Markus W. Gehring
@mwgehring.bsky.social
EU & International Sustainable Development Lawyer; Professor of European & International Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social Deputy Proctor @cam.ac.uk Fellow @eulegalstudies.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social.
Courts can take a leading role when protecting fundamental rights also with regards to climate change says Dr Masrur Salekin (Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Dhaka / Adj Faculty, Dept Enviro Science, Bangladesh Univ of Professionals) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Courts can take a leading role when protecting fundamental rights also with regards to climate change says Dr Masrur Salekin (Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Dhaka / Adj Faculty, Dept Enviro Science, Bangladesh Univ of Professionals) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
The AOs will strengthen the position of climate vulnerable countries and their claims in the future. AOs have been influential for example the Opinions by Judge Weeramantry says Adv Mostafa Hosain (Assist Prof, School of Law, BRAC Univ) @clginitiative.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The AOs will strengthen the position of climate vulnerable countries and their claims in the future. AOs have been influential for example the Opinions by Judge Weeramantry says Adv Mostafa Hosain (Assist Prof, School of Law, BRAC Univ) @clginitiative.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Civil society has a role to ensure that the knowledge about the AOs is shared widely. Young people from all around the world wrote to their ministers to support the AO in the UNGA says Adv Nicole Ponce (Global Advocacy Lead, @wy4cj.bsky.social) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Civil society has a role to ensure that the knowledge about the AOs is shared widely. Young people from all around the world wrote to their ministers to support the AO in the UNGA says Adv Nicole Ponce (Global Advocacy Lead, @wy4cj.bsky.social) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
The AOs have a huge significance also for negotiations #COP30 as the ICJ has confirmed what many negotiators have been saying for many years: Climate responsibility is determined by international law says @erikalennon.bsky.social (Sen Att @ciel.org ) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The AOs have a huge significance also for negotiations #COP30 as the ICJ has confirmed what many negotiators have been saying for many years: Climate responsibility is determined by international law says @erikalennon.bsky.social (Sen Att @ciel.org ) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Legal Roundtable: Governing Forests & Farming Futures - Advancing Climate Justice in Africa - What legal and institutional reforms are required? Hosted by ADIFEVEA, World & Reseaux des Juristes Environnementaliste de l'Afrique Centrale REJEAC @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Legal Roundtable: Governing Forests & Farming Futures - Advancing Climate Justice in Africa - What legal and institutional reforms are required? Hosted by ADIFEVEA, World & Reseaux des Juristes Environnementaliste de l'Afrique Centrale REJEAC @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Legal Experts Panel: Advancing Legal and Regulatory Readiness for Climate Financing and Bondholder Engagement
Hosted by the Karachi Center for Climate Change, Sohail Univ; Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan; SEC Pakistan; Bank of Punjab & AFII @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Hosted by the Karachi Center for Climate Change, Sohail Univ; Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan; SEC Pakistan; Bank of Punjab & AFII @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Legal Experts Panel: Advancing Legal and Regulatory Readiness for Climate Financing and Bondholder Engagement
Hosted by the Karachi Center for Climate Change, Sohail Univ; Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan; SEC Pakistan; Bank of Punjab & AFII @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Hosted by the Karachi Center for Climate Change, Sohail Univ; Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan; SEC Pakistan; Bank of Punjab & AFII @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
@clginitiative.bsky.social I. Roundtable: The Climate Justice Turning Point - From AOs to Accountability - How do the recent AOs from ITLOS, @corteidh.bsky.social, and ICJ redefine states’ obligations. Hosted by Bangladesh Society of Intl Law & @wy4cj.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@clginitiative.bsky.social I. Roundtable: The Climate Justice Turning Point - From AOs to Accountability - How do the recent AOs from ITLOS, @corteidh.bsky.social, and ICJ redefine states’ obligations. Hosted by Bangladesh Society of Intl Law & @wy4cj.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Let us carry forward the inspiration of this plenary: to strengthen legal reasoning, institutional capacity, and judicial courage, so that climate justice may be realised. The law grounded in science remains our most powerful instrument says @unep.org's Prof Mbote @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Let us carry forward the inspiration of this plenary: to strengthen legal reasoning, institutional capacity, and judicial courage, so that climate justice may be realised. The law grounded in science remains our most powerful instrument says @unep.org's Prof Mbote @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25
States must take climate change into account also at the budget planning stage and in the light of due diligence obligations under international law says Judge Patricia Pérez Goldberg @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
States must take climate change into account also at the budget planning stage and in the light of due diligence obligations under international law says Judge Patricia Pérez Goldberg @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
The implementation deficit does not just concern mitigation, it also concerns adaptation and changes are needed in legislation but also in policy says Judge Kathy-Ann Brown WIJA (Judge, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The implementation deficit does not just concern mitigation, it also concerns adaptation and changes are needed in legislation but also in policy says Judge Kathy-Ann Brown WIJA (Judge, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Delighted to join the Adjudicating State Obligations on Climate Change - High-Level Plenary in the Q&A - the unanimous view is that the triptych of AOs from ITLOS, @corteidh.bsky.social and the ICJ will shape climate law and governance for years to come. @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Delighted to join the Adjudicating State Obligations on Climate Change - High-Level Plenary in the Q&A - the unanimous view is that the triptych of AOs from ITLOS, @corteidh.bsky.social and the ICJ will shape climate law and governance for years to come. @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Intergenerational justice transforms human rights obligations that includes positive obligations for the future, especially when it comes to climate change says Judge Patricia Pérez Goldberg (Judge, @corteidh.bsky.social) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Intergenerational justice transforms human rights obligations that includes positive obligations for the future, especially when it comes to climate change says Judge Patricia Pérez Goldberg (Judge, @corteidh.bsky.social) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
