Corporate climate disclosure rules are under development in several jurisdictions, with California and the European Union (EU) leading the way. A controversial and unresolved matter in this area is the inclusion and measurement of Scope 3 emissions—i.e., indirect emissions from a company’s supply chain. This blog post—the second in […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule on climate disclosures for investors still faces an uncertain future in the courts. Meanwhile, other jurisdictions are filling the void. On October 10, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released draft reporting templates for corporate emissions disclosures required under state law. This […]
Climate change presents one of the most disruptive challenges for contemporary legal systems. One aspect of climate change as a legal problem that is especially disruptive concerns the determination and extent of the duties of governments to address its causes and consequences. In this post, I analyze landmark climate litigation […]
As the climate crisis accelerates, it has become increasingly clear that its consequences are not distributed equally. Marginalized and vulnerable communities, particularly Indigenous peoples, low-income nations, and small island states are disproportionately affected despite contributing the least to climate degradation. This disparity has spurred calls for climate reparations: a framework […]
The reality of L&D is increasingly being recognized in international climate negotiations, academic discourses, and policymaking. Although mitigation strategies and adaptation efforts are being implemented on various scales and in diverse forms around the world, the devastating impacts of the warming climate are already being experienced by numerous communities. Unfortunately, […]
Climate change is a common concern for humankind. The physical changes in the climate system have devastating impacts on human and natural ecosystems—for example, loss of ecosystems, forced human mobility and displacement, etc. While everyone is impacted to some extent, those living in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or Small Island […]
On January 9, 2023, Chile and Colombia requested an advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) regarding the human rights obligations of States in the context of climate change. In response to the Court’s request for amici curiae briefs, three academic researchers and I, on behalf of […]
At the Sabin Center, we have been writing about international legal guidelines that should guide governance discussions of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) under the London Convention and Protocol. We published a white paper, and followed that up with two blogs (see here and here) summarizing the findings of that […]