2019 Climate Law & Governance Student Essay Competition Winners Announced

The winners of the 2019 Global Climate Law & Governance Student Essay Competition were announced at a special awards ceremony during Climate Law & Governance Day on 6 December 2019 at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. We are delighted to announce the list of winners below. Congratulations to every student who participated.

GOLD AWARD WINNERS

NameCountryUniversityTitle
Claudia LaceyUKUniversity of BristolDisposing the Corporate Paradigm: Tackling Climate Change Caused by Oceanic Plastic Bag Pollution
Christopher ChristiaanseNetherlandsDelft University of TechnologyZen and the Art of Emission Reduction
Sofia Salmón PerrilliatMexicoQueen Mary University of LondonLa opinión pública y las normas “no vinculantes” como el mecanismo más efectivo para la protección del medio ambient y el combate al cambio climático

SILVER AWARD WINNERS

NameCountryUniversityTitle
Hayley PringAustraliaOxford UniversityTwo-Level Linkage: Linking Heterogenous Climate Policies through Trade Agreements
Marta PereiraSpainUniversidad Nacional Española a DistanciaLa regulación sobre cambio climático enfocada a sectores concretos del mercado y el desarrollo de sus estrategias.
Anusheh FawadCanadaUniversity of WaterlooExamining Gender Responsive Implementation in National Climate Change Policies

BRONZE AWARD WINNERS

NameCountryUniversityTitle
Bea Jian Wei EricSingaporeNational University of SingaporeIf you like SDGs, then you Shoulda Put a Price on It
Eric BelgorodskiGermanyLudwig-Maximilians Universität MunichEU Action under Article 14 UNFCCC: Enforcing International Climate Change Law through Dispute Settlement
Teo Tze SheSingaporeNational University of SingaporeSynergies between Climate Change & Biodiversity: An Ecosystem-based Approach under the Paris Agreement
Carolina SerranoChileUniversidad de ChileParticipación ciudadana y desarrollo sustentable. La importancia de generar una relación de cooperación sostenida en el Siglo XXI

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

NameCountryUniversityTitle
Nirmalya ChaudhuriIndiaWest Bengal National University of Juridical SciencesThe Role of International Criminal Law in Combating Climate Change
Esther JaromitskiGermanyLeiden University CollegeThe United States President and International Environmental Law
Pablo T RasmussenUSHarvard UniversityThe World’s “Best Idea”: Promoting Global Land Conservation
Sean SutherlandUKUniversity of BristolDo human rights-based approaches to the protection of biodiversity threaten the ecological conservation objectives underpininng this field of law?
Carlos A. Cruz CarrilloMexicoGraduate Institute of International and Development StudiesClimate Change Litigation and the Fossil Fuel Emissions: The Resistance Strikes Back
Francisca Soto MonteverdeChileUniversity College LondonAre Legal Institutions Well-adapted to Environmental Problems? The case of Chile and the US as Examples of Presidential Systems
Rodrigo Castillo JofréChileUniversidad de ConcepciónEl agua como bien común: una nueva perspectiva para el control de los efectos hídricos del cambio climático en Chile
Rahul RameshAustraliaMonash UniversityEnvironmental Governance in India: Constitutional Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility and International Relations