Hatton Professor of Climate Law, Department of Land Economy & Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge | Professor of Climate Law & Policy, University of Eastern Finland Law School | Affiliated Researcher, Stockholm Environment Institutehttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3mtteuthrgc2o🚨New article in #OpenAccess! In a new Climate Law article, Dan Bodansky & I reflect on some of the key distinctive features of international climate change law, and how they have evolved in the 10 years since the #ParisAgreement was adopted. https://brill.com/view/journals/clla/aop/article-10.1163-18786561-bja10089/article-10.1163-18786561-bja10089.xml24 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtteuthrgc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3mkkwfqgbas2sIn #SantaMarta, about 60 governments are now convening to discuss how to transition away from fossil fuels. The process is deliberately designed not as a negotiation, but as an exchange of views. Having said that, the conference can offer crucial political signals:28 Apr 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkwfqgbas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3mjmaa5msis2sCalling on legal scholars/practitioners to endorse an open letter to the co-hosts and participants of the Santa Marta Conference on the Legal Foundations for Fossil Fuel Phaseout. Read the letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OypywHq_g2BdK7d4-zz-ZzTFQ_g--OIAf9SFJL9tVjM/edit?tab=t.0 Deadline: 09:00 PDT/18:00 CEST on 20 April 202616 Apr 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmaa5msis2shttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3mejkuuq3tc2xThe website of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels is now live. Three broad themes, with plenty of scope for good discussions: - Overcoming economic dependence - Transforming supply & demand - Advancing intl cooperation & multilateralism transitionawayconference.com https://transitionawayconference.com10 Feb 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejkuuq3tc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3mdgfhfj5gc2jI’m very happy to receive my hardcopy of the new Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law (@elgarpublishing.bsky.social ), co-edited with Michael Mehling. A free access version of our intro chapter is available here: https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781789905403/9781789905403.xml27 Jan 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgfhfj5gc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3m5m2wf2qjc26Matthew Gingell of Oxygen House Group highlights the crucial role of contracts in addressing climate change for his Cambridge Seminar on Law & the Climate Crisis14 Nov 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5m2wf2qjc26https://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3m4pznpkds22sIn a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social03 Nov 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4pznpkds22shttps://bsky.app/profile/harrovanasselt.bsky.social/post/3m4ivimrurc2cFraming the discussion on #reparations and #climatechange, Harj Narulla asks the audience at the Law & Climate Crisis Seminar what the biggest compensation award by the ICJ has been. Do you know the answer?31 Oct 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:rw3y7cdflyyipay2sthqzgfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ivimrurc2c