The Santa Marta Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Last week, the Santa Marta Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels took place in Colombia, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands. Below some background on how the conference came into being,
COP 31 Presidency Arrangements
Turkey and Australia split COP31: Turkey hosts while Australia leads negotiations. This move breaks the deadlock but raises significant legal challenges for the Climate Presidency.
The legality of the United States’ withdrawal from the UNFCCC
On Wednesday, 7th January 2026, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, published a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organisations, including, among them, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
15 Years of Legal Expertise for Climate Justice
This LRI report highlights the organisation's key achievements, the lessons learned over 15 years of experience, and our vision for the future.
Landmark verdict in Luciano Lliuya v. RWE AG: German court dismisses claim while opening door for corporate climate accountability
Introduction On 28 May 2025, the Hamm Higher Regional Court handed down the final verdict in one of the world’s most closely watched climate change cases: Luciano Lliuya v. RWE AG. It
ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: determining States obligations beyond the UNFCCC
As climate litigation becomes increasingly more frequent, the case that has the potential to influence and inform all future cases has just begun its final stages of deliberation. The International Court of
Conclusion of Bonn Climate Negotiations
With over 8,000 participants, the Bonn Climate Conference, held between June 3rd and 13th, was seen as an important indicator of progress on key issues, such as finance, mitigation ambition and implementing
ECCAS training workshop
Pascale Bird and Olivia Tattarletti were recently in Kigali, Rwanda to participate in the revitalisation of the network of environmental lawyers from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Twenty attendees from the
Trustees wanted
The impacts of climate change are becoming ever more serious, while international climate law is becoming ever more complex and demanding. Low income developing countries are disproportionately impacted, but with limited capacity
Failure to protect individuals from adverse effects of climate change constitutes a human rights violation
On April 9, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights delivered three landmark judgements in cases relating to environmental protection and human rights. Out of the three cases, two were determined to
New Executive Director Appointment
LRI trustees are pleased to announce that, following an open recruitment process, Pascale Bird was appointed as LRI’s permanent Executive Director on 1 February 2024. Pascale has over twelve years’ experience working
Recruiting: LRI Executive Director
The impacts of climate change are becoming ever more serious, while international climate law is becoming ever more complex and demanding. Countries such as Least Developed Countries (LDC) are disproportionately impacted yet
