Dan Bodansky
Dan Bodansky
@bodansk.bsky.social
Teach international environmental law and public international law at Arizona State University.
The process to negotiate a plastic pollution treaty will resume in Geneva in August. How might negotiators bridge their differences in order to reach agreement? Sue Biniaz,
Maria Ivanova, and I survey some of the options in a new piece on Just Security.
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Getting to Yes on the Plastics Agreement: Time for More Plasticity?
A thorough survey of tools that can be used to bridge divides in negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Dan Bodansky
As interest in solar radiation management has grown, so have calls for a global deployment moratorium.

With #DGF2025 underway in Cape Town, Susan Biniaz and @bodansk.bsky.social argue for a better path:

A bottom-up, norm-setting approach that addresses concerns w/o stalling critical research:
Why a Global “Moratorium” on Solar Radiation Management Deployment Should Get a Chilly Reception
A bottom-up norm-setting approach would rectify the concerns of agreeing to a global moratorium on solar radiation management deployment.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
ICYI, I discuss with @nickbreeze.genn.cc on his podcast, @genn.cc, the effects of US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the role of non-state actors, the second edition of The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law, and a variety of other intl envtl topics. genn.cc/internationa...
April 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In this podcast for The Climate Show, I discuss the second edition of my book, The Art and Craft of International Law, co-authored with Harro van Asselt. Thanks to Professor Beatriz Martinez Romera and her CLIMA team for their excellent job recording the episode!

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#28: Daniel Bodansky: The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law - The Climate Show
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February 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The UNEP negotiations to develop a treaty to limit plastic pollution start up again this week in Busan, Korea. For my take: www.ejiltalk.org/the-most-imp...
The Most Important Negotiation You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
Next week, states will convene in Busan, South Korea, for the fifth – and in theory final – session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding …
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November 24, 2024 at 5:57 AM