If you would like to have something included in next week’s announcements, please email gnhrewebsite@gmail.com and include ‘Announcements’ in the email title. We are especially interested in submissions outside of Europe and North America.

Call for Abstracts, Papers, and Submissions:

Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Transnational Ecological Conflicts – The role of judicial and non-judicial mechanisms (call for abstracts)
The ERC Curiae Virides Research Project hosted by the Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)), and funded by the European Research Council (ERC) of the European Union, in collaboration with the Public Law Department of the Law & Criminology Faculty of the VUB, the International Peace Information Service (IPIS), Avocats sans Frontières, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), and the Global Network of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) are organising a hybrid workshop in Arusha (Tanzania) on the role of judicial and non-judicial mechanisms in solving transnational ecological conflicts. The workshop will take place on the 19th, 20th and 21st of November 2024. Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 300 words and a short bio of the author(s)/ presenter(s). Deadline: September 10, 2024. See more here.

Irish Yearbook of International Law (papers)
The Editors of the Irish Yearbook of International Law invite submissions on any area of public or private international law for publication as an article in the Yearbook. Submissions are normally 10,000 to 12,000 words in length, although longer pieces will be considered. Submissions, comprising a brief 100-word abstract, article referenced in OSCOLA style, and confirmation of exclusive submission, should be sent to James Gallen (james.gallen@dcu.ie) by October 31, 2024. See more here.

Opportunities:

University College London – Climate Policy Creative Fellowship (London, England)
Policy to tackle climate change is not keeping up with the risks posed by climate change. There are lots of reasons for this but one of them is that climate risk information produced by scientists could be communicated in a way that is more helpful for decision-makers in the policy community. This programme responds to the need for science, arts and policy communities to collaborate on dynamic strategies for decision-making in response to climate risk. Through this Fellowship, participants will develop the skills, knowledge and practice to help policy audiences engage with climate risk information in ways that could improve their decisions. Submit expressions of interest by August 28, 2024. See more here. This Fellowship is for experienced creative storytellers who are keen to use their skills to enable policy action on climate change.

Center for Environmental Rights – Programme Head: Pollution and Climate Change (Cape Town or Johannesburg, South Africa)
The Centre for Environmental Rights is looking for a senior attorney to head, manage and direct our Pollution and Climate Change programme. Based in Cape Town or Johannesburg, this position is for an admitted attorney or advocate with 5 or more years’ litigation and legal advocacy experience post qualification, to strategically direct and oversee a number of environmental and Constitutional rights-based litigations in the programme. The candidate should have a particular interest in advocating for better environmental laws, litigating on behalf of affected communities, civil society organisations; and facilitating networking among relevant stakeholders and supporting activists. Application deadline: August 30, 2024. See more here.

University of Copenhagen – Postdoctoral Researcher (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Within EXPRESS2, the postdoctoral position at CLIMA aims to shed light on the climate and biodiversity related stressors for the social contract in the EU. The current social contract, which holds the balance between economic and social imperatives, is facing new and deeper divides due to environmental constraints. These constraints refer to the undergoing ecological crisis that produces a new landscape of vulnerable groups and rights and responsibilities of countries, citizens, and stakeholders. We are seeking an enthusiastic and outstanding post-doctoral candidate with a strong interest in environmental and climate change law and EU Law. Application deadline: September 1, 2024. See more here.

Events:

Third Annual Conference of the Western Sahara Research Group (in-person, London)
The Third Annual Conference of the Western Sahara Research Group, sponsored by the Centre for European and International Legal Affairs will be held on September 11, 2024 at Queen Mary, University of London. This event will interrogate Western Sahara’s international status and its ongoing significance from the vantage points of Public International Law, the law and policy of the European Union and International Relations/Politics. Register here.

Irish Yearbook of International Law – from PhD to Published (webinar)
The Editors of the Irish Yearbook of International Law are hosting a webinar for international law PhD students and Early Career Scholars who are new to academic publishing. We will share tips on turning a PhD chapter into an article, how to write a good book review, and what editors look for in terms of publication criteria. The webinar will take place on September 11, 2024 from 13:00-14:00 Irish time. Please register here by September 10, 2024 to receive a link to join.

Trade and climate change: managing policies on the road to net zero (in-person and online)
Trade and climate change policies have become increasingly interwoven. Subsidies for green industries often provoke tariffs, such as US actions over Chinese solar panels and electric vehicles. The European Union’s Emission Trading System (ETS) has set an increasingly high price on carbon emissions. But if high emission industries like steel, simply relocate and European consumers then buy the imported steel, this “carbon leakage” undermines the original policy. To tackle this problem, the European Union has introduced the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) which seeks to tax such imports to prevent carbon leakage – and to encourage other countries to also introduce carbon taxes. The UK is planning the same. But many countries are unhappy, claiming this is simply disguised protectionism.

To debate these issues, we bring together one of the designers of the CBAM, former MEP Luis Garicano, an LSE economic policy expert together with Maisa Rojas Corradi from Chile, a representative of the global South who potentially lose out from these policies. Catherine Wolfram who served in Joe Biden’s administration, will give a US perspective. Date: September 25, 2024 at LSE, London and online. Register here.

New Publications/Releases:

Amicus Curiae Brief: The Green Rights Coalition brief for the International Court of Justice on obligations of states in respect of climate change. Read here.

Article: Epistemic justice as energy justice: reflections from a transnational collaboration on hydropower and Indigenous rights, Sarah Kelly, Yngve Solli Heiret, Felipe Guerra-Schleef, Adriana Fajardo Mazorra, Nadine Lorini Formiga, Solange Acosta-Rodríguez & Maron Greenleaf; Climate and Development. Read here.

Article: Nature-based solutions are essential for climate and health action, Neil M Vora, Shweta Narayan, Aggrey Aluso, Camila I Donatti, Omnia El Omrani, Lee Hannah et al.; The Lancet. Read here.

Blog: How a landmark case against Norway’s oil and gas expansion could set a global legal precedent, Juni Haugan Holden; Greenpeace. Read here.

Journal, Special Edition: Harvard Human Rights Journal, Environment & Human Rights. Read here.