Article
Rajavuori M, Savaresi A & van Asselt H (2023) Mandatory due diligence laws and climate change litigation: Bridging the corporate climate accountability gap?. Regulation & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12518
Dr Annalisa Savaresi
Senior Lecturer
Law Room A90 Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
About me
About me
Annalisa Savaresi is an expert in environmental and climate change law, with 20 years’ experience working with international and nongovernmental organizations. She has published widely, and her list of publications includes over 50 peer-reviewed articles and contributions to highly regarded collections. Her work has been cited widely, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Annalisa currently is Director for Europe of the Global Network on Human Rights and the Environment, associate editor of the Review of European, Comparative and International Law and member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. She has given evidence to the UK, the EU and Scottish Parliaments and sits on the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland, the body scrutinising Scottish public authorities’ compliance with environmental law established by the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021.
Community Contribution
Board Member: Environmental Standards Scotland
https://environmentalstandards.scot/…nalisa-savaresi/
Event / Presentation
Evidence: EU Parliament Human Rights Committee and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/…TEE-DROI-LIBE_vd
Evidence: Scottish Parliament Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
Scottish Parliament
Evidence: Scottish Parliament UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill
Talk: Climate Change Litigation at the International Level - Opportunities and Constraints. British Institute for International and Comparative Law
Talk: The Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26): What to Expect
University of Strathclyde
Talk: Addressing the Climate Emergency:
The Role of Human Rights Law
University of Edinburgh
Talk: Delivering REDD+: The Role of Safeguards
University of Tokyo
Talk: Human Rights in Climate Action, United Nations, Geneva
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Talk: Human Rights Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: Revisiting the Assumptions
European University Institute
Talk: Human Rights Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: Revisiting the Assumptions, Danish Institute for Human Rights
Talk: Policy and Legislation on Air Pollution, Cleaner air for Scotland (CAFS) Strategy Workshop
Scottish Government
http://www.scottishairquality.scot/lez/
Talk: The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights – Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry, University of Kobe
Talk: The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights: Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry
University of Dundee
Evidence: Scottish Parliament Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee: Environmental Implications for Scotland of the UK leaving the EU
Scottish Parliament
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbt1NnCNmIo
Implementing the Right to a Clean Environment: Impacts on Litigation, First Minister's Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership
Scottish Government
Public Event: The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights
London School of Economics
http://www.lse.ac.uk/…-climate-change/
Talk: Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights after the Adoption of the Paris Agreement, Cardinal Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland
Talk: Human Rights and Climate Change: Holding Corporations Responsible for the Impacts of Climate Change
University of La Sabana
Talk: The Impact of Brexit on Environmental Law in Scotland, Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh
Talk: The Impact of Brexit on Environmental Protection, University of Barcelona
Workshop: Implementing the Paris Agreement: Comparative Lessons from the Global Human Rights Regime
European University Institute
Evidence: Scottish Parliament Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
Scottish Parliament
http://www.scottishparliament.tv/20170314_environment
Evidence: UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee: The UK’s progress on reducing fluorinated gas (F-gas) emissions and the impact of Brexit.
UK Parliament
http://parliamentlive.tv/…b21-1e6dd2c87c69
Roundtable: Borders after Brexit
Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe (SULNE)
Talk: Brexit and the Environment
The British Academy
Talk: Climate Change and Human Rights: Fragmentation, Interplay and Institutional Linkages, Bonn Climate Change Conference
Talk: The Future of the EU ETS, Edinburgh University Low Carbon Society Debate Series
University of Edinburgh
Talk: The Role of Law in the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables. Energy@Cambridge Seminar Series: In Search of 'Good' Energy Policy
University of Cambridge
http://www.energy.cam.ac.uk/…unity-renewables
Workshop: Innovation in Climate Governance Project: ‘Deconstructing Participatory Climate Governance: Innovation or Business as Usual?’
