CDR (Carbon Dioxide Removal) Approaches: Friends or Foes?
04.05.2026
Manrique Naranjo Chavarría
The road towards the Paris Agreement was potholed, full of controversies and antagonizing positions of States. Ultimately, the normative value of some provisions of the Convention was left unclear (Rajamani,...
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- Symposium
- Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion
Strengthening International Climate Obligations beyond Paris
14.08.2025
Phillip Paiement
Corina Heri
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change concludes a 15-month period of rapid developments in the crystallization of international law as it pertains...
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- Symposium
- Climate Change Conference COP29
Litigating Corporate Responsibility for Climate-Related Loss and Damage
14.11.2024
Theresa Mockel
Johannes Wendland
Every time damage occurs, the simple question arises: Who should pay for it? For lawyers, the answer is frequently found in the time-tested principles of tort law. It is widely...
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International Problems Require International Answers
12.07.2023
Joel S. Bella
Julia Heuwing
This year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is expected to deal with several climate change cases, through which the complainants seek to hold their countries of origin responsible...
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Intergenerational Justice: From Courtroom to Politics?
29.08.2022
How to think long term in a short-term world? This is the question at the heart of Roman Krznaric’ book ‘The Good Ancestor’. Long-term thinking implies taking future generations into...
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