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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · 15d

Now available #openaccess in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Harris & Ciscato map barriers & facilitators to scaling nature restoration in Italy under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (2024/1991).

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#NatureRestoration #EUlaw #Italy

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · 19d

New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Cirkovic & Pedersen compare Climate Advisory Committees in DK, FI, DE & UK. Despite different designs, CAC advice often stalls when it hits entrenched economic interests (agri, forestry, aviation, transport).

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Sep 11

How are China and the EU experimenting with hydrogen regulation?

Xiaohan Gong compares China’s localised, devolution-based experimentation vs the EU’s centrally framed, derogation-based model and its iimplications for legal certainty, market creation and innovation.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Sep 3

Now in #EarlyView @recieljournal.bsky.social

When corporate law meets climate loss: Preston Wong examines the rise of shareholder-led climate litigation across the UK, EU, US & Australia, and the various pathways and hurdles faced in these claims.

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MOBILE - Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law @mobileucph.bsky.social · Aug 12

Excited to share a new publication by our PhD fellow Leonora Staerfeldt in the special issue of @recieljournal.bsky.social!

It reveals how international law’s temporal blind spots enable illegal e-waste to flow from high- to low-income countries – often disguised as legitimate reuse.

Link below ⬇️

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jul 14

How can legal doctrine support grassroots-led climate mobilisation?

Alan Żukowski’s new article analyses the RAS case in Poland and introduces critical doctrinal analysis as a method for examining strategic climate litigation within democratic backsliding.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jul 10

Can private actors fund biodiversity restoration at scale?
A new RECIEL article analyses China’s efforts to align CBD restoration goals with national law, through land exchanges, PPPs & public-welfare models, while warning of ecological trade-offs.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jul 9

Can the courtroom become the frontline of global plastics accountability?

A new @recieljournal.bsky.social article by Josselin Stone tracks how litigation is reshaping environmental justice, one case at a time.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jul 8

How should cultivated meat be regulated: as a fast track to sustainability, or a moment for deeper food system reflection?

This new RECIEL article by Hope Johnson and Alessandro Monaco maps legal responses across five jurisdictions and unpacks the values shaping them.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jul 3

What does ‘stability’ mean for climate law?

Sai Ma, Simon Schaub & Joan Enguer explore Spain’s renewable energy reforms & investor disputes to unpack how legal & political science lenses diverge on ‘regulatory stability’ and why that matters for the energy transition.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jul 2

How open is the EU when preparing for UN climate talks? Tuula Honkonen (@cceel.bsky.social) explores the tension between strategic secrecy and civil society participation in the EU’s climate diplomacy.

Newly published, #openaccess:

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jun 30

How should we understand ‘meaningful participation’ in EU climate governance?

Ricarda Faber (@giz.de), Deyana Kocher & Matthias Duwe (@ecologic.eu) critically examine multilevel climate and energy dialogues under Article 11 of the Governance Regulation.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jun 26

Used electronics often fall into a grey zone: not quite products, not yet waste.

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Leonora Kleppa Stærfeldt examines how this legal ambiguity fuels illegal e-waste exports under WTO and Basel Convention rules and why international law must grapple with temporality.

RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jun 25

♻️ A circular economy isn’t always a safe one.

New and #opanaccess: Joonas Alaranta & @mimiet.bsky.social examine how REACH & socio-economic analysis handle hazardous substances in recycled materials and how the SSbD framework could offer a more sustainable path.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jun 24

How do African regional courts interpret sustainable development?
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In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Jebby Romanus Gonza explores how institutions like the ECOWAS Court and African Commission balance environmental protection with socio-economic rights across landmark cases.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jun 20

How is China greening its investment treaties? Not by default, but by design. In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Shixue Hu examines China’s “instrumentalist” treaty-making, balancing flexibility with fragmentation.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Jun 17

New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Nature-based solutions in the energy transition: A legal perspective.

Eirik Finserås explores how nature-based solutions (NBS) like agrivoltaics & marine habitat restoration can deliver net positive impacts, discussing its legal status.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · May 29

Can EU law safeguard those yet to be born? In her new RECIEL article, Katalin Sulyok reveals how existing “textual hooks” can be repurposed by the Commission, co-legislators & CJEU to future-proof EU policy.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · May 26

In early view, Katrien Steenmans explores legal risks of Extended Producer Responsibility as a tool for circular economy transition. Based on a scoping review + stakeholder survey, the piece maps key risks: regulatory uncertainty, liability, IP, monitoring & justice gaps.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · May 15

Also in this issue: Original work on investor obligations, REDD+, space law & SRM, deforestation rules, the ICJ’s climate role, and landmark cases like Finch and Shell v Milieudefensie. Book reviews, case notes, and big-picture reflections on climate law’s future. 🌍

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · May 15

Volume 34(1) of the @recieljournal.bsky.social is now live.
With the issue exploring how EU climate and trade law are evolving under the Green Deal with deep dives into forests, litigation, circularity, and the role of law in accelerating transition.
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Fit for 55 and Beyond: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law: Vol 34, No 1

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Apr 28

🌍 EU data law talks about privacy and innovation — but what about climate impact? In the @recieljournal.bsky.social, Enrique Santamaría Echeverría argues we need a paradigm shift: from anthropocentric to ecocentric data governance.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Apr 7

Can international investment law align with climate goals?

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In @recieljournal.bsky.social, Bingyu Liu & Shuyi Ai argue it must—proposing binding investor obligations in IIAs to balance regulatory power, climate justice & accountability.

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Apr 3

New in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Elena Sandulli examines the EU Deforestation-free Products Regulation (#EUDR) through the lens of public international law.

Can the EU address deforestation without overstepping state sovereignty?

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RECIEL @recieljournal.bsky.social · Apr 3

Waiting on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change? So are we.

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In #EarlyView on @recieljournal.bsky.social, Xi Ning & Cuibai Yang explore what judicial activism from the ICJ might mean in this moment: a Court caught between legal tradition, and scientific urgency.

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