University of Bordeaux
Talk: Climate Governance after the Paris Agreement, UK French Embassy
University College London
Talk: Keeping the Environment on the Political Agenda during the Brexit Years, Scottish Environment LINK
Scottish Environment LINK
Talk: Land-based Climate Mitigation Policy post 2020, Landesvertretung Brandenburg, Brussels
Conference co-organiser: International human rights courts and bodies at the edge of the climate tipping point (Hertie School)
https://www.hertie-school.org/…te-tipping-point
Conference organiser: Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights Arguments: Stocktaking and a Look at the Future (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
/…-and-look-future
Conference paper: Enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment in the Climate Emergency: A View from Above (University of Geneva)
University of Geneva
Panelist: Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses (International Federation for Human Rights)
https://www.fidh.org/…-rights-abuses-a
Panelist: Getting to Net Zero: Climate Change and Land Uses (Carbon and Climate Law Review)
https://www.lexxion.eu/…on-and-land-use/
Panelist: Glasginburgh 2021 International Law and Distribution: Sustainable Development, Security and Governance of Resources
https://gcils.org/…e-Programme-.pdf
Panelist: Our Future in the Balance: The Role of Courts and Tribunals in Meeting the Climate Crisis (British Institute of International and Comparative Law)
https://www.biicl.org/…e-climate-crisis
Talk: The Glasgow Climate Change Conference (Cop26): A Scottish Perspective
Scottish Parliament
Talk: The Role of Human Rights in the Climate Emergency (University of Copenhagen)
University of Copenhagen
https://jura.ku.dk/…imate-emergency/
Talk: The Use of Science in Human Rights-Based Climate Change Litigation (British Institute for International and Comparative Law)
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
https://www.biicl.org/…hange-litigation
External Examiners and Validations
Environmental Law
University of East Anglia
Environmental law; Climate change law
University College Dublin (UCD)
International law
Lancaster University
Other Academic Activities
Board Member: Environmental Standards Scotland
https://environmentalstandards.scot/…nalisa-savaresi/
Scottish Government Cleaner Air for Scotland review - Steering Group
https://news.gov.scot/news/tackling-air-pollution
Roundtable advising the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform on Brexit
Scottish Government
Expert Consultation on Biodiversity and Human Rights
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Associate Editor, Review of European, Comparative and International Law
Professional membership
Global Network on Human Rights and the Environment , Deputy Director for Europe
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Global Network on Human Rights and the Environment , Director for Europe
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe, Steering Committee
Women’s Energy and Climate Law Network
University Contribution
Fellow, Scottish Parliament Information Centre
The Scottish Parliament
Research (2)
Annalisa's research focuses on climate change law and policy, forestry and land uses, environmental liability, renewable energy and the interplay between environmental and human rights law.
Projects
FRONTLINERS: Climate change and human rights: closing the accountability gap
PI: Dr Annalisa Savaresi
Funded by: The British Academy
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Amnesty International Consultancy
PI: Dr Annalisa Savaresi
Funded by: Amnesty International
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Outputs (149)
Outputs
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Article
International human rights bodies and climate litigation: Don't look up
Luporini R & Savaresi A (2023) International human rights bodies and climate litigation: Don't look up. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12491
Article
The Right to a Healthy Environment and Climate Litigation: A Game Changer?
de Vilchez P & Savaresi A (2023) The Right to a Healthy Environment and Climate Litigation: A Game Changer?. Yearbook of International Environmental Law. https://doi.org/10.1093/yiel/yvac064
Book Chapter
Savaresi A & Perugini L (2022) REDD+. In: Garben S & Gormley L (eds.) Oxford Encyclopedia of EU Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/oeeul
Book Chapter
Energy Justice, Indigenous People, and Benefit-Sharing: Evidence from Southern Mexico
Velasco-Herrejon P & Savaresi A (2022) Energy Justice, Indigenous People, and Benefit-Sharing: Evidence from Southern Mexico. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transitions. Palgrave Studies in Energy Transitions. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74725-1_8-1
Project Report
Background on Human Rights and Climate Change
Savaresi A (2022) Background on Human Rights and Climate Change. Asia Europe Foundation. Luxembourg. https://asef.org/publications/human-rights-and-climate-change/
Article
Rights-based litigation in the climate emergency: mapping the landscape and new knowledge frontiers
Savaresi A & Setzer J (2022) Rights-based litigation in the climate emergency: mapping the landscape and new knowledge frontiers. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 13 (1), pp. 7-34. https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2022.01.01
Editorial
Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights: Stocktaking and a Look at the Future
Savaresi A, Alabrese M & Scott J (2022) Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights: Stocktaking and a Look at the Future. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 13 (1), pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2022.01.00
Book Chapter
The UNDROP and climate change: Squaring the circle?
