Tejas Rao

ICJ Advisory Opinion: Fossil Fuel Feuds in The Hague By Harro van Asselt, Hatton Professor of Climate Law, Department of Land Economy and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge; and Tejas Rao, PhD Researcher, Department of Land Economy, University of Camb...

In a new blog, @tejasrao.bsky.social & I reflect on some of the key findings from the #ICJAO on #fossilfuels

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Job Vacancy: Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term) Application deadline: 27th October 2025.

🌏✨We are looking for a Research Associate in Climate Governance, who will work with @harrovanasselt.bsky.social on the EU-funded ACCLIMATE project. The application deadline is 27th October 2025. 🔗See here on our website for more details, including how to apply: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/job-...

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

Non-Compliance Procedures This report surveys key developments in 2024, and one development in 2023, across the non-compliance procedures of several multilateral environmental agree

Delighted to see this new article by @tejasrao.bsky.social out: ‘Non-Compliance Procedures’ (2024) 35 Yearbook of International Environmental Law, discussing key developments of NCPs in MEAs. @landeconomy.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @demedglobal.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social

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Quote: COPs have moved from the sidelines to center stage as playmakers in international lawmaking.

The ICJ’s climate advisory opinion elevates Conferences of the Parties (COPs) from largely diplomatic forums to potential legal norm-makers. ⚖️🌍

SEBASTIÁN RIOSECO and TEJAS RAO (@tejasrao.bsky.social) explore the implications of this evolving governance model.

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The Great Reset: The ICJ Reframes the Conduct Responsible for Climate Change Through the Prism of Internationally Wrongful Acts For the last six years, together with a handful of colleagues and friends from around the world, we have worked with the Government of Vanuatu to develop and implement a legal strategy to turn the asp...

The Great Reset: The ICJ Reframes the Conduct Responsible for Climate Change Through the Prism of Internationally Wrongful Acts | by @mwewerinke.bsky.social and Jorge Viñuales

New policy brief highlights procedural failures in global climate negotiations Dr Monserrat Madariaga Gomez de Cuenca and Tejas Rao publish policy brief on how procedural inequities are undermining global climate action

New policy brief by Dr Monserrat Madariaga Gómez de Cuenca (UCL Laws) & Tejas Rao (Cambridge) shows how procedural gaps in UN climate talks affect participation by developing countries & limit global progress. 🌍⚖️

Read: shorturl.at/zUjGc

#COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice @tejasrao.bsky.social

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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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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♻️ 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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Implementation of international treaties happens at all levels to advance the SDGs says Adv @tejasrao.bsky.social @usi.ch Event @cisdl.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social

🌍 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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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.

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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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.

🚀 Now in #EarlyView @recieljournal.bsky.social: What can space law teach us about governing solar geoengineering?

Rachel Neef explores the surprising relevance of liability, supervision & peaceful use rules for solar radiation modification.

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Quote: This pattern should concern international legal scholars globally

Do you also find it hard to keep track of the multiple international law violations by the 2025 Trump administration?

@mwgehring.bsky.social and @tejasrao.bsky.social got you covered with an overview, starting with the first six weeks of the Trump administration.

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🆕 published in @recieljournal.bsky.social: @grahambutler.bsky.social analyzes two significant 2023 CJEU rulings on deposit return schemes and their complex relationship with EU internal market principles.

Read here, now in Early View and fully #openaccess:

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🆕in @recieljournal.bsky.social: Can litigation of National Energy & Climate Plans enhance EU climate ambition? @orlakelleher.bsky.social and Clodagh Daly examine how rights-based challenges could strengthen the Fit for 55 Package implementation.

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New @recieljournal.bsky.social: Bastiaan Klerk analyzes the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, focusing on the treatment of the relationship between UNCLOS and the Paris Agreement. Must-read as we await more climate change advisory opinions in 2025!

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Start your 2025 right! Now available, Elisa Cavillin examines how biochar and EU law can transform industrial agriculture toward sustainability - a timely analysis of CAP, organic & carbon farming policy intersections.

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#Sustainability #Biochar

Shall we dance? Shall we dance, my friends? Shall we play that agonizing game of waiting to take to the dance floor when the music is playing in the background? Shall we pretend we don’t hear the melody call…

The change of the year in the Gregorian calendar marks out another opportunity to reflect on the way we sway with words, and my eternal tango with blogging: tejasrao.net/2025/01/01/s...

Need reading for the holidays? Start with Łukasz Augustyniak's crucial case note on Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV in @recieljournal.bsky.social - landmark shift in Aarhus Convention implementation and environmental NGO standing rights in EU law, now in Early View.

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Preparing for Week 2 of the ICJ hearings and need a quick brief of what's at stake & why? Here are some thoughts, authored with @mwgehring.bsky.social and Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger in response to questions from @verfassungsblog.de.

Thank you @mwgehring.bsky.social - looking forward to speaking at this event. Please do come by and say hello if you are on the ground in Riyadh!

Just ahead of 2024, we were graced by a revised draft text of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment was released. Happy to see language on 'implementation and compliance' develop.

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