Obviously not a good development from a rule-of-law or climate perspective, but also underlines why the story is not over when a court ruling is issued

I am looking forward to joining Uni of Reading's Reading Law School / Global Law at Reading (GLAR) as a Professor of Climate Law in September and to working with James Devenney, Sharon Sinclair-Graham, Chris Hilson, Marko Milanovic, Mike Schmitt, Rosa Freedman, Russell Buchan, Dr. Ruvi Ziegler, and many more.

If you missed yesterday's webinar, you can now watch the recording and delve into the special issue on the Sussex website: sussex.ac.uk/research/proje…

A huge thanks to our speakers Angela Carter Harro van Asselt Amanda Slevin Kjell Kühne Sarah Greene & Peter Newell 🙏

In one of its biggest steps yet to keep fossil fuels in the ground, the Biden administration announced that it will end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, which produces nearly half the coal in US, citing harms to the #climate and public health. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Ook de Europese Unie trekt tariefmuren op, maar dan groene. fd.nl/economie/15163… #FD #Milieu #Klimaat

Happening today: webinar on climate policy research that gets to the core of the problem: fossil fuels. I'm looking forward to co-hosting with Peter Newell & hearing from Amanda Slevin Harro van Asselt Kjell Kühne Sarah Greene & Alessandra Arcuri. All thanks to Freddie!

Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules theguardian.com/environment/ar…

There's still time to register for our webinar on “Supply-side climate policy: Emerging lessons and next steps” with Peter Newell Angela Carter Harro van Asselt Kjell Kühne and many more!

🗓️ Thursday 16th May
🕒15:00 - 16:30 BST
👉 Register: bit.ly/suspolwebinar

✅ #G7 Climate & Energy Ministers are taking COP28 outcome seriously with new commitments on domestic action

❌Continued public support for gas undermines credibility

✅ on trillions needed but delivery rests with FinMin & Leaders

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Key points 🧵

Delighted to celebrate the publication of RECIEL's latest, Issue 33(1) published now📚🎉 Access the publication here: buff.ly/3U6CJxw. Lots to read in this issue with Articles available #OpenAccess 🧵:

My book review of Simon Sharpe's excellent Five Times Faster (Cambridge University Press) is now out in the latest issue of Transnatl Enviro Law

cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Podesta announces a WH climate and trade task force, talks about “carbon dumping,” and welcomes solutions from the hill. 👀 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Come and join us on the 16th of May for a webinar on supply-side climate policy

CC: NDC ASPECTS Wolfgang Obergassel

A historic moment this morning in Strasbourg, and Corina Heri nicely documented it in this thread below

10/ 📌in a 16 judges to 1 decision, the Court finds that ther has been a violation of Article 8 of the Convention (respect for private and family life - the main legal basis through which the Court has ruled environmental cases)!

We’re now only a week away from the first-ever climate rulings of the ECHR CEDH in the Duarte Agostinho (@Y4CJ_), KlimaSeniorinnen (@KlimaSeniorin) and Carême (@DamienCAREME) cases. To count down, I’ll be discussing a topic of relevance every day until the ruling. A🧵.

The UK has released a consultation draft version of its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

In the thread below I relay some key elements, compare to EU CBAM. 1/8

bit.ly/3VvZ7Tf

Hugely important consultation on the detailed design of the new UK CBAM (aka carbon border tax) due to come in from 2027. Looks like it is really coming now, despite it probably being a matter for the next Govt to implement. Little spotted fact but…
gov.uk/government/con…