Bridging Law and Adaptation for Women’s Climate Resilience: Insights from Bangladesh
by Raihanatul Jannat, Doctoral Researcher. This blogpost is based on the article published in the Carbon and Climate Law Review (CCLR) Journal in December 2025. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), although climate change affects everyone, it exacerbates existing patterns of social injustice, making some groups more vulnerable than others. […]
Building up the voluntary carbon market: Insights from a stakeholder workshop
Translated and edited by Sara Tolonen, Doctoral Researcher This blog post was first published on the University of Helsinki blog (11 February 2026). In January, the OFFCORR project organised a workshop in Helsinki focusing on the key building blocks of the voluntary carbon market. Around 30 experts gathered to explore pathways toward a more effective and […]
Tackling complex urban challenges with a policy-relevant serious game for 2040 Helsinki
By Janina Käyhkö, Lecturer at the University of Helsinki and Francesco Venuti, Doctoral Researcher This blog post was first published on Transformative Cities (30 January 2026). In the Transformative Cities project, a team of researchers from the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland co-developed a city planning game with the City of […]
Just transition advances at COP30, but concrete measures are still pending
by Vilja Johansson, Doctoral Researcher This blog post was first published on 2035Legitimacy (27 November 2025). The decision at COP30 to develop a new just transition mechanism is hailed as a historical climate justice decision, while others warn of the lack of concrete commitments and measures. What would a just transition mechanism entail, and how […]
Shaping the EU’s 2040 Climate Target: Reforming the European Climate Law’s Procedural Climate Governance
By Kati Kulovesi, Professor of International Law at the University of Eastern Finland and Co-Director of CCEEL, and Sebastian Oberthür, Professor of Environmental Policy and Law at the University of Eastern Finland, CCEEL, and Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. This blog post was first published on Verfassungsblog (24 November […]
Simplification or deregulation? Evaluating the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal and Action Plan for Affordable Energy
by Matti Gurreck, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland Photo by Ellie Meh on Unsplash. The European Commission published its flagship policy package called the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) on 26 February 2025. In the run-up to the CID, environmental groups feared the new Commission’s plans might be a backlash for the environmental […]
A Recipe for Zero-Pollution Climate Policies: Win-win Solutions for Cleaning the Air and Protecting the Climate
By Niklas Löther, Project Researcher Photo by Benjamin on Unsplash. Around 400,000 premature deaths each year are attributable to air pollution in Europe. Yet, the subject is increasingly sidelined by the climate crisis in public debate – despite the European Green Deal setting both carbon-neutrality and zero-pollution as goals for 2050. Indeed, we should not […]
Kestävyysmurros edellyttää huomion kiinnittämistä ympäristövaikutusten seurantaan
Kirjoittaja: Anni Kärkkäinen, väitöskirjatutkija Blogiteksti perustuu ympäristövaikutusten arvioinnin asemaa kestävyysmurroksessa tarkastelevaan väitöskirja-artikkeliin, joka on osa strategisen tutkimusneuvoston rahoittamaa hanketta ”Mutkikkaiden oikeusjärjestelmien resilienssi kestävyysmurroksessa” (358392). Ympäristövaikutusten arviointi (YVA-menettely) on ennakollinen prosessi, joka mahdollistaa suurten hankkeiden merkittävien ympäristövaikutusten kartoittamisen varhaisessa vaiheessa ennen hanketoiminnan aloittamista. Haitallisten vaikutusten ehkäisy edellyttää toisaalta, ettei vaikutusten tarkastelu lopu hanketoiminnan aloittamiseen, vaan se […]
Saving the Green Deal: A Climate Justice and Human Rights Imperative
By Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor at University of Amsterdam , Annalisa Savaresi, Professor at University of Eastern Finland and Corina Heri, Assistant Professor at Tilburg University This blogpost was first published at GNHRE blog (February 24, 2025) Introduction The European Green Deal — the EU’s flagship strategy to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and halt environmental degradation—launched […]
COP29 and Its Implications for Carbon Capture and Storage Technology
By Reza Maddahi, PhD Researcher The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Billed as a ‘technical COP’, this conference focused primarily on solidifying financial mechanisms and technical rules within the Paris Agreement framework. Key outcomes included the establishment of the ‘new collective quantified goal’ […]