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Matthias Petel

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Researching on climate politics & litigation, sovereign debt and climate reparations (Harvard Law and ULB)

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If you want to join us to discuss rights-based environmental governanceπŸ‘‡

07.11.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Toward Structural Climate Reparations? A Legal Agenda to Address the Financial Subordination of the Global South - Climate Law Blog Legal scholarship on climate reparations has so far focused almost exclusively on financial compensation whereby wealthier nations provide funding to cover the costs of climate-induced disasters in de...

In my post for the Sabin Center’s Climate Law Blog series on climate reparations, I argue for a structural approach of reparations focusing on dismantling the financial subordination of the Global South embedded in debt relations

blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

28.10.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cooperation Without Justice? On the Elusive Differentiation of Responsibilities in the ICJ’s Climate Advisory OpinionΒ  - Climate Law Blog Climate change is both a global crisis that binds humanity to a shared fate – a β€œcommon concern for humankind” – as well as the revealer of historical inequalities on the international stage, rooted i...

My contribution to the @verfassungsblog.de and @sabincenter.bsky.social joint symposium on the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion is out!

In short : the Court insists on cooperation but avoids defining what a fair allocation of burdens requires
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01.10.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the critique of anthropocentrism: Rethinking the rights of nature The ecological crisis is not the reflection of a human-centered mindset, but the outcome of deeply unequal power relations within human societies.

Here is for a friendly ecosocialist critique of rights of nature. Let's work on a political approach to rights of nature that recognizes that environmental degradation is rooted in power assymetries within human societies.

www.openglobalrights.org/beyond-the-c...

16.06.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted about this prize ! Thank you so much to the reviewers, the editors, the jury and all my friends and colleagues who had to suffer me talking, talking and talking about this project.

27.03.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this ! I'd be happy to part of this, if you think I fit

16.01.2025 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks !

16.01.2025 11:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi ! Could you share the link to the article ?

16.01.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Climate Litigation & Climate Justice : The Distributional Implications of Rights-Based Climate Actions in Europe | Global Justice : Theory Practice Rhetoric

Happy to share a new piece co-authored with Sam Bookman that examines how climate justiceβ€”addressing the unequal distribution of burdens and benefits in climate actionβ€”is integrated into climate litigation in Europe. Would love to hear your thoughts! 🌱

11.12.2024 13:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice ! I'd be glad to be part of it :)

27.11.2024 21:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to be part of it ! Thanks a lot for the initiative.

21.11.2024 10:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0