RECIEL
@recieljournal.bsky.social
Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law.
A journal bridging academic and professional spheres in the areas of international, European and comparative #EnvironmentalLaw
A journal bridging academic and professional spheres in the areas of international, European and comparative #EnvironmentalLaw
Now available #openaccess in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Harris & Ciscato map barriers & facilitators to scaling nature restoration in Italy under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (2024/1991).
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#NatureRestoration #EUlaw #Italy
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#NatureRestoration #EUlaw #Italy
September 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Now available #openaccess in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Harris & Ciscato map barriers & facilitators to scaling nature restoration in Italy under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (2024/1991).
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
#NatureRestoration #EUlaw #Italy
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#NatureRestoration #EUlaw #Italy
New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Cirkovic & Pedersen compare Climate Advisory Committees in DK, FI, DE & UK. Despite different designs, CAC advice often stalls when it hits entrenched economic interests (agri, forestry, aviation, transport).
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September 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Cirkovic & Pedersen compare Climate Advisory Committees in DK, FI, DE & UK. Despite different designs, CAC advice often stalls when it hits entrenched economic interests (agri, forestry, aviation, transport).
Read here #openaccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Read here #openaccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
How are China and the EU experimenting with hydrogen regulation?
Xiaohan Gong compares China’s localised, devolution-based experimentation vs the EU’s centrally framed, derogation-based model and its iimplications for legal certainty, market creation and innovation.
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Xiaohan Gong compares China’s localised, devolution-based experimentation vs the EU’s centrally framed, derogation-based model and its iimplications for legal certainty, market creation and innovation.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
How are China and the EU experimenting with hydrogen regulation?
Xiaohan Gong compares China’s localised, devolution-based experimentation vs the EU’s centrally framed, derogation-based model and its iimplications for legal certainty, market creation and innovation.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Xiaohan Gong compares China’s localised, devolution-based experimentation vs the EU’s centrally framed, derogation-based model and its iimplications for legal certainty, market creation and innovation.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
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When corporate law meets climate loss: Preston Wong examines the rise of shareholder-led climate litigation across the UK, EU, US & Australia, and the various pathways and hurdles faced in these claims.
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When corporate law meets climate loss: Preston Wong examines the rise of shareholder-led climate litigation across the UK, EU, US & Australia, and the various pathways and hurdles faced in these claims.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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When corporate law meets climate loss: Preston Wong examines the rise of shareholder-led climate litigation across the UK, EU, US & Australia, and the various pathways and hurdles faced in these claims.
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When corporate law meets climate loss: Preston Wong examines the rise of shareholder-led climate litigation across the UK, EU, US & Australia, and the various pathways and hurdles faced in these claims.
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Excited to share a new publication by our PhD fellow Leonora Staerfeldt in the special issue of @recieljournal.bsky.social!
It reveals how international law’s temporal blind spots enable illegal e-waste to flow from high- to low-income countries – often disguised as legitimate reuse.
Link below ⬇️
It reveals how international law’s temporal blind spots enable illegal e-waste to flow from high- to low-income countries – often disguised as legitimate reuse.
Link below ⬇️
August 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Excited to share a new publication by our PhD fellow Leonora Staerfeldt in the special issue of @recieljournal.bsky.social!
It reveals how international law’s temporal blind spots enable illegal e-waste to flow from high- to low-income countries – often disguised as legitimate reuse.
Link below ⬇️
It reveals how international law’s temporal blind spots enable illegal e-waste to flow from high- to low-income countries – often disguised as legitimate reuse.
Link below ⬇️
How can legal doctrine support grassroots-led climate mobilisation?
Alan Żukowski’s new article analyses the RAS case in Poland and introduces critical doctrinal analysis as a method for examining strategic climate litigation within democratic backsliding.
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Alan Żukowski’s new article analyses the RAS case in Poland and introduces critical doctrinal analysis as a method for examining strategic climate litigation within democratic backsliding.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
How can legal doctrine support grassroots-led climate mobilisation?
Alan Żukowski’s new article analyses the RAS case in Poland and introduces critical doctrinal analysis as a method for examining strategic climate litigation within democratic backsliding.
