Climate Litigation
Professor Christina Eckes has written a blogpost for the website, European Law Blog on the implications of KlimaSeniorinnen for the EU’s 2040 emissions reduction commitment. ”Following some pushback, the European Commission postponed the release of the EU’s 2040 emission reduction…
From 22 to 23 May 2025, members of the University of Amsterdam’s Strategic Climate Litigation team will participate in the annual conference of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), hosted this year in Brussels by the Université libre de…
In their legal analysis of the sustainability of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, Christina Eckes and Piotr Krajewski identify among other things relevant legal requirements for the EU’s trade policy flowing from the European Court of Human Right’s ruling in KlimaSeniorinnen.…
The ELFA (European Law Faculties Association) Awards recognize outstanding doctoral work that advances the understanding of European Law. Dr. Alberto Nicòtina received a special recognition from the jury for his thesis titled “Constitutional Strategies in the Face of Multi-Level Governance:…
7 May 2025 The Amsterdam Law Forum is hosting a panel discussion on “Climate Justice on Trial” featuring top experts in law and social sciences on 7 May 2025 from 14:00. Alberto Nicotina is one of the experts and will…
8 May 2025 The Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES) is organising a book presentation with Dana Schmalz on Thursday 8 May. Dana published a book last year titled ‘The Population Argument‘ about the dark sides and fallacies of population…
On 14 April we were very pleased to welcome Dr. Emily Barritt, Junior Chair Professor at Paris Dauphine University, for an engaging lecture and discussion on the role of the Aarhus Convention in advancing climate justice – particularly in the…
On 31 March we welcomed Professor Hans Lindahl (Tilburg University) to share his research on representation with its relevance and limits in the democratic process, and in relation to litigation. In his lecture, Professor Lindahl offered a reconciliation of climate…
A North Dakota jury has ruled that Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars over pipeline protests. In their latest article for Verfassungsblog, Professors Christina Eckes and Phillip Paiement argue that the Greenpeace case is a significant test for…
(Is ING doing enough in the climate crisis? ‘A broad debate on responsibility is needed’) Professor Christina Eckes was quoted in this article for Nd.nl. 31 March. Written by Petra Noordhuis. Milieudefensie has summoned the bank ING with a demand…
