugenia Recio, Researcher, MPhil, Environmental and Climate Change Law. Photo by Jason Miller on Unsplash. Merely a year after its adoption, the landmark Paris climate change treaty came into effect on 4… Read More »Rainforests in the Paris Agreement- Old wine, new bottles?