Read: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Alan Żukowski’s new article analyses the RAS case in Poland and introduces critical doctrinal analysis as a method for examining strategic climate litigation within democratic backsliding.
Read: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Can private actors fund biodiversity restoration at scale?
A new RECIEL article analyses China’s efforts to align CBD restoration goals with national law, through land exchanges, PPPs & public-welfare models, while warning of ecological trade-offs.
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A new RECIEL article analyses China’s efforts to align CBD restoration goals with national law, through land exchanges, PPPs & public-welfare models, while warning of ecological trade-offs.
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July 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Can private actors fund biodiversity restoration at scale?
A new RECIEL article analyses China’s efforts to align CBD restoration goals with national law, through land exchanges, PPPs & public-welfare models, while warning of ecological trade-offs.
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A new RECIEL article analyses China’s efforts to align CBD restoration goals with national law, through land exchanges, PPPs & public-welfare models, while warning of ecological trade-offs.
Read now: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Can the courtroom become the frontline of global plastics accountability?
A new @recieljournal.bsky.social article by Josselin Stone tracks how litigation is reshaping environmental justice, one case at a time.
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A new @recieljournal.bsky.social article by Josselin Stone tracks how litigation is reshaping environmental justice, one case at a time.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Can the courtroom become the frontline of global plastics accountability?
A new @recieljournal.bsky.social article by Josselin Stone tracks how litigation is reshaping environmental justice, one case at a time.
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A new @recieljournal.bsky.social article by Josselin Stone tracks how litigation is reshaping environmental justice, one case at a time.
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How should cultivated meat be regulated: as a fast track to sustainability, or a moment for deeper food system reflection?
This new RECIEL article by Hope Johnson and Alessandro Monaco maps legal responses across five jurisdictions and unpacks the values shaping them.
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This new RECIEL article by Hope Johnson and Alessandro Monaco maps legal responses across five jurisdictions and unpacks the values shaping them.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
How should cultivated meat be regulated: as a fast track to sustainability, or a moment for deeper food system reflection?
This new RECIEL article by Hope Johnson and Alessandro Monaco maps legal responses across five jurisdictions and unpacks the values shaping them.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
This new RECIEL article by Hope Johnson and Alessandro Monaco maps legal responses across five jurisdictions and unpacks the values shaping them.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
What does ‘stability’ mean for climate law?
Sai Ma, Simon Schaub & Joan Enguer explore Spain’s renewable energy reforms & investor disputes to unpack how legal & political science lenses diverge on ‘regulatory stability’ and why that matters for the energy transition.
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Sai Ma, Simon Schaub & Joan Enguer explore Spain’s renewable energy reforms & investor disputes to unpack how legal & political science lenses diverge on ‘regulatory stability’ and why that matters for the energy transition.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
What does ‘stability’ mean for climate law?
Sai Ma, Simon Schaub & Joan Enguer explore Spain’s renewable energy reforms & investor disputes to unpack how legal & political science lenses diverge on ‘regulatory stability’ and why that matters for the energy transition.
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Sai Ma, Simon Schaub & Joan Enguer explore Spain’s renewable energy reforms & investor disputes to unpack how legal & political science lenses diverge on ‘regulatory stability’ and why that matters for the energy transition.
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How open is the EU when preparing for UN climate talks? Tuula Honkonen (@cceel.bsky.social) explores the tension between strategic secrecy and civil society participation in the EU’s climate diplomacy.
Newly published, #openaccess:
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Newly published, #openaccess:
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July 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How open is the EU when preparing for UN climate talks? Tuula Honkonen (@cceel.bsky.social) explores the tension between strategic secrecy and civil society participation in the EU’s climate diplomacy.
Newly published, #openaccess:
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Newly published, #openaccess:
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How should we understand ‘meaningful participation’ in EU climate governance?
Ricarda Faber (@giz.de), Deyana Kocher & Matthias Duwe (@ecologic.eu) critically examine multilevel climate and energy dialogues under Article 11 of the Governance Regulation.
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Ricarda Faber (@giz.de), Deyana Kocher & Matthias Duwe (@ecologic.eu) critically examine multilevel climate and energy dialogues under Article 11 of the Governance Regulation.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
How should we understand ‘meaningful participation’ in EU climate governance?