Alabrese M & Savaresi A (2022) The UNDROP and climate change: Squaring the circle?. In: Alabrese M, Bessa A, Brunori M & Giuggioli PF (eds.) The United Nations' Declaration on Peasants' Rights. Earthscan Food and Agriculture. London: Routledge, pp. 165-176. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139874-15
Article
Human rights and the impacts of climate change: Revisiting the assumptions
Savaresi A (2021) Human rights and the impacts of climate change: Revisiting the assumptions. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 11 (1), pp. 231-253. https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1143
Book Chapter
Inter-state Climate Change Litigation: 'Neither a Chimera nor a Panacea'
Savaresi A (2021) Inter-state Climate Change Litigation: 'Neither a Chimera nor a Panacea'. In: Alogna I, Bakker C & Gauci J (eds.) Climate Change Litigation: Global Perspectives. Leiden: Brill, pp. 366-392. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004447615_017
Editorial
Plugging the enforcement gap: The rise and rise of human rights in climate change litigation
Savaresi A (2021) Plugging the enforcement gap: The rise and rise of human rights in climate change litigation. Questions of International Law (QIL-QDI), 77, pp. 1-3. http://www.qil-qdi.org/plugging-the-enforcement-gap-the-rise-and-rise-of-human-rights-in-climate-change-litigation/
Article
Balancing Emissions and Removals in the Land Sector: The View from the EU
Savaresi A & Perugini L (2021) Balancing Emissions and Removals in the Land Sector: The View from the EU. Carbon & Climate Law Review, 15 (1), pp. 49-59. https://doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2021/1/7
Book Chapter
Sinks, Reservoirs of GHGs and Forests
Savaresi A & Perugini L (2021) Sinks, Reservoirs of GHGs and Forests. In: van Calster G & Reins L (eds.) The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Commentary. Elgar Commentaries series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 133-147. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979191.00014
Website Content
Beyond COP26: Time for an Advisory Opinion on Climate Change?
Savaresi A, Kulovesi K & van Asselt H (2021) Beyond COP26: Time for an Advisory Opinion on Climate Change?. EJIL: Talk! - Blog of the European Journal of International Law [Blog post] 17.12.2021. https://www.ejiltalk.org/beyond-cop26-time-for-an-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change/
Article
Rights-based approaches to climate decision-making
Jodoin S, Savaresi A & Wewerinke-Singh M (2021) Rights-based approaches to climate decision-making. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 52, pp. 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.06.004
Website Content
Savaresi A (2021) The UN HRC recognizes the right to a healthy environment and appoints a new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. What does it all mean?. University of Stirling Public Policy Blog [Blog post] 20.10.2021. https://policyblog.stir.ac.uk/
Article
Hartmann J & Savaresi A (2021) Corporate actors, environmental harms and the Draft UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights: History in the making?. Questions of International Law (QIL-QDI), (83), pp. 27-46. http://www.qil-qdi.org/corporate-actors-environmental-harms-and-the-draft-un-treaty-on-business-and-human-rights-history-in-the-making/
Website Content
Savaresi A & Wewerinke-Singh M (2021) Friends of the Earth (Netherlands) v Royal Dutch Shell: Human Rights and the Obligations of Corporations in the Hague District Court Decision. GNHRE Community Blog [Blog post] 31.05.2021. https://gnhre.org/2021/05/31/friends-of-the-earth-netherlands-v-royal-dutch-shell-human-rights-and-the-obligations-of-corporations-in-the-hague-district-court-decision/
Policy Document
Nature based solutions for climate change, people and biodiversity
Austin W, Cohen F, Coomes D, Hanley N, Lewis S, Luque-Lora R, Marchant R, Naylor L, Queiros AM, Savaresi A, Seddon N, Smith A, Smith P & Wheeler C (2021) Nature based solutions for climate change, people and biodiversity. University of Stirling. Stirling. https://www.stir.ac.uk/research/public-policy-hub/policy-briefings/
Working Paper
The Right to a Healthy Environment and Climate Litigation: A Mutually Supportive Relation?
de Vilchez Moragues P & Savaresi A (2021) The Right to a Healthy Environment and Climate Litigation: A Mutually Supportive Relation?. SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3829114
Working Paper
Mapping the Whole of the Moon: An Analysis of the Role of Human Rights in Climate Litigation
Savaresi A & Setzer J (2021) Mapping the Whole of the Moon: An Analysis of the Role of Human Rights in Climate Litigation. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3787963
Article
Velasco Herrejon P & Savaresi A (2020) Wind Energy, Benefit-Sharing and Indigenous Peoples: Lessons from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Southern Mexico. OGEL: Oil, Gas and Energy Law Journal, 1 (2020). https://www.ogel.org/article.asp?key=3870
Book Chapter
Savaresi A & Hartmann J (2020) Using Human Rights Law to Address the Impacts of Climate Change: Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry. In: Lin J & Kysar DA (eds.) Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 73-93. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108777810.005
Book Chapter
Community Energy and a Just Energy Transition: What We Know, and What We Still Need to Find Out
Savaresi A (2020) Community Energy and a Just Energy Transition: What We Know, and What We Still Need to Find Out. In: del Guayo I, Godden L, Zillman DD, Montoya MF & Gonzalez JJ (eds.) Energy Justice and Energy Law. Distributive, Procedural, Restorative and Social Justice in Energy Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 67-82. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198860754.003.0005
