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Harro van Asselt
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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 Institute .. more

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 20h
The 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

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First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders...
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Department of Land Economy @landeconomy.bsky.social · 5d
🌿🏛️⚖️The Department's Hatton Professor of Climate Law @harrovanasselt.bsky.social has co-edited two new books. 🔗Click here to read more on our website: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/new-cli...
New climate law research from Professor van Asselt
www.landecon.cam.ac.uk

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 9d
🚨Out now!

Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law
📝 Edited by Michael Mehling, and Harro van Asselt (@harrovanasselt.bsky.social)

👓 Read first chapter free: www.elgaronline.com/view/book/97...

🛍️ Shop the hardback and for more info: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

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Centre for Climate Engagement @climatehughes.bsky.social · 12d
📣 Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis – Lent Term 2026
6 , 13, 20 & 27 Feb. Dr Ugljesa Grusic, Dr Hao Zhang, Dr Pedro Schilling de Carvalho & Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer
Free reg: climatehughes.org/the-cambridg...
@harrovanasselt.bsky.social @cambridgezero.bsky.social

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Centre for Climate Engagement @climatehughes.bsky.social · 13d
📣 Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis – Lent Term 2026
6 , 13, 20 & 27 Feb. Dr Ugljesa Grusic, Dr Hao Zhang, Dr Pedro Schilling de Carvalho & Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer
Free reg: climatehughes.org/the-cambridg...
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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 14d
I’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: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

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Centre for Climate Engagement @climatehughes.bsky.social · 20d
📣 Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis – Lent Term 2026
6 , 13, 20 & 27 Feb. Dr Ugljesa Grusic, Dr Hao Zhang, Dr Pedro Schilling de Carvalho & Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer
Free reg: climatehughes.org/the-cambridg...
@harrovanasselt.bsky.social @cambridgezero.bsky.social

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 27d
Out now: Future-Proofing Law in a Time of Environmental Emergency
Edited by @harrovanasselt.bsky.social, Seita Vesa and Kaisa Huhta

Free chapter - Towards a future-proof environmental law? doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Available in print through our website: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
This prescient book examines the future-proofing of environmental law to allow legislation to anticipate and adapt to long-term challenges. Leading and emerging experts discuss the extent to which law is fit for purpose in the face of environmental emergencies and associated scientific, socio-economic and political uncertainties.

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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · Nov 26
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Nov 14
Matthew Gingell of Oxygen House Group highlights the crucial role of contracts in addressing climate change for his Cambridge Seminar on Law & the Climate Crisis

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · Nov 12
🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡

What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?

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Centre for Climate Engagement @climatehughes.bsky.social · Nov 10
📆 🌎 Booking now! Contract Law & Climate Change, Matthew Gingell, GC of The Oxygen House Group, Founder of The Chancery Lane Project & member of the Law Society CCC. 14 Nov 2025, 4pm, Cambridge.
👉 climatehughes.org/events/contr...
@harrovanasselt.bsky.social @cambridgezero.bsky.social

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Centre for Climate Engagement @climatehughes.bsky.social · Nov 8
📆 🌎 Booking now! Contract Law & Climate Change, Matthew Gingell, GC of The Oxygen House Group, Founder of The Chancery Lane Project & member of the Law Society CCC. 14 Nov 2025, 4pm, Cambridge.
👉 climatehughes.org/events/contr...
@harrovanasselt.bsky.social @cambridgezero.bsky.social

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Centre for Climate Engagement @climatehughes.bsky.social · Nov 6
📆 🌎 Booking now! Corporate Law & Climate Change, with Prof Ernest Lim, NUS. 07 Nov 2025, 4:00pm - 6:00pm, David Attenborough Building: climatehughes.org/events/corpo...
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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · Nov 6
The #COP30 world leaders summit is about to start, and on this thread I'll be tracking how world leaders address energy transition (specifically fossil fuels) in their speeches. Let's go!

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · Nov 4
Do not miss this week's Climate Law Lecture Friday, 07 Nov 2025, on Corporate Law and Climate Change, with Prof Ernest Lim from NUS @nus-cil.bsky.social, 4:00pm - 6:00pm DAB @landeconomy.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social @climatehughes.bsky.social

👉 bit.ly/4qvoIbX

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Nov 3
In 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.social

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · Nov 3
🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu

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Climate Policy @climate-policy.bsky.social · Nov 3
🔓 International transparency arrangements are often expected to benefit national-level policymaking. Yet, reporting and review are perceived to mainly support minor policy changes, find Pietarila, @harrovanasselt.bsky.social et al. @fiia.fi, with limited influence on policy instruments & goals ⬇️
Transformative transparency in the EU and UNFCCC? Assessing the perceived influence of reporting and review on climate policy in Finland
www.tandfonline.com

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · Nov 2
Reorienting #Climate litigation in a time of backlash, shrinking civic space & challenges to judicial independence

Here's our take in Nature w/ Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social Great collaboration!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change
Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...
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Centre for Climate Engagement @climatehughes.bsky.social · Nov 1
📆 🌎 Booking now! Corporate Law & Climate Change, with Prof Ernest Lim, NUS. 07 Nov 2025, 4:00pm - 6:00pm, David Attenborough Building: climatehughes.org/events/corpo...
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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Oct 31
Framing 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?

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · Oct 28
The @echr.coe.int today affirmed a set of important principles re the obligations of states under the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to the assessment of climate impacts from proposed fossil fuel extraction projects. hudoc.echr.coe.int#{%22itemid%2...
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-245561%22]}

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Oct 17
Lord Robert Carnwath kicks off this year’s Law & the Climate Crisis Seminar Series discussing the roles and attitudes of judges in climate litigation

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Oct 2
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
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...
sdg.iisd.org

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Department of Land Economy @landeconomy.bsky.social · Sep 26
🌏✨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

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Sep 26
Applications are now open for a postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term, 18 months) at the Department of Land Economy to work with me on the @acclimateproject.bsky.social project.

Deadline = 27 October

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Research Associate in Climate Governance to contribute to an EU-funded research project titled 'Accelerating Climate Action: Navigating towards a Low-Emissions,
www.cam.ac.uk

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · Sep 24
Xi Jinping announced China's new climate targets personally, a positive gesture, but the targets brought little clarity on China’s future emission pathway. Targeting a 7-10% emission reduction by 2035 from an undefined "peak level" undersells China's current clean energy boom.

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Sep 22
The announcement also gains further currency when considering the other major news today, with the 2025 Production Gap Report finding that fossil fuel-producing countries are still continuing to expand production, thereby undermining the achievement of the 1.5C goal

productiongap.org
2025 Home - Production Gap
productiongap.org

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · Sep 22
Today's announcement by Colombia to host an international conference on phasing out fossil fuels could not be more timely. Following the #ICJAO, it's clear that international cooperation to transition away from fossil fuels is necessary.

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Colombia Announces 1st International Phase-Out Conference — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Colombia has announced its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The landmark conference will provide a global platform for countries to coop...
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