The three AOs converge. All 3 underscore that the Paris Agreement contains binding legal obligations under a stringent due diligence standard and implemented as enforceable legal duty says Judge Patricia Pérez Goldberg (Judge, @corteidh.bsky.social) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The three AOs converge. All 3 underscore that the Paris Agreement contains binding legal obligations under a stringent due diligence standard and implemented as enforceable legal duty says Judge Patricia Pérez Goldberg (Judge, @corteidh.bsky.social) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Adjudicating State Obligations on Climate Change - High-Level Plenary I (Belem Plenary) - Why are the recent advisory opinions of international tribunals on climate change important, and how do they advance understanding of the obligations of States? @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Adjudicating State Obligations on Climate Change - High-Level Plenary I (Belem Plenary) - Why are the recent advisory opinions of international tribunals on climate change important, and how do they advance understanding of the obligations of States? @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
States would not meet their obligations if they ignored their due diligence obligations in all areas related to climate change says Judge Kathy-Ann Brown WIJA (Judge, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30 @cisdl.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
States would not meet their obligations if they ignored their due diligence obligations in all areas related to climate change says Judge Kathy-Ann Brown WIJA (Judge, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30 @cisdl.bsky.social
There is an important implementation gap when it comes to rules addressing ecological crises. Obligations to protect the climate system are obligations erga omnes as found by ITLOS and the ICJ who spoke unanimously says ITLOS Judge Kathy-Ann Brown WIJA @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There is an important implementation gap when it comes to rules addressing ecological crises. Obligations to protect the climate system are obligations erga omnes as found by ITLOS and the ICJ who spoke unanimously says ITLOS Judge Kathy-Ann Brown WIJA @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
Could I invite you all to read the AO on climate change by the ICJ. It is a very progressive AO and I am delighted to be part of it says Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Judge, International Court of Justice) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Could I invite you all to read the AO on climate change by the ICJ. It is a very progressive AO and I am delighted to be part of it says Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Judge, International Court of Justice) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
States which fail to live up to their obligation with regards to climate change and the environment can incur international responsibility by committing an internationally wrongful act says ICJ Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30 @cisdl.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
States which fail to live up to their obligation with regards to climate change and the environment can incur international responsibility by committing an internationally wrongful act says ICJ Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30 @cisdl.bsky.social
Our first Plenary Keynote is from Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Judge, International Court of Justice) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30 @cisdl.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our first Plenary Keynote is from Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (Judge, International Court of Justice) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30 @cisdl.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social
Plenary on Adjudicating State Obligations on Climate Change - Why are the recent AOs of international tribunals on climate change important, and how do they advance understanding of the obligations of States? Chaired by Prof @mccordonier.bsky.social & @unep.org's Prof Patricia Kameri-Mbote #CLGD25
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Plenary on Adjudicating State Obligations on Climate Change - Why are the recent AOs of international tribunals on climate change important, and how do they advance understanding of the obligations of States? Chaired by Prof @mccordonier.bsky.social & @unep.org's Prof Patricia Kameri-Mbote #CLGD25
We are delighted be part of this venture and we had a great conference in the last two day at FVG Law Rio says Prof Paula da Cunha Duarte one of the chairs for A Mandate for All: the Legal and Civic Imperative to Confront the Climate Emergency @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We are delighted be part of this venture and we had a great conference in the last two day at FVG Law Rio says Prof Paula da Cunha Duarte one of the chairs for A Mandate for All: the Legal and Civic Imperative to Confront the Climate Emergency @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
The biggest implication of COP29 revitalised the discourse on climate law and environmental law in Azerbaijan and the entire region says Prof Rashad Ibadov (Dean, ADA Law School / Co-Chair, CLGD 2024) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGA25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The biggest implication of COP29 revitalised the discourse on climate law and environmental law in Azerbaijan and the entire region says Prof Rashad Ibadov (Dean, ADA Law School / Co-Chair, CLGD 2024) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGA25 #COP30
All leading associations such as the @ibanews.bsky.social , ILA and ASELMU are welcoming you to this Day. We hope this conference will serve to advance climate action world-wide says Prof Damilola Olawuyi (Vice-Chair, ILA / @unesco.org Chair, HBKU) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
All leading associations such as the @ibanews.bsky.social , ILA and ASELMU are welcoming you to this Day. We hope this conference will serve to advance climate action world-wide says Prof Damilola Olawuyi (Vice-Chair, ILA / @unesco.org Chair, HBKU) @clginitiative.bsky.social #CLGD25 #COP30
We need to exchange ideas how to turn law on climate change into concrete legal results. In the next phase we need to turn ambition into realty and as such multirao is an important motto as we need a community effort also in the law says Adv Michael Strauss (General Counsel, @ebrd.bsky.social );
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We need to exchange ideas how to turn law on climate change into concrete legal results. In the next phase we need to turn ambition into realty and as such multirao is an important motto as we need a community effort also in the law says Adv Michael Strauss (General Counsel, @ebrd.bsky.social );
Opening Plenary: Prof Patricia Kameri-Mbote (Director, @unep.org; Prof @astridpuentes.bsky.social Prof Iberoamericana Mexico); Adv Michael Strauss (General Counsel, @ebrd.bsky.social ); Prof Damilola Olawuyi (Vice-Chair, ILA / @unesco.org Chair, HBKU); Prof Rashad Ibadov (Dean, ADA Law School)
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Opening Plenary: Prof Patricia Kameri-Mbote (Director, @unep.org; Prof @astridpuentes.bsky.social Prof Iberoamericana Mexico); Adv Michael Strauss (General Counsel, @ebrd.bsky.social ); Prof Damilola Olawuyi (Vice-Chair, ILA / @unesco.org Chair, HBKU); Prof Rashad Ibadov (Dean, ADA Law School)