Consultancy Report
Human Rights Abuses by Fossil Fuel Companies
Savaresi A & McVey M (2020) Human Rights Abuses by Fossil Fuel Companies. 350.org. https://350.org/climate-defenders/
Working Paper
Enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment in the Climate Emergency: A View from Above
Savaresi A (2020) Enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment in the Climate Emergency: A View from Above. SSRN. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3722080
Website Content
Key governments have rolled back their environmental commitments
Savaresi A (2020) Key governments have rolled back their environmental commitments. University of Stirling Public Policy Blog [Blog post] 24.09.2020. https://policyblog.stir.ac.uk/2020/09/24/key-governments-have-rolled-back-their-environmental-commitments/
Technical Report
UK Trade Agreements and Their Impact on Environmental Protection
Savaresi A & Fontanelli F (2020) UK Trade Agreements and Their Impact on Environmental Protection. Scottish Parliament Information Centre. https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2020/9/4/Trade-Agreements-and-their-Potential-Impact-on-Environmental-Protection-1
Book Chapter
The use of human rights arguments in climate change litigation and its limitations
Savaresi A (2020) The use of human rights arguments in climate change litigation and its limitations. In: Ismangil D, van der Schaaf K & van Troost L (eds.) Climate Change, Justice and Human Rights. Changing Perspectives on Human Rights. Amsterdam: Strategic Studies, pp. 49-55. https://www.amnesty.nl/content/uploads/2020/08/Verkenningen2020-climate-change.pdf?x29611
Article
Making sense of the LULUCF Regulation: Much ado about nothing?
Savaresi A, Perugini L & Chiriaco' MV (2020) Making sense of the LULUCF Regulation: Much ado about nothing?. Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, 29 (2 - Special Issue: Assessing the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework), pp. 212-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12332
Website Content
WEBINAR SERIES: Human Rights Strategies in Climate Change Litigation
Savaresi A (2020) WEBINAR SERIES: Human Rights Strategies in Climate Change Litigation. [Blogpost] 02.06.2020. https://gnhre.org/2020/06/02/webinar-series-human-rights-strategies-in-climate-change-litigation-what-is-it-all-about/
Website Content
BLOG: Human Rights Strategies in Climate Change Litigation. What Is It All About?
Savaresi A (2020) BLOG: Human Rights Strategies in Climate Change Litigation. What Is It All About?. [GNHRE website] 02.06.2020. https://gnhre.org/2020/06/02/webinar-series-human-rights-strategies-in-climate-change-litigation-what-is-it-all-about/
Article
Environmental Governance in Scotland after the UK's EU Exit: The State of Play
Savaresi A (2020) Environmental Governance in Scotland after the UK's EU Exit: The State of Play. Edinburgh Law Review, 24 (2), pp. 289-296. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2020.0635
Technical Report
Environmental Governance in Scotland after EU Exit
Savaresi A (2020) Environmental Governance in Scotland after EU Exit. Scottish Parliament Information Centre. SPICe Briefing, 20-02. https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2020/1/9/Environmental-Governance-in-Scotland-after-EU-Exit
Book Chapter
Savaresi A (2019) The Paris Agreement and the Future of the Climate Regime: Reflections on an International Law Odyssey. In: Ulrich G & Ziemele I (eds.) How International Law Works in Times of Crisis. European Society of International Law series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 189-205. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-international-law-works-in-times-of-crisis-9780198849667?lang=en&cc=it#
Book Chapter
Human Rights and Climate Change
Savaresi A (2019) Human Rights and Climate Change. In: Honkonen T & Romppanen S (eds.) International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2018. UNEP Course Series, 18. Joensuu, Finland: Law School of University of Eastern Finland, pp. 31-46. https://www3.uef.fi/documents/241889/1866768/Review+2018+final+HR+and+Env.pdf/0742c83d-a95a-4c3d-946e-de6f7ddeb58d
Article
The Land Sector in the 2030 EU Climate Change Policy Framework: A Look at the Future
Savaresi A & Perugini L (2019) The Land Sector in the 2030 EU Climate Change Policy Framework: A Look at the Future. Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law, 16 (2), pp. 148-164. https://doi.org/10.1163/18760104-01602004
Article
The Rise of Community Energy from Grassroots to Mainstream: The Role of Law and Policy
Savaresi A (2019) The Rise of Community Energy from Grassroots to Mainstream: The Role of Law and Policy. Journal of Environmental Law, 31 (3), pp. 487-510. https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqz006
Website Content
Environmental governance and EU Exit: the state of play
Savaresi A (2019) Environmental governance and EU Exit: the state of play. SPICe Spotlight [Blog post] 04.11.2019. https://spice-spotlight.scot/2019/11/04/guest-blog-environmental-governance-and-eu-exit-the-state-of-play/amp/
Technical Report
Cleaner Air for Scotland Strategy – An Independent Review
Savaresi A & Gemmel C (2019) Cleaner Air for Scotland Strategy – An Independent Review. Scottish Government. Edinburgh. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/publication/2019/08/cleaner-air-scotland-strategy-independent-review/documents/cleaner-air-scotland-strategy-independent-review/cleaner-air-scotland-strategy-independent-review/govscot:document/cleaner-air-scotland-strategy-independent-review.pdf
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Making Sense of the LULUCF Regulation: Much Ado about Nothing?
