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:

The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER) (trend articles)
The ABA SEER is now soliciting student submissions for its May/June 2025 issue of Trends, a bi-monthly newsletter on new cases, regulations, and issues in environmental, energy and resources law. Is there a pending case before the Supreme Court that interests you? What about a major decision from a Court of Appeals or state Supreme Court? Has your state passed a new environmental law or recently implemented a regulation? The May/June issue of Trends will be reserved for publishing student pieces of 750-1,000 words.  Only students pursuing a law degree (JD, LLM, or JSD) are eligible to submit. Deadline: March 1, 2025. See more here.

12th EELF Conference – Climate Adaptation and Resilience (abstracts)
The EELF annual conference is meant to be the major annual assembly of European Environmental Law scholars and practitioners. It provides a unique opportunity to meet colleagues from across Europe and to discuss topical issues of environmental law development and implementation. The conference combines plenary keynotes, parallel sessions and an attractive social program. It is addressed to both experienced senior experts and younger colleagues. The 12th 2025 Conference is hosted by Ghent University, The Netherlands, September 10-12, 2025 and will be dedicated to climate adaptation and resilience. Abstract deadline: April 15, 2025. See more here.
 
Opportunities:

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa – Advocacy Officer (Banjul, The Gambia)
IHRDA is seeking to recruit an Advocacy Officer to lead IHRDA’s work on mainstreaming advocacy into implementation of decisions of African human rights protection mechanisms as well as other advocacy-related activities within IHRDA’s three-fold mandate of ‘Defend’, ‘Educate’ and ‘Inform.’ The suitable applicant should be well-experienced in strategic litigation and have an in-depth knowledge of and familiarity with the African human rights system. Deadline: February 7, 2025. See more here.

University of Oxford – Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Vulnerability (Oxford, England)
Applicants are invited to apply for the position of Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations, to join the project “Varieties of Climate Vulnerability: Assessing Socio-Economic and Political Risks in the Anthropocene”, headed by Professor Federica Genovese (the Principal Investigator). The position is a full time fixed-term position for 2 years, ideally starting from October 1, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Application deadline: February 26, 2025. See more here.

Vermont Law School – Parenteau Climate Action Fellow (Vermont, USA)
The Vermont Law & Graduate School’s Environmental Law Center and Environmental Advocacy Clinic invite applications from recent or upcoming law graduates to serve as a one-year climate action fellow to begin in August 2025, with presumed renewal for one additional year (specific start and end dates are negotiable). The position combines an opportunity to conduct academic, legal, and/or policy research on climate law with responsibilities to work with student clinicians in the Environmental Advocacy Clinic on cutting-edge climate litigation and advocacy. This one-year position is presumptively eligible to renewal for one additional year, subject to VLGS needs. See more here.

Events:

Climate Adaptation Financed with Municipal Green Bonds in Cape Town and San Francisco – A Climate Justice Approach (in person – Amsterdam)
In this insightful discussion on the role of municipal green bonds in financing climate adaptation projects in urban environments, Héctor Herrera explores the critical need to address environmental racism and historical injustices in urban climate adaptation efforts. By applying a climate justice framework that is intersectional, reparative, and transformative, green bonds can move beyond traditional finance tools to actively dismantle inequities while building resilient urban futures. Date: February 12, 2025 at 12:00PM. Location: University of Amsterdam. Register here.

New Directions in Environmental Law (in person – Yale Law School)
This year’s New Directions in Environmental Law Conference will be hosted at Yale Law School and will analyze changes and emerging issues in environmental law. The past year has brought many challenges and opportunities to the field of environmental law: U.S. courts reversed central doctrines of Administrative Law, communities around the globe have increasingly felt the consequences of the climate crisis, and international courts began issuing advisory opinions on climate change. By bringing together practitioners, scholars, activists, and law students, we anticipate that NDEL 2025 will provide participants with opportunities for progressive conversation and change. Date: February 15, 2025. Register here.

Climate Rights of Children in Europe (online)
Join our outstanding group of expert speakers, including Benoît Van Keirsbilck,
Elisa Morgera, Szilvi Gyurkó, Gisela Sin Gomiz, Csaba Kiss from the Justice and Environment Network (J&E), as they discuss Climate Rights of Children in Europe – Insights on Participation and Access to Justice from the J&E ENRICH Project. Date: February 25, 2025 at 10:00AM CET. Register here.

New Publications/Releases:

Archived Tool: Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool. Access here.

Article: Indigenous Collective Rights to Consultation and Representative Speech, Dina Lupin and Leo Townsend; International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Read here.

Article: Litigating the Fit for 55 Package: Statutory and rights-based challenges to national energy and climate plans as a means of implementing and/or enhancing the ambition of the EU’s Fit for 55 Package, Orla Kelleher and Clodagh Daly; RECIEL. Read here.

Blog: Galamsey and the Struggle for Ghana’s Future: Environmental Degradation and the Resistance Movement, Benedicta Osei-Boateng; The GW Point Source. Read here.

Blog: Healthy Environment: A Human Right and Customary International Law, Astrid Puentes Riaño; IISD. Read here.