How Do External Climate Soft-Law Arrangements Acquire Legal Relevance?
A Comparative Analysis of the European Union and China
CLIMA Lunch Seminar with Li Ling
In this seminar, Ling Li examines how formally non-binding external climate arrangements acquire legal relevance. The seminar offers a functional comparison of the EU’s external climate soft-law arrangements and those developed under China’s Green Belt and Road Initiative. The analysis focuses on how these arrangements may guide conduct and produce practical or indirect legal effects across borders.
About the speaker
Ling Li is a PhD candidate at the Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia in Italy. Her research focuses on comparative law and climate governance.