Savaresi A (2019) Making Sense of the LULUCF Regulation: Much Ado about Nothing?. GOVTRAN Workshop: Appraising the EU's 2030 Climate and Energy Framework, Helsinki, 08.07.2019-09.07.2019.
Article
Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights: Pushing the Boundaries
Savaresi A & Auz J (2019) Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights: Pushing the Boundaries. Climate Law, 9 (3), pp. 244-262. https://doi.org/10.1163/18786561-00903006
Editorial
Implementing the Paris Agreement: Lessons from the Global Human Rights Regime
Savaresi A & Scott J (2019) Implementing the Paris Agreement: Lessons from the Global Human Rights Regime. Climate Law, 9 (3), pp. 159-164. https://doi.org/10.1163/18786561-00903001
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Human Rights Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: Revisiting The Assumptions
Savaresi A (2019) Human Rights Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: Revisiting The Assumptions. Workshop on Climate Justice in the Anthropocene, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain, 02.05.2019-03.05.2019.
Speech
The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights – Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry
Savaresi A (2019) The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights – Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry. Carbon Majors Inquiry: Crossing Human Rights and Jurisdiction, University of Kobe, 13.02.2019-13.02.2019. http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/9281c8_4bd574f2c0a04d9b995bc08ed5a599bf.pdf
Speech
Delivering REDD+: The Role of Safeguards
Savaresi A (2019) Delivering REDD+: The Role of Safeguards. The History of REDD+: How Far Have We Reached?, University of Tokyo, 05.02.2019-06.02.2019. http://redd.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/events/seminars/2019/20190206_en.html?fbclid=IwAR1cIeVNlJ0yc9mntHgld8qGBvfXnsLFAP9qRuPeK-Fp5ZWC05k9HyVgUgc
Book Chapter
Climate change and human rights: fragmentation, interplay and institutional linkages
Savaresi A (2018) Climate change and human rights: fragmentation, interplay and institutional linkages. In: Duyck S S, Jodoin S & Johl A (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Climate Governance. Routledge International Handbooks. London: Routledge, pp. 31-42. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Human-Rights-and-Climate-Governance/Duyck-Jodoin-Johl/p/book/9781138232457
Article
Duyck S, Lennon E, Obergassel W & Savaresi A (2018) Human Rights and the Paris Agreement's Implementation Guidelines: Opportunities to Develop a Rights-based Approach. Carbon and Climate Law Review, 12 (3), pp. 191-202. https://doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2018/3/5
Website Content
Shining the spotlight on human rights at COP24 and beyond
Savaresi A, Setzer J & Byrnes R (2018) Shining the spotlight on human rights at COP24 and beyond. [London School of Economics Blog] 05.12.2018. http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/news/shining-the-spotlight-on-human-rights-at-cop24-and-beyond/
Book Chapter
Equity and justice in climate change law and policy: a role for benefit-sharing
Savaresi A & Bouwer K (2018) Equity and justice in climate change law and policy: a role for benefit-sharing. In: Jafry T (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice. Routledge International Handbooks. London: Routledge, pp. 128-138. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Climate-Justice/Jafry/p/book/9781138689350
Speech
The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights: Some Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry,
Savaresi A (2018) The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights: Some Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry,. Human Rights and Climate Change, London School of Economics (LSE), 08.11.2018-08.11.2018. http://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2018/11/20181108t1830vHKT/Human-Rights-and-Climate-Change
Working Paper
The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights: Some Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry
Savaresi A, Hartmann J & Cismas I (2018) The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Rights: Some Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry. Social Science Research Network. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3277568
Website Content
The Carbon Majors inquiry comes to London
Savaresi A & Setzer J (2018) The Carbon Majors inquiry comes to London. [London School of Economics Blog] 30.10.2018. http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/news/the-carbon-majors-inquiry-comes-to-london/
Speech
Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights after the Adoption of the Paris Agreement
Savaresi A (2018) Climate Change Litigation and Human Rights after the Adoption of the Paris Agreement. The impact of climate change on international and EU law, 29.10.2018-30.10.2018.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Holding Corporations Accountable for the Impacts of Climate Change: The Role of Human Rights Law
Savaresi A & Hartmann J (2018) Holding Corporations Accountable for the Impacts of Climate Change: The Role of Human Rights Law. 6th European Environmental Law Forum, 12.09.2018-14.09.2018.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Human Rights Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: Where Are We?
