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Markus W. Gehring
@mwgehring.bsky.social
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EU & International Sustainable Development Lawyer; Professor of European & International Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social Deputy Proctor @cam.ac.uk Fellow @eulegalstudies.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social.
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 20d
In discussions, I’ve now repeatedly heard that the US has no climate law obligations beyond UNFCCC after leaving the Paris Agreement in 2026. That is categorically wrong. Let’s remind our US friends of the customary int’l law obligations still incumbent upon them.
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When Custom Binds All States
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 5h
Greatly enjoying Marco’s ‘those declared dead, live longer’ @esil-sedi.bsky.social essay - ‘Where we go from this precipice, and just how bad things really end up being, is contingent.‘ I could not agree more.

Dystopian International Law www.ejiltalk.org/dystopian-in...
Dystopian International Law
There is now a whole genre of scholarship in which international lawyers ruminate on the disastrous state of the world – Philippa Webb and Lydia Kim recently did a good survey of it here on the blog. ...
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 1d
Congratulations to alumnus Prof John Clarke, who has been jointly awarded The Nobel Prize in #Physics – making this Cambridge's 126th Nobel win 🏆 👏

Read about his work and his long connection with Cambridge:
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#Science @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Cambridge alumnus awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
University of Cambridge alumnus Professor John Clarke has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis,
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · 1d
💻⚖️🌏 Register for @climatepolicyradar.bsky.social's #webinar on October 8 to join experts from the Sabin Center,
@granthamicl.bsky.social and @biicl.bsky.social as they review global climate litigation. The presentation will demonstrate the new Climate Litigation Database: buff.ly/l86RRwy
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Faculty of Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social · 1d
📖@lexisnexisuk.bsky.social has published the new 'The Law and Practice of Human Rights' by David Blundell KC, Miranda Butler and Alistair Mills ( @magdalenecollege.bsky.social) - all from @landmarkch.bsky.social:

🔗https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/news/2025/10/law-and-practice-human-rights
The Law and Practice of Human Rights
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 1d
I could not agree more with Chris and Benoit in this briefing - ditching netzero is simply a terrible idea www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Ex...
Climate Change Act repeal expert comments - University of Reading
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Plant Treaty @planttreaty.bsky.social · 1d
Seeds are our past, present & future.

At #Seeds2Foods (10-13 Oct, Rome), visit the replica of the Global Seed Vault & learn how the @fao.org Intl Plant Treaty, @nordgen.bsky.social & @croptrust.bsky.social safeguard the world's crop diversity.

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#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed🌱
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 2d
We call for the immediate release of all humanitarians, journalists and human rights defenders detained for bringing aid to Gaza, including @thunberggreta.bsky.social, held after joining a peaceful flotilla.

Israel must end its genocide and starvation in Gaza!
Right Livelihood calls for Laureate Greta Thunberg’s release from Israeli detention and an end to Israel’s genocide and starvation in Gaza - Right Livelihood
STOCKHOLM –  We at the Right Livelihood Foundation urgently call upon the State of Israel to immediately and unconditionally release 2019 Right Livelihood Laureate Greta Thunberg, currently in detenti...
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Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge @hugheshall.bsky.social · 2d
How can we address extreme risks?🚨

Kennedy Mbeva, Hughes Fellow and Research Associate at the Centre for Existential Risk at Cambridge, focuses his research on the governance of global catastrophic risk.🌎

Learn more about what that means⬇️
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Dr Kennedy Mbeva
Research Stories: Remarkable people, groundbreaking work, global impact. In this series, our researchers talk about their work and the difference it is making around the world, from tackling climate…
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 2d
Very worthwhile read: Another Brick in the Wall of KlimaSeniorinnen: The @coe.int Committee of Ministers’ September 2025 Monitoring Decision www.ejiltalk.org/another-bric...
Another Brick in the Wall of KlimaSeniorinnen: The Committee of Ministers’ September 2025 Monitoring Decision
1. Introduction It has been more than a year since the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its groundbreaking climate judgment in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland...
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 3d
Such an important report - impressive work by @sabincenter.bsky.social @matigre.bsky.social and the @unep.org Law team. You ignore climate law at your peril.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 4d
Climate change has entered the courtroom. Around the world, legal action is emerging as a powerful driver for #ClimateAction and accountability.

