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CLIMATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE BLOG
Blog series from legal scholars and practitioners to raise awareness of legal and institutional challenges and responses related to climate change and stimulate debate within and beyond the legal community. It also features announcement and outcome summaries of past events
A Few Good Laws: Legal and Institutional Content of NDC 3.0 and What It Will Take to Deliver
Almost every new nationally determined contribution now says something about law and institutions: which ministry leads, how progress will be measured, what capacity is missing, and who, if anyone, checks
From Bonn to COP31: New Expert Insights on NDC 3.0, Just Transitions and Climate Accountability
Moving from Climate Commitments to Implementation International climate governance is entering a more demanding phase. The central question is no longer simply whether countries will make climate commitments, but whether
Climate, Nature & Sustainable Development in Turbulent Times: Advancing International Law and Governance after the UNFCCC COP30 & the IUCN WCC 2025 [Cambridge Roundtable 2026]
Law, Policy, and Action: COP30’s Shift in Climate Diplomacy “…holding a COP at the edge of the world’s largest rainforest have, of course, symbolic weight and (also) practical significance. The Amazon
Behind the Paris Agreement: Paul Watkinson Reflects on a Decade of Climate Diplomacy and the Future of Global Cooperation
How was the Paris Agreement negotiated behind closed doors? What enabled governments with profoundly different interests to reach consensus in 2015? And, amid growing geopolitical tensions, can multilateral climate diplomacy
Leadership from Climate Law in Practice 2025
CMS CMS has a leading international climate change and sustainability practice that supports businesses, investors, and governments in navigating the global net-zero transition. The firm’s cross-practice climate offering combines deep
Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) 2025 – Highlights & Outcomes Statement
Press Release with Interviews on Offer | UNFCCC COP30 Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) 2025 – Highlights & Outcomes Statement UNFCCC COP30, Belem, Brazil 20 November 2025 The 30th Conference