The Climate Show Berg-Streaming

 In this episode, Dr Justine Bendel speaks to Professor Christina Voigt from the University of Oslo about the structure of the compliance mechanisms in the climate change regime. What are the roles of the newly established Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee in the architecture of the climate regime? If you are interested in learning more on this issue, please check Professor Voigt’s work: https://www.christinavoigt.net/ and Justine Bendel’s work: https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/2648/justine-bendel

In this episode, Stella Ebbersmeyer speaks to Dr. Zhen Sun from the World Maritime University about the regulation of Arctic shipping in the context of climate change. They address topics such as the regulation of black carbon emissions, the Heavy Fuel Oil ban at the International Maritime Organization and non-state actors in international law-making. If you are interested in learning more about these topics, make sure to check out Dr. Zhen Sun’s work, Stella Ebbersmeyer’s work and the InterAct project at CLIMA (funded by the Carlsberg Foundation).

Brief description: In this episode, Justine Bendel speaks to Professor Christina Voigt from the University of Oslo about the regulation of forests as carbon sinks in the climate regime. What is the climate regime doing regarding deforestation, forest degradation, afforestation or reforestation? If you are interested in learning more on this issue, please check Professor Voigt’s work: https://www.christinavoigt.net/  and Justine Bendel’s work: https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/2648/justine-bendel and the INTERFOR project at CLIMA (https://jura.ku.dk/clima/research/implementation-issues-in-global-environmental-law-the-case-of-forests-interfor/) funded by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (101028622)

In this episode, Viktor Weber speaks to Professor Michael Tsimplis from Hong Kong City University about shipping industry’s responses to the decarbonization challenge. If you are interested in learning more about this topic, please check Prof. Tsimplis’ work: https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/mikis-tsimplis(8418e5ab-a28f-49c6-8cb0-bd62443992e6).html and Dr. Weber’s work on the InterAct project (International Law-Making: Actors in Shipping and Climate Change) here: https://jura.ku.dk/clima/research/interact/

In this episode, we speak to Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Founder and Executive Director of the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS) and Alessandro Monti, Assistant Professor in Energy and Sustainability Law at the University of Copenhagen, about policies and initiatives to strengthen sustainability in international trade law. If you are interested in learning more about TESS, please click here: https://tessforum.org/. Alessandro Monti’s book “Promoting renewable Energy” is available here: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/promoting-renewable-energy-9781803920771.html

In this episode, we talk to Professor Harro van Asselt, leading expert on climate change law, about how international law can support the transition away from fossil fuels. If you are interested in learning more about the topic, see Harro’s book: The Politics of Fossil Fuels Subsidies and their Reform.