Discover UNEP’s latest report on how climate litigation is reshaping global climate policy: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 3d
After science and economic illiteracy from the Tories on netzero, here comes legal illiteracy on the ECHR. Trade with the EU is threatened by the netzero departure but will be grind to a screeching halt by leaving the ECHR, together with data flows and criminal coop.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says
The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 4d
"We all learned long ago on the playground that trying to appease a bully only makes things worse. It’s equally hard to imagine how higher education will recover if colleges and universities begin conceding to Mr. Trump’s illegal compact." Thank you Erwin Chemerinsky

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 4d
Oh look @ledbydonkeys.org must have opened a branch in the USA. Amazing work.
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 4d
🇺🇸 Une statue satirique montrant Donald Trump et le délinquant sexuel Jeffrey Epstein se tenant par la main a été remise en place jeudi sur le National Mall à Washington, à quelques pas du Capitole, a constaté l'AFP
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 4d
So many amazing learners in our #ParisAgreement Key Essential briefing. Great to see how important the constitution of climate change has become in so many countries around the world. @demedglobal.bsky.social
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 5d
Congratulations to Dame Sarah Mullally on becoming the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury.

Dame Sarah was in Cambridge to install the new Master of Selwyn College @@selwyn1882.bsky.social, Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social, yesterday evening.

📸 Nigel Cooper
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 5d
Fantastic choice - warmest congratulations to Dame Sarah.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
Sarah Mullally is named as first female archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally is named as first female archbishop of Canterbury
No 10 announces decision although role will not legally be taken on until January, before an enthronement service Sarah Mullally has been named as the first female leader of the Church of England as Downing Street announced the 106th archbishop of Canterbury nearly a year on from Justin Welby’s resignation over the handling of a safeguarding scandal. This is the first time an archbishop of Canterbury has been chosen since the Church of England allowed women to become bishops in 2014. Continue reading...
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UNEP-WCMC @unepwcmc.bsky.social · 5d
Indigenous Peoples and local communities play a critical role in mapping and monitoring the state of biodiversity in their lands and territories. 🌎🔍🌿

Hear stories of the work by the Ogeik people in Kenya👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsq...

#IndigenousPeoples #mapping #localcommunities
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 5d
Many thanks to the brilliant @cam.ac.uk team for capturing our surrender of books 📕 and keys 🔑 as our last acts as Proctors. Many thanks again to @hugheshall.bsky.social for nominating me and contributing to my proctorship so substantially.

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Cambridge University's 1st October address at Senate House 2025
YouTube video by Cambridge University
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 5d
I agree with Baroness May: Ms Badenoch’s plan to scrap climate law is ‘catastrophic’. Scientifically and legally illiterate.

www.thetimes.com/article/a877...
Kemi Badenoch’s plan to scrap climate law ‘catastrophic’, says former PM
Theresa May clashes with the Tory leader over plans for repeal the landmark legislation
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 5d
Just as we are preparing for this year’s Climate Law and Governance Day @cop30brazil.bsky.social I am reminded of the amazing experts’ panel we hosted at COP29 in Baku with so much inspiration on NDC renewal & trade. Special thanks to the Commonwealth @cisdl.bsky.social

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IV. Experts Panel: Connecting Trade, Investment and Climate Through NDC Updates and Future ...
YouTube video by CISDLSecretariat
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 7d
Introducing the 2025 #RightLivelihood Laureates:

🌐 PISFCC and 🇬🇺 Julian Aguon
🇲🇲 @justiceformyanmar.org
🇹🇼 @audreyt.org
🇸🇩 Emergency Response Rooms

These change-makers confront violence and climate chaos with collective action, resilience and democracy!

Meet them all! ➡️ bit.ly/48Obu3w
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Lotte Leicht @lotteleicht.bsky.social · 6d
Heartfelt congratulations to the amazing 2025 Right Livelihood Award laureates

Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change & Julian Aguon
Justice For Myanmar
Audrey Tang
Emergency Response Rooms

learn more about these remarkable change-makers & be inspired:
www.linkedin.com/posts/lotte-...
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 5d
Warmest congratulations to the amazing Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) and Julian Aguon for the award of the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Noble Prize) 2025 - richly deserved. What an amazing journey. @rightlivelihood.org

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Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Chamorro Human Rights lawyer Julian Aguon receive Right Livelihood Award for historic campaign redefining international climate law - Right Livelih...
Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) and Julian Aguon are receiving the 2025 Right Livelihood Award for bringing frontline Pacific climate struggles before the International Court...
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 6d
Vice-Chancellor marks start of new academic year www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-ch...
Vice-Chancellor marks start of new academic year
Professor Deborah Prentice marked the start of the new academic year 2025/26 by delivering the Vice-Chancellor’s annual address to the University.
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you Rene Steiner for this brilliant poster - do not let apathy prevent a sustainable future. Dame Jane will be missed.
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