Supported by EPSRC Impact Funding, the JusTN0W Initiative recently held a workshop in Uganda with key national partners to support best practice in the preparation and development of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The event brought together representatives from government ministries and national energy institutions to discuss Uganda’s next steps under the UNFCCC and the development of its NDC 3.0.

This academic-practitioner conference is being organised by Professor Elisa Morgera (UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights), the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Brazilian Special Envoy on Climate Change and Human Rights, Denise Dora on the theme of fossil fuel phase out. 

We are delighted to announce that CSDLP and our valued partner, the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore, will host a joint webinar on 12 March 2026. Registrations are now open for this online event.

The Centre for Sustainable Development Law & Policy, in collaboration with ECO DU, Greenspace, Durham Climate Society, and the Palaeontological Society, warmly invites you to a COP30 debrief event on 18 March at 8pm, held in Durham Castle, Great Hall.

Durham Law School is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador François Ayodele Jackman, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, as an Honorary Fellow. Ambassador Jackman will work closely with colleagues at Durham Law School and the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy (CSDLP).

The Durham Delegation are pleased to present our Report on COP30 and the Year Ahead. Find out more about our delegation, events and activities at COP30.

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Conference Report from the Second Annual International Conference on Just Transitions to a Net Zero World is available to view.

We had seven delegates at the recent 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Belém, Brazil.

Professor Petra Minnerop represented the Coimbra Group of universities at COP30 and launched the Durham Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainability

Durham Law professor Elisa Morgera is advising governments on how human rights can be included in negotiations at the COP30 climate summit.

Durham University hosted an event at the Ocean Pavilion at COP30: 'New Research Frontiers in Law and Science: from the deep Sea to rising Sea levels'.

Durham University will be hosting an official UNFCCC Side Event at COP30, in Belém, Brazil. We are proud to continue our tradition of hosting events at conferences of the parties (COPs), and we are committed to maintaining active engagment with the UNFCCC processes as an observer NGO.