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Call for Abstracts, Papers, and Submissions:
Essential Concepts of Human Rights and the Environment (essential concepts/book entries)
Professor Sumudu Atapattu, together with Routledge publishers, will be publishing a new book in the A-Z Guides for Environment and Sustainability series. Entries are between 500-1000 words plus a list of 5 references for further reading and the book serves as a quick reference guide to those who want to learn more about key terms used in this field but do not have time to read long articles or books. If you are interested in submitting an entry or entries (preferably several), please send an email to sumudu.atapattu@wisc.edu by May 15, 2025 with a short bio identifying the terms you are interested in writing. The first draft of the entries will be due on August 15, 2025. The terms identified for inclusion may be found here.
Climate Law in Europe: Taking Stock, Looking Forward (abstracts)
The European Association of Climate Law (EACL) invites submissions for its first Conference – a platform to discuss current developments, future challenges, and intergenerational justice in climate law. The conference features two separate calls for abstracts: one for the Early Career Researcher Workshop on the first day and one for the general session on the second day. All abstracts must have a maximum of 300 words and should clearly outline the research question, methodology, and key findings or arguments. Submissions should align with the conference theme and topics of interest. The submission deadline is May 31, 2025. See more here.
Calls for Input:
Human Rights Defenders Working on Climate Change and a Just Transition – issued by Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Purpose: To inform the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders on human rights defenders working on climate change and a just transition, to be presented to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in October 2025. Deadline: April 30, 2025. See more here.
On the Draft of General Comment No. 27 on Children’s Right to Access to Justice and to an Effective Remedy
Purpose: Call for submissions on the draft of general comment No. 27 on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy. Issues by the CRC. Deadline: June 30, 2025. See more here.
Opportunities:
Save the Children, Pacific Regional Climate Change Advisor (Regional: Pacific)
Reporting to the Pacific Regional PDQ Director, you will be part of the Pacific PDQ team and be responsible for providing technical support and strategic guidance for climate change work across Save the Children Country Offices in the Pacific, including Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Papua New Guinea, as well as providing specific support to our Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience project (VCCRP). To apply for the role, you need to be currently based in Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, or Papua New Guinea, or willing to move to Vanuatu. Application deadline: April 21, 2025. See more here.
Australian National University, PhD Positions – Cities as Transformative Agents for a Climate-Safe Future (Canberra, Australia)
We invite applications for three PhD positions to join the dynamic and collaborative team of researchers for the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship “Cities as Transformative Agents for a Climate-safe Future” awarded to Distinguished Professor Xuemei Bai at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University. The initial application deadline is April 30, 2025. We may close applications earlier if the positions have been filled. See more here.
University of Leeds, Climate Evidence Unit Senior Research Consultant (Leeds, England)
We have an exciting opportunity to work with our world-leading climate-related researchers as part of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures. As part of our expansion of the Climate Evidence Unit, the Priestley Centre is recruiting a Senior Research Consultant. The successful applicant will work with the Priestley Centre community and external organisations to translate existing research into evidence, projects and outputs that maximise climate ambition and action by supporting public and private sector decision making nationally and internationally. Application deadline: May 4, 2025. See more here.
Events:
Bringing Climate Justice to Life: Methodologies for Community Work (in-person, New York, US)
As climate change accelerates, so do its uneven impacts on poor and marginalised communities. Climate justice calls for human rights and principles of racial, inter-generational and restitutional justice to be applied to the fight for a sustainable world. As lawyers and practitioners how do we put these principles into practice? And how do we build the power of communities disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis and their movements for climate justice? Drawing on our speakers’ expertise in human rights practice and political theory, this event will explore the kinds of methodologies practitioners can adopt to support collective action by those most impacted by climate change. Date: April 15, 2025. Location: Columbia Law School. See more here.
The Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment Across Regions: Implementation, Enforcement and Future Directions (in-person, Southampton, England)
Coordinators: Dina Lupin, Associate Professor Southampton Law School. Distinguished Research Fellow; Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University and Rosemary Mwanza, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University. Date: April 24-25, 2025. See the full programme here.
University College Cork Law and the Environment 2025 – 21st Annual Conference (in-person, Cork, Ireland)
The prestigious Law and the Environment Conference is returning to UCC this May, celebrating its 21st year. The conference provides a regular forum for the expert presentation of legal developments and research results in the area of Environmental Law, Regulation and Policy. This year’s conference will take place on May 1, 2025 and will focus on Reframing Environmental Law for Accountability, Circularity, Sustainability and Justice. See more here.
New Publications/Releases:
Article: Bending the Arc of Law: Positivism Meets Climate Change’s Intergenerational Challenge, Ben Chester Cheong; TEL. Read here.
Article: The roles and values of the natural environment in Northern Uganda’s peace process: a conceptual document analysis, Maria Andrea Nardi and Alice Kasznar; Ecology & Society. Read here.
Blog: La Oroya – Assessing Human Rights Obligations, Dean Kristen Boon and Nickolas Eburne, ABILA. Read here.
Resolution: The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: the ocean and human rights, UN Human Rights Council. Read here.
Study: Continental Study On Climate Change and Children Rights in Africa, ACERWC. Read here.