Research
CILG studies the way international and human rights law govern key challenges arising in the context of climate change, sustainable development, and the green transition.
Research projects
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Climate Breakfast Seminar Series
The Climate Breakfast Seminar Series was launched in June 2019 as a platform to provide expert insights on crucial contemporary climate change issues. -
Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability
The seminar offers an opportunity to students and junior researchers to present their work (master thesis and other research projects) on climate, energy and sustainability. -
Transatlantic Maritime Emissions Research Network - TRAMEREN
TRAMEREN is an international research network established between Center for International Law and Governance (CILG) and the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law, New York University School of Law. -
Transatlantic University Collaboration in Climate Change and Energy Law (TUCCCEL)
The Transnational Climate Change and Energy Law Programme is a pilot venture supported by the Jean Monnet Programme of the European Union. -
International Law-Making: Actors in Shipping and Climate Change (InterAct)
InterAct aims to provide an account of the actors involved in the international law-making processes addressing climate change impacts of shipping, elucidating about their role and the incentives, barriers, interactions and synergies for sustainable shipping. -
Enhancing Climate Action through International Law (EnAct)
The primary goal of the EnAct project is to explore how human rights and investment law can contribute to enhancing climate action. -
SSH and Sustainable Business: Building a database for SSH impact on sustainability in private sector companies
The project aims at building an open access database on 1: references to sustainability among Danish companies, and 2: the forms of expertise involved in defining and addressing sustainability in these companies. -
Democratic Innovations in a Green Transition (DIGT)
The project, Democratic Innovations in a Green Transition (DIGT), which is headed by Professor Lars Tønder from the Institute of Political Science (UCPH), explores how democracy is affected by, and can in turn affect, efforts to address the effects of climate change. -
Nordic Network on Climate Related Displacement and Mobility
The Nordic Network on Climate Related Displacement and Mobility brings together scholars, practitioners and stakeholders, to contribute to policy and regulatory questions associated with climate change related displacement as it impacts this region. -
Arctic Environmental and Climate Change Governance Network (ArcEnGov)
The purpose of ArcEnGov is to explore research synergies and to develop a framework for research collaboration between researchers and institutions, on legal and policy issues emerging from environmental and climate change-related challenges in the Arctic. -
International Law & Military Operations (InterMil)
The project conducts strategic research and provides research-based public-sector consultancy within the field of military studies. -
Military and Police Joint Operations in Denmark 1971-2018
This project investigates the historical context and legal aspects of the joint operations between the police and the military during the period 1971-2018 in Denmark.