Markus W. Gehring

@mwgehring.bsky.social

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EU & International Sustainable Development Lawyer; Professor of European & International Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social Deputy Proctor @cam.ac.uk Fellow @eulegalstudies.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social. .. more

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Markus Gehring is an international jurist specialised in European and international trade law, and both fellow and director of studies in law at Hughes Hall at University of Cambridge. He is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. .. more

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to join @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Int'l Law and Security on Tuesday at 3pm for ‘Sustainable Development in EU Trade Agreements and New Informal Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs) – Fit for the 21st Century?’ in the Gilbert Scott Building.

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Markus W. Gehring – ‘Sustainable Development in EU Trade Agreements and New Informal Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs) – Fit for the 21st Century?’ – Glasgow Centre for International Law...

Delivering world-leading research, training, and consultancy

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you @iisd.org for this really good and well informed summary.
www.iisd.org/articles/ins...

COP 30 Outcome: What it means and what’s next

Belém left the world divided but spurred momentum on key issues that will continue beyond the conference.

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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 12h

Despite rumours of potentially protracted debate, delegates at #CITESCoP20 took less than an hour to pass a resolution to promote cooperation on the trade, management, and conservation of #eels.

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Photo credit: Charles J. Sharp.

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 1d

@clginitiative.bsky.social hosted over 3,300 participants @cop30brazil.bsky.social. #CLGD2025 was co-hosted by experts from Uni Caxias do Sul (UCS), Federal Uni Para (UFPA), FGV Law Rio and @cam.ac.uk & ILA, @ibanews.bsky.social, @cisdl.bsky.social

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Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) 2025 – Highlights & Outcomes Statement - Climate Law and Governance Initiative

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 Conferen...

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 1d

[email protected] hosted over 3,300 participants @cop30brazil.bsky.social. #CLGD2025 was co-hosted by experts from Uni Caxias do Sul (UCS), Federal Uni Para (UFPA), FGV Law Rio and @cam.ac.uk & ILA, @ibanews.bsky.social, @cisdl.bsky.social.

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Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) 2025 – Highlights & Outcomes Statement - Climate Law and Governance Initiative

www.climatelawgovernance.org

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 1d

Many thanks to Prof Anne Thies for inviting me to talk to the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for International Law & Security for a talk on the EU’s trade policy. Many thanks to all the participants of the seminar yesterday for our discussion. Thank you also to Prof Henry Lovat for hosting me after.

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 1d

Very thoughtful @verfassungsblog.de post by @katikulovesi.bsky.social and ; @oberthuerseb.bsky.social Shaping the EU’s 2040 Climate Target: Reforming the European Climate Law’s Procedural Climate Governance, 2025/11/24, verfassungsblog.de/eu-climat-la...

Shaping the EU’s 2040 Climate Target

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 1d

Do not miss today’s @eulegalstudies.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar with Prof Daniele Gallo of LUISS: 'Controversial Contemporary Direct Effect: Directives and Beyond'. Join us at 12.30 for lunch and the seminar at 1.00pm in B16
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social

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CELS Lunchtime Seminar: 'Controversial Contemporary Direct Effect:

Speaker: Professor Daniele Gallo, Luiss University, Italy Abstract: The seminar, building upon Professor Gallo’s book, Direct Effect in EU Law (EU Law Library Series, OUP, 2025), will explore the

www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 1d

Could 2026 be the year your career takes you to #Cambridge?

Explore our latest roles, plus more than 150 vacancies across our academic and professional services on our jobs page 👇
https://bit.ly/42Lm08d

An individual studying a large book at a reading desk in a library, with a 'We're hiring' banner displaying text about over 150 vacancies in professorial, academic, and professional service roles at the University of Cambridge.

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 3d

Time for the EU to adopt countermeasures against this overt violation of international law.

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 3d

This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.

The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.

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Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'

Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 3d

Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 3d

It is easy to criticise #COP30 but I think that undervalues what was achieved: the UNFCCC calls it a ‘landmark outcomes emerge from negotiations despite unprecedented geopolitical tensions’ cop30.br/en/news-abou...

COP30: landmark outcomes emerge from negotiations despite unprecedented geopolitical tensions

The conference in Belém consolidates political and technical advances. It projects Brazilian leadership and inaugurates a global mutirão (collective effort) against climate change

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 4d

Join the CULS x Cambridge Climate Society panel on 'Climate Change and the Law' examining the ICJ's 2025 Advisory Opinion on climate change.

Thursday 28 November 2025, attendees should arrive for 5:35pm for a 5:45pm-7pm talk
Venue: Fitzpatrick Hall, @queens.cam.ac.uk.

