Tejas Rao
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In a new blog, @tejasrao.bsky.social & I reflect on some of the key findings from the #ICJAO on #fossilfuels
ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague
By Harro van Asselt, Hatton Professor of Climate Law, Department of Land Economy and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge; and Tejas Rao, PhD Researcher, Department of Land Economy, University of Camb...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In a new blog, @tejasrao.bsky.social & I reflect on some of the key findings from the #ICJAO on #fossilfuels
ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
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🌏✨We are looking for a Research Associate in Climate Governance, who will work with @harrovanasselt.bsky.social on the EU-funded ACCLIMATE project. The application deadline is 27th October 2025. 🔗See here on our website for more details, including how to apply: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/job-...
Job Vacancy: Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term)
Application deadline: 27th October 2025.
www.landecon.cam.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌏✨We are looking for a Research Associate in Climate Governance, who will work with @harrovanasselt.bsky.social on the EU-funded ACCLIMATE project. The application deadline is 27th October 2025. 🔗See here on our website for more details, including how to apply: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/job-...
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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
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Delighted to see this new article by @tejasrao.bsky.social out: ‘Non-Compliance Procedures’ (2024) 35 Yearbook of International Environmental Law, discussing key developments of NCPs in MEAs. @landeconomy.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @demedglobal.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social
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Non-Compliance Procedures
This report surveys key developments in 2024, and one development in 2023, across the non-compliance procedures of several multilateral environmental agree
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September 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Delighted to see this new article by @tejasrao.bsky.social out: ‘Non-Compliance Procedures’ (2024) 35 Yearbook of International Environmental Law, discussing key developments of NCPs in MEAs. @landeconomy.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @demedglobal.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/yiel...
doi.org/10.1093/yiel...
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The ICJ’s climate advisory opinion elevates Conferences of the Parties (COPs) from largely diplomatic forums to potential legal norm-makers. ⚖️🌍
SEBASTIÁN RIOSECO and TEJAS RAO (@tejasrao.bsky.social) explore the implications of this evolving governance model.
verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-...
SEBASTIÁN RIOSECO and TEJAS RAO (@tejasrao.bsky.social) explore the implications of this evolving governance model.
verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-...
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The ICJ’s climate advisory opinion elevates Conferences of the Parties (COPs) from largely diplomatic forums to potential legal norm-makers. ⚖️🌍
SEBASTIÁN RIOSECO and TEJAS RAO (@tejasrao.bsky.social) explore the implications of this evolving governance model.
verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-...
SEBASTIÁN RIOSECO and TEJAS RAO (@tejasrao.bsky.social) explore the implications of this evolving governance model.
verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-...
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The Great Reset: The ICJ Reframes the Conduct Responsible for Climate Change Through the Prism of Internationally Wrongful Acts | by @mwewerinke.bsky.social and Jorge Viñuales
The Great Reset: The ICJ Reframes the Conduct Responsible for Climate Change Through the Prism of Internationally Wrongful Acts
For the last six years, together with a handful of colleagues and friends from around the world, we have worked with the Government of Vanuatu to develop and implement a legal strategy to turn the asp...
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August 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Great Reset: The ICJ Reframes the Conduct Responsible for Climate Change Through the Prism of Internationally Wrongful Acts | by @mwewerinke.bsky.social and Jorge Viñuales
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New policy brief by Dr Monserrat Madariaga Gómez de Cuenca (UCL Laws) & Tejas Rao (Cambridge) shows how procedural gaps in UN climate talks affect participation by developing countries & limit global progress. 🌍⚖️
Read: shorturl.at/zUjGc
#COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice @tejasrao.bsky.social
Read: shorturl.at/zUjGc
#COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice @tejasrao.bsky.social
New policy brief highlights procedural failures in global climate negotiations
Dr Monserrat Madariaga Gomez de Cuenca and Tejas Rao publish policy brief on how procedural inequities are undermining global climate action
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July 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New policy brief by Dr Monserrat Madariaga Gómez de Cuenca (UCL Laws) & Tejas Rao (Cambridge) shows how procedural gaps in UN climate talks affect participation by developing countries & limit global progress. 🌍⚖️
Read: shorturl.at/zUjGc
#COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice @tejasrao.bsky.social
Read: shorturl.at/zUjGc
#COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice @tejasrao.bsky.social
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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.
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...
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...
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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.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
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.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
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.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
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.
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
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♻️ 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...
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...
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Implementation of international treaties happens at all levels to advance the SDGs says Adv @tejasrao.bsky.social @usi.ch Event @cisdl.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Implementation of international treaties happens at all levels to advance the SDGs says Adv @tejasrao.bsky.social @usi.ch Event @cisdl.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
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🌍 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.
Read now: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Read now: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
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.
Read now: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
Read now: doi.org/10.1111/reel...
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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.
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.
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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?
Read for more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Can the EU address deforestation without overstepping state sovereignty?
Read for more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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?
Read for more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Can the EU address deforestation without overstepping state sovereignty?