Ricarda Faber (@giz.de), Deyana Kocher & Matthias Duwe (@ecologic.eu) critically examine multilevel climate and energy dialogues under Article 11 of the Governance Regulation.
Read the article: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Ricarda Faber (@giz.de), Deyana Kocher & Matthias Duwe (@ecologic.eu) critically examine multilevel climate and energy dialogues under Article 11 of the Governance Regulation.
Read the article: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Used electronics often fall into a grey zone: not quite products, not yet waste.
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Leonora Kleppa Stærfeldt examines how this legal ambiguity fuels illegal e-waste exports under WTO and Basel Convention rules and why international law must grapple with temporality.
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Leonora Kleppa Stærfeldt examines how this legal ambiguity fuels illegal e-waste exports under WTO and Basel Convention rules and why international law must grapple with temporality.
June 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Used electronics often fall into a grey zone: not quite products, not yet waste.
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Leonora Kleppa Stærfeldt examines how this legal ambiguity fuels illegal e-waste exports under WTO and Basel Convention rules and why international law must grapple with temporality.
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Leonora Kleppa Stærfeldt examines how this legal ambiguity fuels illegal e-waste exports under WTO and Basel Convention rules and why international law must grapple with temporality.
♻️ A circular economy isn’t always a safe one.
New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
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New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
♻️ A circular economy isn’t always a safe one.
New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
How do African regional courts interpret sustainable development?
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In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Jebby Romanus Gonza explores how institutions like the ECOWAS Court and African Commission balance environmental protection with socio-economic rights across landmark cases.
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In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Jebby Romanus Gonza explores how institutions like the ECOWAS Court and African Commission balance environmental protection with socio-economic rights across landmark cases.
June 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
How do African regional courts interpret sustainable development?
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Jebby Romanus Gonza explores how institutions like the ECOWAS Court and African Commission balance environmental protection with socio-economic rights across landmark cases.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Jebby Romanus Gonza explores how institutions like the ECOWAS Court and African Commission balance environmental protection with socio-economic rights across landmark cases.
How is China greening its investment treaties? Not by default, but by design. In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Shixue Hu examines China’s “instrumentalist” treaty-making, balancing flexibility with fragmentation.
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Read the article here available #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
June 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
How is China greening its investment treaties? Not by default, but by design. In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Shixue Hu examines China’s “instrumentalist” treaty-making, balancing flexibility with fragmentation.
Read the article here available #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Read the article here available #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Nature-based solutions in the energy transition: A legal perspective.
Eirik Finserås explores how nature-based solutions (NBS) like agrivoltaics & marine habitat restoration can deliver net positive impacts, discussing its legal status.
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Eirik Finserås explores how nature-based solutions (NBS) like agrivoltaics & marine habitat restoration can deliver net positive impacts, discussing its legal status.
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June 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Nature-based solutions in the energy transition: A legal perspective.
Eirik Finserås explores how nature-based solutions (NBS) like agrivoltaics & marine habitat restoration can deliver net positive impacts, discussing its legal status.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Eirik Finserås explores how nature-based solutions (NBS) like agrivoltaics & marine habitat restoration can deliver net positive impacts, discussing its legal status.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Can EU law safeguard those yet to be born? In her new RECIEL article, Katalin Sulyok reveals how existing “textual hooks” can be repurposed by the Commission, co-legislators & CJEU to future-proof EU policy.
Dive in 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/reel... #EULaw #FutureGenerations
Dive in 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/reel... #EULaw #FutureGenerations
May 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Can EU law safeguard those yet to be born? In her new RECIEL article, Katalin Sulyok reveals how existing “textual hooks” can be repurposed by the Commission, co-legislators & CJEU to future-proof EU policy.
Dive in 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/reel... #EULaw #FutureGenerations
Dive in 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/reel... #EULaw #FutureGenerations
In early view, Katrien Steenmans explores legal risks of Extended Producer Responsibility as a tool for circular economy transition. Based on a scoping review + stakeholder survey, the piece maps key risks: regulatory uncertainty, liability, IP, monitoring & justice gaps.
