Professor Annalisa Savaresi

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Professor Annalisa Savaresi

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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 joined Stirling University in 2016 and was promoted to professor in 2023. She has a part-time role only at Stirling university, while serving also as associate professor at the Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland. She 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: Professor Annalisa Savaresi
Funded by: The British Academy

Amnesty International Consultancy
PI: Professor Annalisa Savaresi
Funded by: Amnesty International

Outputs (150)

Outputs

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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


Project Report

Savaresi A (2022) Background on Human Rights and Climate Change. Asia Europe Foundation. Luxembourg. https://asef.org/publications/human-rights-and-climate-change/


Book Chapter

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


Book Chapter

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

Savaresi A (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/


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

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/


Book Chapter

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


Website Content

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

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

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


Technical Report

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

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


Website Content

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

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


Speech

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

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


Website Content

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/


Website Content

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/


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


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


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

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


Technical Report

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

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


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/


Technical Report

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 Proceeding

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


Book Review

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

(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

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/


Book Chapter

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


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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