Savaresi A & Hartmann J (2018) Human Rights Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: Where Are We?. Association of Human Rights Institutes Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 07.09.2018-08.09.2018.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Justice, Equity and Community Energy: Lessons for the Energy Transition
Savaresi A (2018) Justice, Equity and Community Energy: Lessons for the Energy Transition. Fourth Energy and Society Conference: Energy transitions in a divided world, 03.09.2018-05.09.2018.
Lecture
Human Rights and Climate Change (Lecture)
Savaresi A (2018) Human Rights and Climate Change (Lecture) (Presentation) UEF - UN Environment Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, 24.08.2018-24.08.2018. https://www.uef.fi/web/unep
Speech
Implementing the Right to a Clean Environment: Impacts on Litigation
Savaresi A (2018) Implementing the Right to a Clean Environment: Impacts on Litigation. First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership, Glasgow, 01.08.2018-01.08.2018.
Book Review
Savaresi A (2018) Climate Change Law - review. Review of: Climate Change Law, Daniel A. Farber and Marjan Peeters (eds.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2016. Carbon and Climate Law Review, 12 (2), p. 165. 166. https://doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2018/2/12
Speech
Community Energy: A Means to Sustainable Materialism?
Savaresi A (2018) Community Energy: A Means to Sustainable Materialism?. Workshop on Sustainable Materialism , University of Edinburgh, 12.07.2018-12.07.2018.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Benefit-sharing and Renewable Energy Generation: A Means to a Just Transition?
Savaresi A (2018) Benefit-sharing and Renewable Energy Generation: A Means to a Just Transition?. IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, University of Strathclyde, 04.07.2018-06.07.2018.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Attributing Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: The Role of Human Rights Law
Savaresi A (2018) Attributing Responsibility for the Impacts of Climate Change: The Role of Human Rights Law. University of Singapore, 06.06.2018-06.06.2018.
Technical Report
Austin L, Cardesa Salzmann A, Gemmell C, Hughes J, Savaresi A & Reid C (2018) Report by the Roundtable on Environment and Climate Change on Environmental Governance in Scotland on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Scottish Government. Scotland. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/06/2221
Technical Report
Savaresi A & Little GM (2018) Written evidence from Dr Annalisa Savaresi and Professor Gavin MacLeod Little to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee of the Scottish Parliament hearing of 1 May 2018. Scottish Parliament. Edinburgh. http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Environment/Inquiries/012_Little_and_Savaresi_EEAW.pdf
Policy Document
Brexit and the Environment: Challenges Lying Ahead
Savaresi A (2018) Brexit and the Environment: Challenges Lying Ahead. Scottish Centre on European Relations. Edinburgh. https://www.scer.scot/wp-content/uploads/SCER-Brexit-Roundup-Apr-2018.pdf
Book Chapter
The United Nations Security Council's Legislative and Enforcement Powers and Climate Change
Boyle A, Hartmann J & Savaresi A (2018) The United Nations Security Council's Legislative and Enforcement Powers and Climate Change. In: Scott S & Ku C (eds.) Climate Change and the UN Security Council. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 101-130. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/climate-change-and-the-un-security-council
Article
Traditional knowledge and climate change: a new legal frontier?
Savaresi A (2018) Traditional knowledge and climate change: a new legal frontier?. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 9 (1), pp. 32-50. https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2018.01.02
Technical Report
Joint Summary of the Amicus Curiae Briefs to the Philippines Commission on Human Rights
Lennon E, Muffett C, Duyck S, Feit S, Hamilton L, Marjanac S, Doherty K, Gleason J, Perry K, Brown E, Noonan D, Crosland T, Burger M, Wentz J, Savaresi A, Cismas I, Hansen JE, Galpern D & Trenberth KE (2018) Joint Summary of the Amicus Curiae Briefs to the Philippines Commission on Human Rights. Philippines Human Rights Commission. Quezon City, Philippines. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Joint-Summary-Amicus-submitted.pdf
Newspaper Article
The Philippines holds world's biggest corporations to account on climate change
Savaresi A, Cismas I & Hartmann J (2018) The Philippines holds world's biggest corporations to account on climate change. The Independent. 08.03.2018. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/philippines-climate-change-worlds-biggest-corporations-responsibility-global-warming-carbon-majors-a8241851.html
Website Content
Brexit and Environmental Protection in Scotland: The Road Ahead
Savaresi A (2018) Brexit and Environmental Protection in Scotland: The Road Ahead. European Futures, 07.03.2018. http://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/article-6267
Newspaper Article
Why the world is looking to the Philippines for climate justice
Savaresi A, Cismas I & Hartmann J (2018) Why the world is looking to the Philippines for climate justice. The Conversation. 22.02.2018. https://theconversation.com/why-the-world-is-looking-to-the-philippines-for-climate-justice-91792
Article
The Impact of Brexit on Environmental Protection in Scotland: Some Early Reflections
Savaresi A (2018) The Impact of Brexit on Environmental Protection in Scotland: Some Early Reflections. Edinburgh Law Review, 22 (1), pp. 115-120. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2018.0461
Book Review
Savaresi A (2017) Sharing the Costs and Benefits of Energy and Resource Activity: Legal Change and Impact on Communities. Review of:
ed. by Lila Barrera-Hernández, Barry Barton, Lee Godden, Alastair Lucas, and Anita Rønne, London: Oxford University Press, 2016, 480 pp. ISBN: 9780198767954. International Energy Law Review, (5), pp. 198-200.
