The Paris Climate Agreement: An Initial Examination
This working paper considers the legal structure and content of the 2015 Paris Agreement. He identifies and describes three main parts of the agreement – its goals, areas in which […]
Updated Report on Report on the Importance of Legal and Institutional Reforms in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the Paris Agreement
Led by University of Cambridge researchers Maeve McDermott and Valeria Zambianchi, this report finds that of 186 first-round NDCs, 169 explicitly mention legal and/or institutional reform; 14 implicitly mention legal […]
Legal Principles Relating to Climate Change
In 2014 the International Law Association adopted draft articles on the existing legal principles relating to climate change. These draft articles supplemented commentaries were developed by leading legal academics to […]
Legislating the Paris Agreement in Developing Countries
The success of the Paris Agreement on climate change depends on the capability of countries to implement their commitments, the nationally determined contributions (NDCs). In this connection, legislation – whether […]
156 Countries stress the importance of legal and institutional reforms in iNDCs, with 51 calling for law and governance capacity building
A new cross-cutting analysis of the (intended) Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDCs) submitted to the UNFCCC to date has been undertaken by an international team of legal researchers from the Centre […]
The Status of Climate Change Litigation : A Global Review
This joint report by UNEP and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law provides judges, advocates, researchers,and the international community with an of-the moment survey of global climate change litigation, […]
Development Implications of Climate-related Migration in the Pacific
In the years to come, climate-related shocks and trends will amplify the challenges and risks of displacement for the people of the Pacific. In this context, this paper analyses the […]
Assessment of Key Policy, Legal and Institutional Mechanisms Required for the Development and Implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Selected SEMED Countries
This report analyses, sector-specific barriers and opportunities for achievement of NDC priorities in Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco, with the aim of providing specific directions for further reform in all three […]
The Evolution and Governance Architecture of the Climate Change Regime by Daniel Bodansky and Lavanya Rajamani (2015)
Bondansky and Rajamani offer a historical and legal overview of the UN climate regime for its emergence through the different achievements and failures of the climate summits up to the […]
Preliminary Research Findings: Adaptation in the NDCs and INDCs under the 2015 Paris Agreement of the UNFCCC
In February 2017, an international team of legal researchers from the climate law and governance initiative undertook a cross-cutting comparative review of the Paris Agreement iNDC and NDC Databases to […]