Read for more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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.
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.
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.
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🚀 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...
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...
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Do you also find it hard to keep track of the multiple international law violations by the 2025 Trump administration?
@mwgehring.bsky.social and @tejasrao.bsky.social got you covered with an overview, starting with the first six weeks of the Trump administration.
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
@mwgehring.bsky.social and @tejasrao.bsky.social got you covered with an overview, starting with the first six weeks of the Trump administration.
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
March 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Do you also find it hard to keep track of the multiple international law violations by the 2025 Trump administration?
@mwgehring.bsky.social and @tejasrao.bsky.social got you covered with an overview, starting with the first six weeks of the Trump administration.
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
@mwgehring.bsky.social and @tejasrao.bsky.social got you covered with an overview, starting with the first six weeks of the Trump administration.
verfassungsblog.de/internationa...
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🆕 published in @recieljournal.bsky.social: @grahambutler.bsky.social analyzes two significant 2023 CJEU rulings on deposit return schemes and their complex relationship with EU internal market principles.
Read here, now in Early View and fully #openaccess:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Read here, now in Early View and fully #openaccess:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🆕 published in @recieljournal.bsky.social: @grahambutler.bsky.social analyzes two significant 2023 CJEU rulings on deposit return schemes and their complex relationship with EU internal market principles.
Read here, now in Early View and fully #openaccess:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Read here, now in Early View and fully #openaccess:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🆕in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Can litigation of National Energy & Climate Plans enhance EU climate ambition? @orlakelleher.bsky.social and Clodagh Daly examine how rights-based challenges could strengthen the Fit for 55 Package implementation.
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🆕in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Can litigation of National Energy & Climate Plans enhance EU climate ambition? @orlakelleher.bsky.social and Clodagh Daly examine how rights-based challenges could strengthen the Fit for 55 Package implementation.
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New @recieljournal.bsky.social: Bastiaan Klerk analyzes the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, focusing on the treatment of the relationship between UNCLOS and the Paris Agreement. Must-read as we await more climate change advisory opinions in 2025!
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January 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New @recieljournal.bsky.social: Bastiaan Klerk analyzes the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, focusing on the treatment of the relationship between UNCLOS and the Paris Agreement. Must-read as we await more climate change advisory opinions in 2025!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Start your 2025 right! Now available, Elisa Cavillin examines how biochar and EU law can transform industrial agriculture toward sustainability - a timely analysis of CAP, organic & carbon farming policy intersections.
Read now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Sustainability #Biochar
Read now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Sustainability #Biochar
January 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Start your 2025 right! Now available, Elisa Cavillin examines how biochar and EU law can transform industrial agriculture toward sustainability - a timely analysis of CAP, organic & carbon farming policy intersections.
Read now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Sustainability #Biochar
Read now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Sustainability #Biochar
The change of the year in the Gregorian calendar marks out another opportunity to reflect on the way we sway with words, and my eternal tango with blogging: tejasrao.net/2025/01/01/s...
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance, my friends? Shall we play that agonizing game of waiting to take to the dance floor when the music is playing in the background? Shall we pretend we don’t hear the melody call…
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January 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The change of the year in the Gregorian calendar marks out another opportunity to reflect on the way we sway with words, and my eternal tango with blogging: tejasrao.net/2025/01/01/s...
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Need reading for the holidays? Start with Łukasz Augustyniak's crucial case note on Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV in @recieljournal.bsky.social - landmark shift in Aarhus Convention implementation and environmental NGO standing rights in EU law, now in Early View.
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December 19, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Need reading for the holidays? Start with Łukasz Augustyniak's crucial case note on Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV in @recieljournal.bsky.social - landmark shift in Aarhus Convention implementation and environmental NGO standing rights in EU law, now in Early View.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Preparing for Week 2 of the ICJ hearings and need a quick brief of what's at stake & why? Here are some thoughts, authored with @mwgehring.bsky.social and Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger in response to questions from @verfassungsblog.de.
Since Monday, the ICJ has been holding hearings in what has been described as “the world’s biggest legal case” 🌐⚖️
We spoke with Tejas Rao, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, and Markus Gehring about what the landmark ICJ climate hearings are all about.
verfassungsblog.de/the-advisory...
We spoke with Tejas Rao, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, and Markus Gehring about what the landmark ICJ climate hearings are all about.
verfassungsblog.de/the-advisory...
December 8, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Preparing for Week 2 of the ICJ hearings and need a quick brief of what's at stake & why? Here are some thoughts, authored with @mwgehring.bsky.social and Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger in response to questions from @verfassungsblog.de.
Thank you @mwgehring.bsky.social - looking forward to speaking at this event. Please do come by and say hello if you are on the ground in Riyadh!
Excellent event today for those attending UNCCD COP16 organised by the iUCN World Commission on Environmental Law ith our amazing Cambridge colleague @tejasrao.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Thank you @mwgehring.bsky.social - looking forward to speaking at this event. Please do come by and say hello if you are on the ground in Riyadh!