Article
Savaresi A (2017) Environmental Impact Assessment after the International Court of Justice decision in Costa Rica-Nicaragua and Nicaragua-Costa Rica: Looking backward, looking forward (Introduction). Questions of International Law (QIL-QDI), (42), pp. 1-3. http://www.qil-qdi.org/environmental-impact-assessment-international-court-justice-decision-costa-rica-nicaragua-nicaragua-costa-rica-looking-backward-looking-forward/
Website Content
The Philippines Human Rights Commission and the 'Carbon Majors' Petition
Savaresi A, Cismas I & Hartmann J (2017) The Philippines Human Rights Commission and the 'Carbon Majors' Petition. EJIL: Talk!, 22.12.2017. https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-philippines-human-rights-commission-and-the-carbon-majors-petition/
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Participatory Justice and the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables
Savaresi A (2017) Participatory Justice and the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables. Innovation in Climate Governance Project Workshop ‘Deconstructing Participatory Climate Governance: Innovation or Business as Usual?’, Bordeaux, France, 25.10.2017-27.10.2017.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Sharing the Burdens and Benefits of the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables
Savaresi A (2017) Sharing the Burdens and Benefits of the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables. Earth System Governance Project Conference ‘Allocation & Access in a Warming and Increasingly Unequal World’, Lund University, Sweden, 10.10.2017-12.10.2017.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Justice and the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables for the Global South
Savaresi A (2017) Justice and the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables for the Global South. Low Carbon Energy for Development Network Conference, University of Durham, 12.09.2017-12.09.2017.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Distributing the Benefits and Burdens of the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables
Savaresi A (2017) Distributing the Benefits and Burdens of the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables. 5th European Environmental Law Forum, Copenhagen, 30.08.2017-31.08.2017.
Working Paper
Justice and the Energy Transition: Early Lessons from Community Renewables
Savaresi A (2017) Justice and the Energy Transition: Early Lessons from Community Renewables. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3027695
Technical Report
Amicus Brief - Human Rights and Climate Change
Savaresi A, Cismas I & Hartmann J (2017) Amicus Brief - Human Rights and Climate Change. Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions. http://www.asiapacificforum.net/resources/amicus-brief-human-rights-and-climate-change/
Book Chapter
Savaresi A (2017) Forest Biodiversity. In: Morgera E & Razzaque J (eds.) Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law. Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law series, 3. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 203-214. http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/biodiversity-and-nature-protection-law; https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474257.III.14
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Sharing the Burdens and Benefits of the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables
Savaresi A (2017) Sharing the Burdens and Benefits of the Energy Transition: Lessons from Community Renewables. 5th Annual Energy Transition Conference, University of Eastern Finland Law School, 08.03.2017-10.03.2017.
Conference Proceeding
The Paris Agreement: Reflections on an International Law Odyssey
Savaresi A (2017) The Paris Agreement: Reflections on an International Law Odyssey. In: Binder C, d’Argent P & Pazartzis P (eds.) 12th Annual ESIL Conference - Riga, 8-10 September 2016: 'How International Law Works in Times of Crisis?'. ESIL Conference Paper Series, 13. 2016 ESIL Annual Conference, Riga, Latvia, 08.09.2016-10.09.2016. Florence, Italy: ESIL, p. 14/2016. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2912001
Working Paper
Climate Change and Human Rights: Fragmentation, Interplay and Institutional Linkages
Savaresi A (2017) Climate Change and Human Rights: Fragmentation, Interplay and Institutional Linkages. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2902662
Article
The Paris Agreement: A New Beginning?
