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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 2d

The Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice: A Decade Before the Courts (2015-2025)

The Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice: A Decade Before the Courts (2015-2025) Report identifies and examines trends and developments in the interpretation of the Right to Healthy Environment ...

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 2d

Environmental Justice in Law School Curricula and The Hong Kong Context

<p>Environmental Justice in Law School Curricula and The Hong Kong Context</p>

Climate change poses an existential threat, disproportionately impacting marginalized communities. This article explores integrating environmental justice princ

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 2d

CCS Issues Guide to Help Businesses Make Clear and Accurate Product Claims

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 2d

SVI and GAIL Join Forces to Advance the True & Fair Project Worldwide

SVI and GAIL join forces to advance the True & Fair Project worldwide — Social Value International

What does it take to make company accounts reflect reality? At Social Value International (SVI), we believe the answer lies in bringing together legal requirements with accounting frameworks. That’s w...

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 2d

Movement Lawyering Matters

By Cynthia Houniuhi, Aditi Shetye, Johanna Gusman, and Joie Chowdhury Since the delivery of the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on States’ obligations in respect of c...

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 6d

Over 3,000 climate litigation cases are reshaping global climate policy today

Nairobi, 3 October 2025 – Climate litigation is now being pursued across more countries than ever before, according to a report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Cen...

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 12d

Climate risk is professional risk – new tools for commercial lawyers

Climate risk is professional risk - new tools for commercial lawyers

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 15d

Smart-Mix or Stupid Assurances? How Businesses Used Voluntary Initiatives to (De)Legitimize Supply Chain Regulation

Smart‐Mix or Stupid Assurances? How Businesses Used Voluntary Initiatives to (De)Legitimize Supply Chain Regulation

Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) policies seem to represent a pathbreaking shift from voluntary measures to binding rules for global supply chains. Yet these policies en....

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 15d

From Sidelines to Center Stage
Conferences of the Parties (COPs) as Legal Playmakers

From Sidelines to Center Stage

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 15d

Lessons for COP30: 3 Reasons Why Environmental Treaties Consistently Fail

3 Reasons Why Environmental Treaties Consistently Fail

Environmental treaties consistently fail to translate into concrete action because of poor clarity, excessive breadth, and a lack of depth.

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

The future of ESG in a divided world: How is that affecting distributorships?

The future of ESG in a divided world: How is that affecting distributorships? | International Bar Association

A webinar presented by the IBA International Commerce and Distribution Committee and the IBA Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Committee Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) including diversity & ...

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

First treaty to protect marine life in high seas to take effect in January

World’s first-ever pact aims to fight threats like climate change, over-fishing and deep-sea mining.

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

Trump Administration Steps Back from International Environmental Cooperation

As part of a series of short articles in the American Journal of International Law on the effects of the Trump administration on international law, this article

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

Singapore firm rejects US$1 billion Sri Lankan pollution damages

SINGAPORE: A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday (Sep 23) it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that country's worst case of environmental

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

An International Study on Coral Reef Litigation: The Fiction of Ecological Remedy

Ship groundings and oil spills continue to destroy coral ecosystems with impunity, despite growing global attention to reef degradation. Yet, the complex task o

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

Fukushima’s Nuclear Wastewater Discharge: The Law and Environmental Justice Dilemma

Fukushima’s Nuclear Wastewater Discharge: The Law and Environmental Justice Dilemma – GNHRE

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

The Legal Power of Highest Possible Ambition: Setting Legal and Scientific Indicators to Assess Highest Possible Ambition under Article 4(3) of the Paris Agreement

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

TRAGEDY OF THE HORIZON
10 YEARS ON

Tragedy of the Horizon

10 years after this famous climate finance risk speech, experts are taking stock: What progress has been made? and, What needs to change?

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

Evolving frameworks for sustainable finance: regulatory and market trends across jurisdictions

Evolving frameworks for sustainable finance: regulatory and market trends across jurisdictions | International Bar Association

A webinar presented by the IBA Banking & Financial Law Committee, supported by the IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee and the IBA’s Legal Policy & Research Unit The session will explore how evolving ESG reg...

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

How fiduciary duty is shaping pension fund attitudes towards climate risk

Pensions funds are wrestling with questions about how fiduciary duty applies to sustainability issues, says legal epert Zaneta Sedilekova.

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: Does It Throw a Wrench into the Negotiator’s Toolbox of Diplomatic Problem-Solving Techniques?

The International Court of Justice’s recent Advisory Opinion on Climate Change (AO) has been widely celebrated by many States, non-governmental groups, and commentators as a victory for climate ambiti...

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

UN expresses concern over Express Pearl’s refusal to pay compensation to Sri Lanka

UN Expresses Concern Over Express Pearl’s Refusal To Pay Compensation To Sri Lanka

The United Nations has taken note of Singapore’s refusal to accept a Supreme Court order to pay $1 billion in compensation for the Express Pearl maritime

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

Overloading’ and Separation of Powers Arguments: Reflections on Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia

‘Climate Overloading’ and Separation of Powers Arguments: Reflections on Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia — Australian Public Law

Liz Hicks

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

The corporate governance trilemma

Abstract. The thesis of this Article is that the ESG movement has been stunted by the failure to appreciate a trilemma: you cannot have responsive governan

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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · 16d

Singapore to update carbon credit eligibility list following first purchase of nature-based credit

Singapore to update carbon credit eligibility list following first purchase of nature-based credits

Project developers using these methodologies must meet the Republic's safeguards. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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