Harro van Asselt

@harrovanasselt

Professor 丨Affiliated Researcher 丨Visiting Researcher 丨Editor 丨Climate change law and policy geek

Utrecht, The Netherlands
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    8 Oct 2021

    📢New article alert! What does international law say about leaving in the ground to meet the goals? And how could it evolve to do so? I explore these questions in a new article in 🧵

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    Feb 2

    "The has global visibility and symbolic power, and inclusion of gas has done some real damage to this symbol”, says in . It’s likely that 🇺🇸🇮🇳🇬🇧🇸🇬🇿🇦🇮🇩 and others will "consider including gas in their own taxonomies".

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    Feb 2

    The 2022 IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium website is LIVE: . The '22 Colloquium is being planned as a hybrid event, to be held virtually AND in Brisbane hosted by . We'd love to see you there either in person or online!

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    Jan 31

    🌱 Stat in EU auditors report on energy taxation: The 27 EU countries spend €55bn every year on fossil fuel subsidies (despite repeated pledges to phase out), *15* of those spend more on fossil than renewable energy subsidies

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    Jan 31

    What should be the fate of RWE and Uniper's ICSID arbitrations on the Netherlands Coal Phase-Out after the ECJ Komstroy decision? and I discuss this here 👉 Spoiler alert: RWE and Uniper should never have filed their claims.

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    Jan 27

    DC court affirms something basic: If you expand oil production, you also expand oil consumption and, therefore, emissions from burning oil. (1/n)

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    Jan 27

    To effectively enhance the global stocktake needs to: ✅ focus on implementation as well as target raising ✅ involve & be relevant to a range of stakeholders ✅ mobilise domestic action ✅ consider a sectoral approach. ICYMI ➡️

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    Jan 25

    What a day at ! Kicking-off the committee discussions on , INTA Rapporteur says a big and clear NO to the granting of export rebates to EU industries. “We must never be tempted to subsidize our emissions when they are exported out of the EU (1/2)”

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  9. Jan 25

    There's a few more days to submit abstracts for the Call for Papers for on international , guest edited w/ . Find the full CfP here:

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  10. Jan 24

    Very much looking forward to this defence!

    Online PhD defense by our supervisee w/ . Describing the evolution of the REDD+ normative framework through the UNFCCC COP, UN-REDD, World Bank and bilateral cooperation and analyzing this in light of traditional understandings of international lawmaking.
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    Jan 21

    Programme and priorities of the German presidency, with a cooperative and open international climate club featuring as No.1 priority -

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    Jan 21

    Regulatory chill🚨- New Zealand did not become a full member of alliance (BOGA) because further restrictions on oil and gas industry could have sparked investor-state disputes. Threat of is blocking progress on supply-side policy.

    🇳🇿 did not join to avoid claims via
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    Jan 20

    At the , we're initiating the first sustained multilateral consideration of the impact of investment treaties on climate policies. The first step is a global public consultation: Please share widely. 1/4

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    Jan 20

    How much does the sector rely on investment arbitrations to protect their assets? In the new report I published with , I analyse the extent to which the system protects fossil fuel investments: 👇👇

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    Jan 19

    New paper from Agora Industry on why we need this in the EU after all, but how to be careful when implementing it. See our proposals on exports, resource shuffling and use of revenues.

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    Jan 19

    During his address at the in , German Chancellor reiterates his call for the creation of a which he says would represent a “change of paradigm & create a competitive advantage for low carbon industries by agreeing on joint mini standards”

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    Jan 19

    The doctoral dissertation of Eugenia Recio will be examined on 1 March 2022. The Opponent will be Professor Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam, and the Custos Professor Kati Kulovesi. Public examination will be streamed live.

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    Jan 19

    The latest OA installment in the special issue on just out: where we invite fellow epistemic travellers to explore ESL!

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    Jan 19

    📢 The programme for the CCEEL Seminar Series in Spring 2022 has now been published‼️ These 3️⃣ webinars will focus on trends in the ! For more info and free registration ▶️

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    Jan 18

    Contrary to the UK Government/industry spin on this decision, the High Court accepted today that the UK Government is paying billions of ££ in public money to oil & gas companies, which means that some oil and gas companies receive more in public money than they pay in tax. /1

    I welcome today's High Court judgment Turning off North Sea oil and gas overnight would put energy security, jobs and industries at risk - and make us even more dependent on foreign imports This has to be a transition, not extinction.
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    Jan 14

    Words defeat me: "Norway is set to boost its petroleum output by more than 9% by 2024". Just like Australia's ongoing expansion of coal mines... in 2022. Legal and public action are the only way forward, when science is ignored by politicians:

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