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Decarbonization of International Shipping: Importance of Alternative ‘Green’ Fuels
by Joel Ong Jie Hao,* a Research Assistant at the Oceans Law and Policy Programme at the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. This publication is supported by the MPA-CIL Oceans Governance Research Programme 2023 funded by the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI-2023-MA-03). International shipping is a significant source of carbon…
Landmark Court Decision on Right to a Healthy Environment: La Oroya v Peru
By David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment. “Environmental degradation can cause irreparable damage to human beings, which is why a healthy environment is a fundamental right for the existence of humanity.” – Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 2024 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights handed down a landmark decision on Friday, March…
Early Career Researchers in viewing the Kaleidoscope of Solidarity Rights for Climate Justice: Some Take-aways from COP28
by Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Student with the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds. With COP28 tasked with the mission to chart the path forward after the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement, Sultan Al-Jaber, the president of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company leading the Summit, sources exposing the presence of 2,456 fossil fuel…
Recognizing the Right to a Healthy Environment at the Council of Europe: Why it matters
by Corina Heri, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Zurich, Linnéa Nordlander, Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen, and Annalisa Savaresi, Professor at University of Stirling and Associate Professor, University of Eastern Finland. Established in 1949, the Council of Europe (CoE) is the world’s oldest human rights system. It now stands at a pivotal juncture, grappling…
La contribución del Acuerdo de Escazú a la justicia ambiental en América Latina: Una exploración empírica a través de la litigación climática
This piece is part of GNHRE’s series dedicated to climate litigation in Latin America. Our second piece is by Gastón Medici-Colombo – he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Barcelona and Associate Researcher at the Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies (CEDAT). The original English version of this post was published on the Green Diplomacy blog…
