CSDLP Blog
This blog engages with sustainability and climate change across disciplines including law, natural and social sciences, economics, finance and related fields reflecting the complexity of the environmental challenge. Contributors are encouraged to critically engage with the evolving discourse on climate change and sustainability by examining emerging legal and regulatory frameworks, assessing scientific developments, analysing economic and financing implications, or evaluating policy responses.
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CSDLP Blog
Receding Glaciers, Advancing Law: Why “Best Available Science” Matters in Climate Litigation
A reflective piece on the Lliuya v. RWE case decided by the Higher Court of Appeal in Hamm, Germany on 28 May 2025.
By Petra Minnerop (Professor of International Law, Durham Law School) and Fredi E.L. Otto (Professor of Climate Science, Imperial College London)
Courts That Cannot Win: Environmental Justice and the Weight of History in South Africa
A Reflection on Justice Nambitha Dambuza’s Lecture Delivered as part of the JusTNow Initiative’s New Frontiers in Environmental Adjudication Series, Durham Law School, 9 June 2026.
By Simeng Wang, PhD candidate, Durham Law School