Dave-Inder Comar
@daveindercomar.bsky.social
Attorney and PhD candidate at the Grotius Centre for Intl Legal Studies at Leiden🌞🌍⚖️
Researching self-determination and climate change👨🏾💼
🌳 I also advise smart, principled people and companies that are impacting the world
Researching self-determination and climate change👨🏾💼
🌳 I also advise smart, principled people and companies that are impacting the world
Climate disruption, environmental destruction, biodiversity collapse, and the breach of planetary boundaries are all related. Addressing this crisis must become the paramount goal of government at this time.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Climate disruption, environmental destruction, biodiversity collapse, and the breach of planetary boundaries are all related. Addressing this crisis must become the paramount goal of government at this time.
daveindercomar.substack.com/p/what-gover...
daveindercomar.substack.com/p/what-gover...
In thinking about the just transition, two important precedents come to mind. The first is the movement to end trans-Atlantic slavery. The second is decolonization.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In thinking about the just transition, two important precedents come to mind. The first is the movement to end trans-Atlantic slavery. The second is decolonization.
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Ending global warming, and returning to a habitable planet, will require a political vision and political framework of deep-seated transformation. Abolitionism and decolonization are essential precedents.
daveindercomar.substack.com/p/the-vision...
daveindercomar.substack.com/p/the-vision...
December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ending global warming, and returning to a habitable planet, will require a political vision and political framework of deep-seated transformation. Abolitionism and decolonization are essential precedents.
daveindercomar.substack.com/p/the-vision...
daveindercomar.substack.com/p/the-vision...
Awakened Earth must be treated as a political actor, with a “will” of its own. This “will” is simple—Awakened Earth seeks a new homeostatic state.
The more emissions that humans produce, the greater the abyss between present conditions and any future resting state
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The more emissions that humans produce, the greater the abyss between present conditions and any future resting state
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November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Awakened Earth must be treated as a political actor, with a “will” of its own. This “will” is simple—Awakened Earth seeks a new homeostatic state.
The more emissions that humans produce, the greater the abyss between present conditions and any future resting state
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
The more emissions that humans produce, the greater the abyss between present conditions and any future resting state
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Is it time to treat Earth as a political actor, with a "will"? I think so. Emissions have disrupted the Holocene, and the Earth is seeking a new homeostasis.
Governments must organize to a confront a new actor that will challenge them, perhaps even topple them
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Governments must organize to a confront a new actor that will challenge them, perhaps even topple them
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November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Is it time to treat Earth as a political actor, with a "will"? I think so. Emissions have disrupted the Holocene, and the Earth is seeking a new homeostasis.
Governments must organize to a confront a new actor that will challenge them, perhaps even topple them
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
Governments must organize to a confront a new actor that will challenge them, perhaps even topple them
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
Weekend reading ⭐️
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Weekend reading ⭐️
Happy with this recent self-portrait ⭐️
I’m experimenting with turning these small pencil sketches into paintings with gouache
I’m experimenting with turning these small pencil sketches into paintings with gouache
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Happy with this recent self-portrait ⭐️
I’m experimenting with turning these small pencil sketches into paintings with gouache
I’m experimenting with turning these small pencil sketches into paintings with gouache
The fight for a stable climate and a habitable planet is, at heart, the fight for the international rule of law. We must now seek ways to apply the force of law against planetary lawbreakers.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The fight for a stable climate and a habitable planet is, at heart, the fight for the international rule of law. We must now seek ways to apply the force of law against planetary lawbreakers.
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Centuries ago, Magna Carta imposed limits on the king to respect the law ⚖️
Today, we need a new “Magna Carta moment” to enforce international law against planetary lawbreakers 🌍
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Today, we need a new “Magna Carta moment” to enforce international law against planetary lawbreakers 🌍
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November 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Centuries ago, Magna Carta imposed limits on the king to respect the law ⚖️
Today, we need a new “Magna Carta moment” to enforce international law against planetary lawbreakers 🌍
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Today, we need a new “Magna Carta moment” to enforce international law against planetary lawbreakers 🌍
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Democracy and a stable climate go hand in hand, according to experts speaking at a recent UN conference.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Democracy and a stable climate go hand in hand, according to experts speaking at a recent UN conference.
