Law

CEENRG Thursday seminars: ‘Human rights approaches to planetary crises: from climate change to plastic pollution’

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Speaker: Dr Samvel Varvastian (Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University) The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2024- 25 academic year. We live in the age of the triple planetary crisis – climate change…

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Friday Lecture: ‘The Law of State Succession: Principles and Practice’ – Dr Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey

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There is a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm in the Old Library at the Centre. All lecture attendees welcome. Register here if attending online Dr Arman Sarvarian will present his new monograph entitled The Law of State Succession: Principles and Practice to be published by Oxford University Press in April. The product of seven years’…

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CEENRG Thursday seminars: ‘Striving for a renewable energy system by 2030: notes from the Government’

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Speaker: Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett, Head of Policy and Strategy, Renewable Electricity Delivery UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2024- 25 academic year. Sulaiman is Head of…

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Varieties of Climate Agency with a special focus on Climate Litigation – An International Workshop – Day 2

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2 day International Workshop Day 1: 1.00 pm – 4.45 pm, Monday 4 November 2024 Day 2: 10.00 am – 3.30 pm, Tuesday 5 November 2024 Workshop Programme Against the background of existing scholarship on climate law and governance which has been attracting an international interdisciplinary research community (Climate Law and Governance Day @COP28), this…

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Varieties of Climate Agency with a special focus on Climate Litigation – An International Workshop

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2 day International Workshop Day 1: 1.00 pm – 4.45 pm, Monday 4 November 2024 Day 2: 10.00 am – 3.30 pm, Tuesday 5 November 2024 Workshop Programme Against the background of existing scholarship on climate law and governance which has been attracting an international interdisciplinary research community (Climate Law and Governance Day @COP28), this…

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CELS Lunchtime Seminar: ‘EU Antitrust Law’s Resilience: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’

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Speaker: Dr Andriani Kalintiri, King’s College London Abstract: Is EU antitrust law resilient in the face of change? This question has acquired prominence amidst the many crises and disruptions of recent times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and digitalisation. Attempts to answer it though have been rather…

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Friday lunchtime lecture: ‘The Rapidly Progressing Proposal for an International Anti-Corruption Court’ – Judge Mark L Wolf

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This lecture is a hybrid event. There is a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm in the Old Library at the Centre. All lecture attendees welcome. Register here if attending online Lecture summary: Grand corruption – the abuse of public office for private gain by a nation’s leaders (kleptocrats) – has devastating consequences. As then UN…

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Conference on International Dispute Settlement: Adjudicating International Crises

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in partnership with the LUISS Centre of International and Strategic Studies, Amsterdam Centre for International Law The dockets of international courts and tribunals are remarkably busy with cases concerning some of the most politicised and divisive international crises. From traditional disputes about territorial and/or maritime delimitation, immunities or diplomatic law, to allegations of international crimes…

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CEENRG Thursday seminars: ‘Debt-for-climate swap: An innovative climate finance mechanism’

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Speaker: Erik Grigoryan (Special Envoy of Armenia on Debt-for-Climate negotiations Founder & CEO, Environment Group) The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2023- 24 academic year. The challenge of climate change requires…

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Law in Focus: ‘Does the European Court of Human Rights dictate climate policy?’ – Stefan Theil

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On 9th April 2024 the European Court of Human Rights delivered Grand Chamber rulings in three cases relating to climate change: Carême v France Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 Others Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland In this video, Dr Stefan Theil discusses the extent to which the ECHR is prepared…

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