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May 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In early view, Katrien Steenmans explores legal risks of Extended Producer Responsibility as a tool for circular economy transition. Based on a scoping review + stakeholder survey, the piece maps key risks: regulatory uncertainty, liability, IP, monitoring & justice gaps.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Volume 34(1) of the @recieljournal.bsky.social is now live.
With the issue exploring how EU climate and trade law are evolving under the Green Deal with deep dives into forests, litigation, circularity, and the role of law in accelerating transition.
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With the issue exploring how EU climate and trade law are evolving under the Green Deal with deep dives into forests, litigation, circularity, and the role of law in accelerating transition.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20500394...
Fit for 55 and Beyond: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law: Vol 34, No 1
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May 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Volume 34(1) of the @recieljournal.bsky.social is now live.
With the issue exploring how EU climate and trade law are evolving under the Green Deal with deep dives into forests, litigation, circularity, and the role of law in accelerating transition.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20500394...
With the issue exploring how EU climate and trade law are evolving under the Green Deal with deep dives into forests, litigation, circularity, and the role of law in accelerating transition.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20500394...
🌍 EU data law talks about privacy and innovation — but what about climate impact? In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Enrique Santamaría Echeverría argues we need a paradigm shift: from anthropocentric to ecocentric data governance.
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April 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🌍 EU data law talks about privacy and innovation — but what about climate impact? In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Enrique Santamaría Echeverría argues we need a paradigm shift: from anthropocentric to ecocentric data governance.
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Read now: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Can international investment law align with climate goals?
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In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Bingyu Liu & Shuyi Ai argue it must—proposing binding investor obligations in IIAs to balance regulatory power, climate justice & accountability.
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In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Bingyu Liu & Shuyi Ai argue it must—proposing binding investor obligations in IIAs to balance regulatory power, climate justice & accountability.
April 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Can international investment law align with climate goals?
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Bingyu Liu & Shuyi Ai argue it must—proposing binding investor obligations in IIAs to balance regulatory power, climate justice & accountability.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Bingyu Liu & Shuyi Ai argue it must—proposing binding investor obligations in IIAs to balance regulatory power, climate justice & accountability.
New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Elena Sandulli examines the EU Deforestation-free Products Regulation (#EUDR) through the lens of public international law.
Can the EU address deforestation without overstepping state sovereignty?
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Can the EU address deforestation without overstepping state sovereignty?
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April 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Elena Sandulli examines the EU Deforestation-free Products Regulation (#EUDR) through the lens of public international law.
Can the EU address deforestation without overstepping state sovereignty?
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Can the EU address deforestation without overstepping state sovereignty?
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Waiting on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change? So are we.
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In #EarlyView on @recieljournal.bsky.social, Xi Ning & Cuibai Yang explore what judicial activism from the ICJ might mean in this moment: a Court caught between legal tradition, and scientific urgency.
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In #EarlyView on @recieljournal.bsky.social, Xi Ning & Cuibai Yang explore what judicial activism from the ICJ might mean in this moment: a Court caught between legal tradition, and scientific urgency.
April 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Waiting on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change? So are we.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
In #EarlyView on @recieljournal.bsky.social, Xi Ning & Cuibai Yang explore what judicial activism from the ICJ might mean in this moment: a Court caught between legal tradition, and scientific urgency.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
In #EarlyView on @recieljournal.bsky.social, Xi Ning & Cuibai Yang explore what judicial activism from the ICJ might mean in this moment: a Court caught between legal tradition, and scientific urgency.
🚀 Now in #EarlyView @recieljournal.bsky.social: What can space law teach us about governing solar geoengineering?
Rachel Neef explores the surprising relevance of liability, supervision & peaceful use rules for solar radiation modification.
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Rachel Neef explores the surprising relevance of liability, supervision & peaceful use rules for solar radiation modification.
Read here #openaccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
April 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🚀 Now in #EarlyView @recieljournal.bsky.social: What can space law teach us about governing solar geoengineering?
Rachel Neef explores the surprising relevance of liability, supervision & peaceful use rules for solar radiation modification.
Read here #openaccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Rachel Neef explores the surprising relevance of liability, supervision & peaceful use rules for solar radiation modification.
Read here #openaccess: doi.org/10.1111/reel...