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Excited to be participating at the UN forum on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law — this year, focused on climate change 🌍
October 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Excited to be participating at the UN forum on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law — this year, focused on climate change 🌍
Sunday morning candle (graphite and pen on paper
October 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sunday morning candle (graphite and pen on paper
Governments must re-orient their purpose to become guardians of planetary well-being—so that both peoples and the environment may exist and thrive together
The transformation we now face is not merely technical or economic; it is constitutional and philosophical
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The transformation we now face is not merely technical or economic; it is constitutional and philosophical
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October 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Governments must re-orient their purpose to become guardians of planetary well-being—so that both peoples and the environment may exist and thrive together
The transformation we now face is not merely technical or economic; it is constitutional and philosophical
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
The transformation we now face is not merely technical or economic; it is constitutional and philosophical
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
In an era of climate disruption, the central task of government must evolve. In addition to defending fundamental freedoms, a core purpose of government must be to restore balance between humanity, our societies, and fragile Earth systems.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In an era of climate disruption, the central task of government must evolve. In addition to defending fundamental freedoms, a core purpose of government must be to restore balance between humanity, our societies, and fragile Earth systems.
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It is not yet too late to rehabilitate and reform the UN system, including the Security Council, but such reform will depend on the United States’ willingness to support a system where international law holds ultimate authority.
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October 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It is not yet too late to rehabilitate and reform the UN system, including the Security Council, but such reform will depend on the United States’ willingness to support a system where international law holds ultimate authority.
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It is vital to connect the dots between the breakdown of democracy and the failure to protect the environment. In the U.S., these crises stem from a shared delusion—that 20th-century policies and programs can still carry us through a 21st-century crisis.
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October 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It is vital to connect the dots between the breakdown of democracy and the failure to protect the environment. In the U.S., these crises stem from a shared delusion—that 20th-century policies and programs can still carry us through a 21st-century crisis.
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
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There is no way that governments will be able to manage climate impacts so long as they resort to war and conflict in their international relations. Peacebuilding and international justice go hand-in-hand with maintaining a habitable planet.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
There is no way that governments will be able to manage climate impacts so long as they resort to war and conflict in their international relations. Peacebuilding and international justice go hand-in-hand with maintaining a habitable planet.
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It’s essential that climate policy be connected to human rights—including economic and social right—as well as a movement to build a more peaceful world.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s essential that climate policy be connected to human rights—including economic and social right—as well as a movement to build a more peaceful world.
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Governments are failing to explain the threats now posed by tipping points and the societal consequences of crossing these tipping points. These are civilizational challenges that require a civilizational response.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Governments are failing to explain the threats now posed by tipping points and the societal consequences of crossing these tipping points. These are civilizational challenges that require a civilizational response.
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This June I had the privilege of leading a workshop on climate tipping points and human rights.
I summarize some of our key findings, including the risks to human rights this century from a radically transformed—and less habitable—planet.
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I summarize some of our key findings, including the risks to human rights this century from a radically transformed—and less habitable—planet.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This June I had the privilege of leading a workshop on climate tipping points and human rights.
I summarize some of our key findings, including the risks to human rights this century from a radically transformed—and less habitable—planet.
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
I summarize some of our key findings, including the risks to human rights this century from a radically transformed—and less habitable—planet.
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
With federal climate policy practically nonexistent, state action is essential.
Here is a “dream list” of laws that we need in California to truly stop warming
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Here is a “dream list” of laws that we need in California to truly stop warming
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September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
With federal climate policy practically nonexistent, state action is essential.
Here is a “dream list” of laws that we need in California to truly stop warming
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
Here is a “dream list” of laws that we need in California to truly stop warming
open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
Proud of this analysis I put together about the laws we need in California to activate “climate sovereignty”—a government truly committed to returning to a habitable planet
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September 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Proud of this analysis I put together about the laws we need in California to activate “climate sovereignty”—a government truly committed to returning to a habitable planet
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open.substack.com/pub/daveinde...
My thoughts on the Trump EO opening the door to deep sea mining—potentially very damaging or even ecocidal
#climatechange #oceans #environment #humanrights #anthropocene
#climatechange #oceans #environment #humanrights #anthropocene
April 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My thoughts on the Trump EO opening the door to deep sea mining—potentially very damaging or even ecocidal
#climatechange #oceans #environment #humanrights #anthropocene
#climatechange #oceans #environment #humanrights #anthropocene
Happy with this still life that I just finished ☺️
March 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy with this still life that I just finished ☺️
Finished this oil painting over the weekend - I’d like to think they’re sailing towards a grand adventure 😇☺️🙏🏽
February 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Finished this oil painting over the weekend - I’d like to think they’re sailing towards a grand adventure 😇☺️🙏🏽