Dr Katalin Sulyok has been selected as Lead Author in Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during the IPCC's 7th Assessment Cycle running until 2029.

A blog contribution by Dr Katalin Sulyok to Völkerrechtsblog - International Law and International Legal Thought - reflecting on the recent Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice: 'Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change'. (Photo by Rafael Ishkhanyan on Unsplash.)

Colleagues from the JusTN0W team at Durham Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy secured funding from the British Academy under Evidence-informed Policymaking Grants 2025 Awards, for a timely and significant research project: ELEVATE-ProClima (Enhance and Leverage the Architecture on Evidence for Proteção Climática (Climate Protection)). The project is in collaboration with our valued Brazilian partners from the University of São Paulo, the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

Durham Law School is pleased to partner with the JusTN0W Initiative Team, colleagues from the Durham Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, the School of Law at the City University of Hong Kong, and the School of Law at Texas A&M University to host the conference on 'International Conference on IP and AI in the Age of Technology Race' in Durham, United Kingdom.

Dr Katalin Sulyok was involved in training administrative law judges from Hungary in Budapest at the annual judicial training organised by the Hungarian Judicial Academy on 22 May 2025.

Durham University is delighted to invite ECRs from RENKEI universities to take part in the RENKEI Just Transitions to a Net Zero World inter-disciplinary workshop on 7-9 May 2025. We look forward to building on the Kyushu RENKEI workshop to strengthen further RENKEI research collaborations in addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy Durham University, will be co-hosting a two-day conference on 28-29 August 2025 on the theme of ‘Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law’.

Professor Petra Minnerop attended the 119th annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) in Washington D.C, as a member of the ASIL's Task Force on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and Climate Change. The annual meeting officially launched the task force that brings together leading experts to analyse the substantive and procedural issues surrounding climate-related investment disputes.

Workshop held jointly between the European Centre for Just Transition Research and Impact-Driven Transfer (JTC), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, in support of "Just Transitions to a Net Zero World".

Justice Brian Preston has been awarded as an Officer of the Order of Australia – the second highest level award in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

You are warmly welcome to join our Delegates for an informal and insightful discussion about the outcomes of COPs at Durham Castle.

This year at COP29, Durham Univeristy's application to host an official UNFCCC Side Event was approved by the UNFCCC Secretariat. The event was live streamed, from the Baku, Azerbaijan COP29 venue, at UNFCCC official channels and was viewed by our staff and students at Durham University.