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 6d

Did you know that there's a wide range of scholarships, grants and bursaries at Cambridge for postgraduate study? Here are just a few of them.

Tap for a complete guide: https://bit.ly/4oOClBT

🚨 The deadline for most courses is early December so apply now.

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 6d

Really hoping #COP30 does not go backwards or let the dream of a netzero future go up in flames....

Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 6d

It's day 12 of #COP30 and finally we have movement on the text.

In summary, it looks like the small minority of opponents of transitioning away from fossil fuels have been allowed to run roughshod over this text.

But let's dive in...

Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 7d

It's day 11 of #COP30 and it's the second dawn without a new text.

Looks to be another fairly quiet day today until we get that draft text.

Reposted by Markus W. Gehring

European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 6d

🫧 Environmental rights MOP up in Geneva!

💁 This week, @eeb.org led NGOs at the 8th Meeting of the Parties of the Aarhus Convention - the international treaty which enshrines our environmental rights: access to justice, access to information and public participation.

Here's what went down 👇🧵

Reposted by UN Environment, Markus W. Gehring

IngerAndersen.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social · 6d

@unep.org is working with countries to ensure development is done in a climate smart way #ForPeopleForPlanet

During #COP30 in Belém, I had the chance to visit the CITinova II project, led by UNEP with GEF support, that is delivering more sustainable cities.

Read more: www.unep.org/gef/news-and...

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 6d

Please read Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social and @fionacostello.bsky.social's excellent @ukandeu.bsky.social Blog on Reform’s appetite to put the Brexit deal back in the oven - in my view, completely for the birds as the EU would go cold turkey on the UK.

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Reform’s appetite to put the Brexit deal back in the oven - UK in a changing Europe

Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello examine Nigel Farage's proposal to scrap welfare benefit access for EU nationals living in the UK.

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Alexander Kruska @akruska.bsky.social · 6d

Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records

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Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records - Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.

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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 6d

“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties,..."

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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 6d

Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 7d

It's day 11 of #COP30 and it's the second dawn without a new text.

Looks to be another fairly quiet day today until we get that draft text.

Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 8d

It's day 10 of #COP30 and several media are reporting more than 80 countries support a roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels.

Meanwhile, we're waiting on new text that was promised to drop this morning...

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to University of Geneva Prof Makane Moïse Mbengue for bringing us all together at the @cop30brazil.bsky.social Senegal Pavilion to discuss the Advisory Opinions on Climate Change.

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the @clginitiative.bsky.social this year @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30 - please read our outcome statement.
www.climatelawgovernance.org/climate-law-...

Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) 2025 – Highlights & Outcomes Statement - Climate Law and Governance Initiative

www.climatelawgovernance.org

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted that @ec.europa.eu has published the text of the new CTIP with South Africa before my talk next week (please note: not an international treaty: 'MOU is not intended to create rights or obligations under international or domestic law.' - policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-and-...

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 7d

Do not miss next week's @eulegalstudies.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar @cambridgelaw.bsky.social with Professor Daniele Gallo, Luiss University on 'Controversial Contemporary Direct Effect: Directives and Beyond' 12.30pm lunch, 1pm lecture. In person or online.
www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

CELS Lunchtime Seminar: 'Controversial Contemporary Direct Effect:

Speaker: Professor Daniele Gallo, Luiss University, Italy Abstract: The seminar, building upon Professor Gallo’s book, Direct Effect in EU Law (EU Law Library Series, OUP, 2025), will explore the

www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you again to all for participating in our Belem @cop30brazil.bsky.social @clginitiative.bsky.social Specialisation Course. Thank you again to our amazing partners, esp. Federal University of Pará. @cisdl.bsky.social @demedglobal.bsky.social

www.climatelawgovernance.org/specialisati...

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Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge @hugheshall.bsky.social · 8d

The latest issue of the The Owl magazine is here! 🦉

This special anniversary edition celebrates the inspiring stories behind our brilliant people today and over the last 140 years.

Read online now or pick up a physical copy around College!⬇️

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 9d

Of course - it is not in their interest to even acknowledge their international obligations. Too bad that the ICJ’s call for integrated thinking has not yet borne fruit.

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Natalie for you comprehensive analysis. Any reference to the ICJ Advisory Opinion at all in any of the texts?

Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 9d

Grateful to the UNFCCC @cop30brazil.bsky.social to allow us to share our @clginitiative.bsky.social results and share ideas about the Advisory Opinions on climate change. @cisdl.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social #COP30

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