Celine Tan
@celinetan.bsky.social
Academic, international economic law & development. Posts in personal capacity, reposts not endorsement. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/people/celine_tan/
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Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social
International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL
Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social
Looking forward to this 👇
Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social
International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL
Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Looking forward to this 👇
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A dramatic climate-insurance breakdown that shocks the financial system of entire national economies
.....is not going to happen.
Why not? NEW: @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
.....is not going to happen.
Why not? NEW: @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
Insurance in the Polycrisis | Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay
The future is triage on an uninsurable earth.
www.phenomenalworld.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A dramatic climate-insurance breakdown that shocks the financial system of entire national economies
.....is not going to happen.
Why not? NEW: @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
.....is not going to happen.
Why not? NEW: @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
Looking forward to discussing this excellent book !
Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/ @celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social
25 September, 17:15cet
acil.uva.nl/content/even...
W/ @celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social
25 September, 17:15cet
acil.uva.nl/content/even...
International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL
Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.
acil.uva.nl
September 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Looking forward to discussing this excellent book !
This is a truly terrible response to an already flawed paper & even more flawed editorial process, a microcosm of what is problematic about western academia. The reliance on fomalities is an exercise in what Tania Li termed 'rendering technical', the technocratic depoliticisation of events 1/3
LJIL joins this platform today, with announcement of our new issue, 38(1): “Special Issue Addressing Issues and Concerns Raised by the Publication of the ‘Gaza Marine Article’”.
September 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a truly terrible response to an already flawed paper & even more flawed editorial process, a microcosm of what is problematic about western academia. The reliance on fomalities is an exercise in what Tania Li termed 'rendering technical', the technocratic depoliticisation of events 1/3
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The 2nd webinar of our series "Illegal occupation, genocide, and business - reflections on the case of Palestine" is on 28 July, with reflections from @irenepietropaoli.bsky.social @chiaramacchi.bsky.social Francesca Albanese, Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall, Dr Mark Taylor, and Andressa Soares. Reg 👇🏻👇🏻
Join us for an expert panel exploring the UN Rapporteur on the OPT's latest report on the economy of genocide with a fantastic line up of Business and Human Rights experts. @chiaramacchi.bsky.social @alhaq.bsky.social @somoamsterdam.bsky.social Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
July 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The 2nd webinar of our series "Illegal occupation, genocide, and business - reflections on the case of Palestine" is on 28 July, with reflections from @irenepietropaoli.bsky.social @chiaramacchi.bsky.social Francesca Albanese, Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall, Dr Mark Taylor, and Andressa Soares. Reg 👇🏻👇🏻
I have made very good friends in this ‘island of strangers’. This is one the UK’s greatest strengths. It’s entire economy depends on such strangers working together & bonded by shared bafflement over separate hot & cold water taps, carpets in bathrooms & draughty buildings 1/2
May 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I have made very good friends in this ‘island of strangers’. This is one the UK’s greatest strengths. It’s entire economy depends on such strangers working together & bonded by shared bafflement over separate hot & cold water taps, carpets in bathrooms & draughty buildings 1/2
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Perhaps this is a good moment to say a few words about the EU’s so-called “trade bazooka”, the anti-coercion instrument.
What is it and how does it work? 👇
What is it and how does it work? 👇
April 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Perhaps this is a good moment to say a few words about the EU’s so-called “trade bazooka”, the anti-coercion instrument.
What is it and how does it work? 👇
What is it and how does it work? 👇
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For a sneak preview of my forthcoming monograph, please join for the virtual book talk of 'The Pathology of Plenty' organised by the fabulous @juliadehm.bsky.social & Caitlin Murphy!
Details below 👇
Details below 👇
Join us next Tuesday for a talk by @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social on her forthcoming book, "The Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law"
Dr Lys Kulamadayil @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social (IHEID), ‘The Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law’
8 April, 8am CEST/11.30am IST/4pm AEST
Register: latrobe.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
8 April, 8am CEST/11.30am IST/4pm AEST
Register: latrobe.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
For a sneak preview of my forthcoming monograph, please join for the virtual book talk of 'The Pathology of Plenty' organised by the fabulous @juliadehm.bsky.social & Caitlin Murphy!
Details below 👇
Details below 👇
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Massive congrats to @bambosmp.bsky.social for an excellent debate in Parliament just now on debt cancellation and to the drafters of the bill @kpatricio.bsky.social, Stephen Connelly and @celinetan.bsky.social
Much more to be done, but justice is certainly around the corner.
#CancelTheDebt
Much more to be done, but justice is certainly around the corner.
#CancelTheDebt
February 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Massive congrats to @bambosmp.bsky.social for an excellent debate in Parliament just now on debt cancellation and to the drafters of the bill @kpatricio.bsky.social, Stephen Connelly and @celinetan.bsky.social
Much more to be done, but justice is certainly around the corner.
#CancelTheDebt
Much more to be done, but justice is certainly around the corner.
#CancelTheDebt
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This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?
Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?
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Good article if you're curious about container ships.
Great article if you're curious about traveling as a passenger on a container ship. Lots of fascinating smaller details about Filipino crew members, Russian officers, political tension, and more.
Still looking for ethnographies on all this.
Great article if you're curious about traveling as a passenger on a container ship. Lots of fascinating smaller details about Filipino crew members, Russian officers, political tension, and more.
Still looking for ethnographies on all this.
🚢 @jamesrball.com spent a week on a container ship. Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, he writes.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Inside the supply chain: my week on a container ship
Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, bringing us the cheap food, clothes and household items we buy every day w...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good article if you're curious about container ships.
Great article if you're curious about traveling as a passenger on a container ship. Lots of fascinating smaller details about Filipino crew members, Russian officers, political tension, and more.
Still looking for ethnographies on all this.
Great article if you're curious about traveling as a passenger on a container ship. Lots of fascinating smaller details about Filipino crew members, Russian officers, political tension, and more.
Still looking for ethnographies on all this.
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Six major US banks, including JP Morgan, have recently left the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).
Banks in other countries have also followed, with four Canadian banks announcing on Friday that they were also leaving the NZBA.
greencentralbanking.com/2025/01/20/u...
Banks in other countries have also followed, with four Canadian banks announcing on Friday that they were also leaving the NZBA.
greencentralbanking.com/2025/01/20/u...
US bank exodus from NZBA raises questions about voluntary climate commitments
The departure of US financial institutions from the Net Zero Banking Alliance and other net-zero commitment groups raises questions about the effectiveness of voluntary associations.
greencentralbanking.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Six major US banks, including JP Morgan, have recently left the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).
Banks in other countries have also followed, with four Canadian banks announcing on Friday that they were also leaving the NZBA.
greencentralbanking.com/2025/01/20/u...
Banks in other countries have also followed, with four Canadian banks announcing on Friday that they were also leaving the NZBA.
greencentralbanking.com/2025/01/20/u...
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Another great post by @reddmonitor.bsky.social showing the tight web of links between pro-offsetting conservationists, big finance & big polluters: a timber company owned by a bank founded by a Conservation Int'l board member is selling Microsoft offsets from covering savanna with eucalypts
Big Tech’s false solution to ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions? You guessed it, carbon credits
“It’s problematic to trade forest carbon for fossil fuel emissions.”
reddmonitor.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Another great post by @reddmonitor.bsky.social showing the tight web of links between pro-offsetting conservationists, big finance & big polluters: a timber company owned by a bank founded by a Conservation Int'l board member is selling Microsoft offsets from covering savanna with eucalypts
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The global carbon offset market, projected to grow a hundredfold by 2050, exacerbates neocolonial exploitation under the guise of climate solutions. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT and AR.
Carbon Markets and the New Scramble for African Land
The global carbon offset market, projected to grow a hundredfold by 2050, exacerbates neocolonial exploitation under the guise of climate solutions.
buff.ly
January 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The global carbon offset market, projected to grow a hundredfold by 2050, exacerbates neocolonial exploitation under the guise of climate solutions. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT and AR.
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“We are disturbed that this siege, coupled with expanding evacuation orders, appears intended to permanently displace the local population as a precursor to Gaza’s annexation in further violation of international law.”
UN experts on Israel's annihilation of Gaza
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts on Israel's annihilation of Gaza
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Israel’s assault on the foundations of international law must have consequences: UN experts
GENEVA – Israel must face the consequences of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, a group of independent human rights experts* said today,...
www.ohchr.org
January 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“We are disturbed that this siege, coupled with expanding evacuation orders, appears intended to permanently displace the local population as a precursor to Gaza’s annexation in further violation of international law.”
UN experts on Israel's annihilation of Gaza
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts on Israel's annihilation of Gaza
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
My heart breaks for all these children who had hopes and dreams and their future stolen from them. 💔
🚨 NEW: 96% of children living through the war in Gaza feel that their death is imminent, a new study by @warchilduk.bsky.social has found.
We refuse to accept the violence that Palestinian children continue to face as normal.
The UK has a responsibility to uphold children’s rights.
We refuse to accept the violence that Palestinian children continue to face as normal.
The UK has a responsibility to uphold children’s rights.
December 12, 2024 at 12:39 PM
My heart breaks for all these children who had hopes and dreams and their future stolen from them. 💔
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Inspiring presentation by Nauru ICJ highlighting that no single treaty or regime from which polluting states could withdraw can replace the general rules of international responsibility for climate change.
December 9, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Inspiring presentation by Nauru ICJ highlighting that no single treaty or regime from which polluting states could withdraw can replace the general rules of international responsibility for climate change.
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Reflecting on these words today:
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell: 'climate finance is not charity,' 'If two-thirds of the world’s nations cannot afford to cut emissions, every nation pays the price.'
Source: ENB COP29 Summary report enb.iisd.org/baku-un-clim...