Savaresi A (2016) The Paris Agreement: A New Beginning?. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, 34 (1), pp. 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2016.1133983
Book Review
Climate Change, Justice and Human Rights: Where to Next?
Savaresi A (2016) Climate Change, Justice and Human Rights: Where to Next?. Review of: Climate Justice and Disaster Law, by Rosemary Lyster and Climate Change and Human Rights: An International and Comparative Law Perspective, ed by Ottavio Quirico and Mouloud Boumghar. Carbon and Climate Law Review, 10 (4), pp. 226-230. https://doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2016/4/12
Technical Report
The implications of Brexit for environmental law in Scotland
(2016) The implications of Brexit for environmental law in Scotland. Cardesa-Salzmann A (Editor) & Savaresi A (Editor) Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe (SULNE). Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe (SULNE). https://sulne.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/environment-paper-sulne-20161214.pdf
Research Report
Defining Illegal Forest Activities and Illegal Logging
Tacconi L, Cerutti PO, Leipold S, Rodrigues RJ, Savaresi A, To PX & Weng X (2016) Defining Illegal Forest Activities and Illegal Logging. Kleinschmit D (Editor), Mansourian S (Editor), Wildburger C (Editor) & Purret A (Editor) International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) IUFRO World Series, 35. Austria: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). http://www.iufro.org/publications/article/2016/12/03/world-series-vol-35-illegal-logging-and-related-timber-trade-dimensions-drivers-impacts-and/
Newspaper Article
Beyond Brexit: After Brexit, where will responsibility over environmental safeguards lie
Savaresi A (2016) Beyond Brexit: After Brexit, where will responsibility over environmental safeguards lie. The Herald Scotland. 21.11.2016. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14917429.Beyond_Brexit__After_Brexit__where_will_responsibility_over_environmental_safeguards_lie_/
Newspaper Article
Beyond Brexit: After Brexit, where will responsibility over environmental safeguards lie
Savaresi A (2016) Beyond Brexit: After Brexit, where will responsibility over environmental safeguards lie. The Herald. 21.11.2016. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14917429.Beyond_Brexit__After_Brexit__where_will_responsibility_over_environmental_safeguards_lie_/
Website Content
Early Brexit Questions: The Paris Agreement and Climate Policy
Savaresi A (2016) Early Brexit Questions: The Paris Agreement and Climate Policy. European Futures, 29.10.2016. http://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/article-4292
Working Paper
The United Nations Security Council's Legislative and Enforcement Powers and Climate Change
Boyle A, Hartmann J & Savaresi A (2016) The United Nations Security Council's Legislative and Enforcement Powers and Climate Change. Scottish Centre for International Law Working Paper Series, 14. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2856955
Book Chapter
Indigenous Challenges under IPBES: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge and Beyond
Savaresi A & Chiarolla C (2016) Indigenous Challenges under IPBES: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge and Beyond. In: Hrabanski M & Pesche D (eds.) The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES): Meeting the challenge of biodiversity conservation and governance. London: Routledge, pp. 190-210. https://www.routledge.com/The-Intergovernmental-Platform-on-Biodiversity-and-Ecosystem-Services-IPBES/Hrabanski-Pesche/p/book/9781138121256
Conference Paper (unpublished)
The Paris Agreement: Reflections on an International Law-making Odyssey
Savaresi A (2016) The Paris Agreement: Reflections on an International Law-making Odyssey. European Society of International Law 12th Annual Conference, Riga, 08.09.2016-10.09.2016. http://esil.rgsl.lv/en/
Article
A Glimpse into the Future of the Climate Regime: Lessons from the REDD+ Architecture
Savaresi A (2016) A Glimpse into the Future of the Climate Regime: Lessons from the REDD+ Architecture. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 25 (2), pp. 186-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12164
Working Paper
Savaresi A (2016) Doing the Right Thing with Traditional Knowledge in International Law: Lessons for the Climate Regime. BENELEX Working Paper, 8. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2780332; https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2780332
Book Chapter
The Legal Status and Role of REDD-Plus Safeguards
Savaresi A (2016) The Legal Status and Role of REDD-Plus Safeguards. In: Voigt C (ed.) Research Handbook on REDD+ and International Law. Research Handbooks in Climate Law series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 126-156. http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/research-handbook-on-redd-plus-and-international-law; https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783478316.00018
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching
Climate change and the Rights of Future Generations
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
UNEP Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Climate Change and Human Rights.
University of Eastern Finland and United Nations Environment Programme
www.uef.fi/web/unep
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Training Course on Human Rights and the Environment: Climate Change and Human Rights.
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Instructor: GNHRE-UNEP Summer-Winter School
https://gnhre.org/…l/climatechange/
Visiting Professor in International Environmental Law
University of La Sabana