Dan Bodansky

Getting to Yes on the Plastics Agreement: Time for More Plasticity? A thorough survey of tools that can be used to bridge divides in negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution.

The process to negotiate a plastic pollution treaty will resume in Geneva in August. How might negotiators bridge their differences in order to reach agreement? Sue Biniaz,
Maria Ivanova, and I survey some of the options in a new piece on Just Security.
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Why a Global “Moratorium” on Solar Radiation Management Deployment Should Get a Chilly Reception A bottom-up norm-setting approach would rectify the concerns of agreeing to a global moratorium on solar radiation management deployment.

As interest in solar radiation management has grown, so have calls for a global deployment moratorium.

With #DGF2025 underway in Cape Town, Susan Biniaz and @bodansk.bsky.social argue for a better path:

A bottom-up, norm-setting approach that addresses concerns w/o stalling critical research:

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ICYI, I discuss with @nickbreeze.genn.cc on his podcast, @genn.cc, the effects of US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the role of non-state actors, the second edition of The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law, and a variety of other intl envtl topics. genn.cc/internationa...

In this podcast for The Climate Show, I discuss the second edition of my book, The Art and Craft of International Law, co-authored with Harro van Asselt. Thanks to Professor Beatriz Martinez Romera and her CLIMA team for their excellent job recording the episode!

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Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children (Gift Article) I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

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The Most Important Negotiation You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of Next week, states will convene in Busan, South Korea, for the fifth – and in theory final – session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding …

The UNEP negotiations to develop a treaty to limit plastic pollution start up again this week in Busan, Korea. For my take: www.ejiltalk.org/the-most-imp...