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 Bonn, Germany. What is the state of international climate policy after the meeting and what lies ahead for 2018 and beyond? The negotiations in Bonn were […]
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 dangerous climate change. Discussions on ways to step up climate change mitigation efforts commonly focus on ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. These indeed […]
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 November 2016. Its Parties are currently convening for the first time in Marrakesh, Morocco. These are clearly important steps for the United Nations climate change […]