Tens and maybe hundreds of millions of people have been or are about to be displaced
because of rising sea levels or land degradation induced by global warming. In some cases, …

… Benoît Mayer’s book is seminal, as it tries to disentangle the complex use of language around
… We must thank Benoît Mayer for this intellectually dynamic analysis, which lays the ground …

Judges and scholars have interpreted human rights treaties as obligating states to mitigate
climate change by limiting their greenhouse gas emissions, an argument instrumental to the …

The Paris Agreement contains the first mention of human rights in a climate change treaty.
This article recounts the build-up of human rights advocacy since the Cancun Agreements. It …

An obligation of conduct is an obligation to make an honest endeavour, notwithstanding the
outcome. From the no‐harm principle to the United Nations Framework Convention on …

The debate on “Loss and Damage” (L&D) has gained traction over the last few years. Supported
by growing scientific evidence of anthropogenic climate change amplifying frequency, …

On 9 October 2018, the Court of Appeal of The Hague (the Netherlands) upheld the District
Court’s decision in the case of Urgenda, thus confirming the obligation of the Netherlands to …

This article analyzes the international law obligations that arise in relation to nationally
determined contributions (NDCs). It argues that distinct and concurrent obligations arise from two …

It has been argued elsewhere that industrial states were legally responsible for interfering
with the climate system by failing to prevent excessive greenhouse gas emissions. This paper …

Recent years have witnessed exciting developments in international negotiations, litigation,
and scholarship about climate change, but doctrinal research in the field remains in its …