Durham University will join leading international research and policy organisations at COP31 to host an official UNFCCC side event exploring how science can drive effective climate mitigation and adaptation.

Prof Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights and Professor of Global Environmental Law at Durham University, will participate in COP31, where she will champion a human rights-centred approach to climate action and contribute to international discussions on pathways towards a just transition away from fossil fuels.

Prof Elisa Morgera joins CIL NUS webinar on "The Right to a Safe, Stable and Healthy Climate: From Recognition to Realisation" moderated by Dr Elena Pribytkova, CIL NUS.

Professor Chris Stokes, from Durham University's Department of Geography, will attend COP31 to share the latest research on glaciers, ice sheets and the growing risks of sea-level rise in a warming world.

A new article by Dr Carsten Meyer, "Towards More Reliable Interdisciplinary Modelling of Global Human-Environment Dynamics Driving Biodiversity Change", has been published in the British Ecological Society journal People and Nature.

Invited as Visiting Professor in the Distinguished Global Scholars Programme,  Petra Minnerop will visit the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore (NUS) in October 2026. This visit forms part of an ongoing and expanding partnership between the CIL and the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy.

CSDLP collaborates with Securities Commission Malaysia on inaugural ASEAN Regulatory Sustainability Summit.

The third lecture in the Climate Change E-Academy took place this week, bringing together participants from across the globe for an insightful discussion on the relationship between climate change and the world's oceans.

The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy (CSDLP) is delighted to congratulate Dr Katalin Sulyok on being awarded the HE Judge CG and Rosemary Weeramantry Global Fellowship for International Law on Sustainable Development by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL).

The Sumaúma Pledging Tree for Human Rights-Based Climate Action is a new initiative that encourages governments, organisations and other stakeholders to make meaningful commitments that place human rights at the centre of climate action.

Prof Elisa Morgera is part of a team to receive funding from the Swiss Network of International Studies.

How can we better translate climate science into nationally determined contributions (NDCs)? This question was at the heart of the ELEVATE-ProClima Workshop, that brought together researchers, policymakers and international organisations to explore how scientific evidence informs setting ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse emissions in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and negotiations towards COP31.