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell: 'climate finance is not charity,' 'If two-thirds of the world’s nations cannot afford to cut emissions, every nation pays the price.'
Source: ENB COP29 Summary report enb.iisd.org/baku-un-clim...
Summary report 11–22 November 2024
enb.iisd.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Reflecting on these words today:
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell: 'climate finance is not charity,' 'If two-thirds of the world’s nations cannot afford to cut emissions, every nation pays the price.'
Source: ENB COP29 Summary report enb.iisd.org/baku-un-clim...
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell: 'climate finance is not charity,' 'If two-thirds of the world’s nations cannot afford to cut emissions, every nation pays the price.'
Source: ENB COP29 Summary report enb.iisd.org/baku-un-clim...
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World Bank: Poor nations spend more money paying off debts to the countries that impoverished them ($1.4tn) than the amount of money they've asked for to combat climate change ($1.3tn).
And remember: the paltry $300bn in finance announced at COP29 comes with strings attached.
And remember: the paltry $300bn in finance announced at COP29 comes with strings attached.
World Bank: "Developing countries spent a record $1.4tn to service their foreign debt…in 2023…squeezing budgets of many…in critical areas such as health, education, & envt"
Perspective on developing countries' unmet request at #COP29 for $1.3tn in annual climate finance…
Perspective on developing countries' unmet request at #COP29 for $1.3tn in annual climate finance…
December 9, 2024 at 10:24 AM
World Bank: Poor nations spend more money paying off debts to the countries that impoverished them ($1.4tn) than the amount of money they've asked for to combat climate change ($1.3tn).
And remember: the paltry $300bn in finance announced at COP29 comes with strings attached.
And remember: the paltry $300bn in finance announced at COP29 comes with strings attached.
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🚨 Article 6, the Paris Agreement's carbon trading mechanism was agreed at COP29.
🚨 It's a "get out of jail free card" for Big Polluters.
🚨 Carbon markets are about profit and have nothing to do with addressing the climate crisis.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/cop29s-get...
🚨 It's a "get out of jail free card" for Big Polluters.
🚨 Carbon markets are about profit and have nothing to do with addressing the climate crisis.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/cop29s-get...
COP29’s “Get out of jail free” card: Article 6 carbon trading mechanisms
“Countries have little incentive not to game the system.”
reddmonitor.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:35 AM
🚨 Article 6, the Paris Agreement's carbon trading mechanism was agreed at COP29.
🚨 It's a "get out of jail free card" for Big Polluters.
🚨 Carbon markets are about profit and have nothing to do with addressing the climate crisis.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/cop29s-get...
🚨 It's a "get out of jail free card" for Big Polluters.
🚨 Carbon markets are about profit and have nothing to do with addressing the climate crisis.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/cop29s-get...
The programme did perpetuate negative stereotypes of international students. It was racist & doesn’t reflect my experience as a former such student or current staff teaching cohorts of int students for 20 years.
A hat tip to @paulkenyontv.bsky.social - in the hands of many other presenters the issue could easily have ended blaming or demonising migrant students themselves, but that didn't happen.
As several guests made clear, foreign students are exploited under this system. It is marketisation to blame.
As several guests made clear, foreign students are exploited under this system. It is marketisation to blame.
December 7, 2024 at 11:11 PM
The programme did perpetuate negative stereotypes of international students. It was racist & doesn’t reflect my experience as a former such student or current staff teaching cohorts of int students for 20 years.
Yes I was fuming but not for those reasons. It was sloppy journalism & failed to nuance or tackle the complexities of the system & added onto already negative stereotypes. bsky.app/profile/celi...
Anyone else been listening to #FileOn4 & absolutely fuming at the the scandal of university funding?
Industrial scale exploitation of foreign students, used as cash cows with no regard for their plausible ability to complete the courses.
International recruitment agencies raking in the profits...
Industrial scale exploitation of foreign students, used as cash cows with no regard for their plausible ability to complete the courses.
International recruitment agencies raking in the profits...
December 7, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Yes I was fuming but not for those reasons. It was sloppy journalism & failed to nuance or tackle the complexities of the system & added onto already negative stereotypes. bsky.app/profile/celi...
I listened to this garbage so you don't have to. It is a horrifically one-sided, un-nuanced hit piece on international students that will do damage to universities & pile on racist abuse of vulnerable students. Shame on Jo Grady & @ucu.org.uk for contributing to this & adding to negative tropes 1/8
“Jo Grady from the UCU, which represents 120,000 lecturers and university staff, says it is an open secret that students who lack English skills find ways to come to the UK to study” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Universities enrolling students with poor English, BBC finds
Institutions may be overlooking inadequate language skills to receive high fees from overseas students.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 8:57 AM
I listened to this garbage so you don't have to. It is a horrifically one-sided, un-nuanced hit piece on international students that will do damage to universities & pile on racist abuse of vulnerable students. Shame on Jo Grady & @ucu.org.uk for contributing to this & adding to negative tropes 1/8