Elisa Morgera

Strathclyde Law School

Professor of Global Environmental Law

Lord Hope Building

141 St James Rd

Glasgow 1XQ, Scotland

United Kingdom

http://www.strath.ac.uk/research/strathclydecentreenvironmentallawgovernance/

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1.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Looking Afresh at the Convention on Biological Diversity

University of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2011/21
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2012
Elisa Morgera and Elsa Tsioumani
Strathclyde Law School and International Institute for Sustainable Development
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international law, biodiversity, human rights, climate change, compliance, benefit-sharing

The EU's Climate and Energy Package: Environmental Integration and International Dimensions

Edinburgh Europa Paper Series 2010/07, U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2010/38
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Nov 2010
Elisa Morgera, Kati Kulovesi and Miquel Munoz
Strathclyde Law School, University of Eastern Finland - Law Department and Boston University - Pardee Center
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EU environmental law, EU external action, climate change, biodiversity, environmental integration, WTO law

Environmental Integration and the Multifaceted International Dimensions of EU Law: Unpacking the EU’s 2009 Climate and Energy Package

Common Market Law Review, Forthcoming, Edinburgh Europa Working Paper No. 2010/7, U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2010/38
Posted: 20 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2014
Elisa Morgera, Kati Kulovesi and Miquel Munoz
Strathclyde Law School, University of Eastern Finland - Law Department and Boston University - Pardee Center

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EU environmental law, EU external action, climate change, biodiversity, environmental integration, WTO law

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From Corporate Social Responsibility to Accountability Mechanisms: The Role of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/06
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jan 2012
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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Corporate accountability, corporate social responsibility, biodiversity, business and human rights, benefit-sharing, international monitoring

Introduction to European Environmental Law from an International Environmental Law Perspective

EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, Alam et al., eds., Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law, Routledge, 2012, Edinburgh Europa Paper No. 2010/06, University of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2010/37
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2012
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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EU Environmental Law; International Environmental Law; Environmental Integration; Sustainable Development

Introduction to European Environmental Law from an International Environmental Law Perspective

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: AN ANTHOLOGY, T. Chowdhury, ed., Asia Publications, Forthcoming, Edinburgh Europa Paper No. 2010/06, University of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2010/37
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Nov 2010
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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EU Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Environmental Integration, Sustainable Development

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Commentary on Article 37 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - Environmental Protection

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2013/20, Europa Working Paper No. 2013/2
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 May 2013 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2013
Gracia Marin-Duran and Elisa Morgera
Independent and Strathclyde Law School
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EU Charter, environmental integration, environmental rights, access to justice, international environmental law

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Faraway, So Close: A Legal Analysis of the Increasing Interactions between the Convention on Biological Diversity and Climate Change Law

University of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2011/05
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2012
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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Convention on Biological Diversity, Climate Change Law, Geo-Engineering, Adaptation, Mitigation, Biofuels, Marine Environment

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No Need to Reinvent the Wheel for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Tackling Climate Change: The Contribution of International Biodiversity Law

Climate Change and the Law: A Global Perspective, Erkki Hollo, Kati Kulovesi and Michael Mehling eds., Springer, 2012, Forthcoming, Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/15
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 May 2012
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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International climate change law, international biodiversity law, Convention on Biological Diversity, human rights

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Justice, Equity and Benefit-Sharing Under the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity

BENELEX Working Paper n. 5, Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2015/16
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 May 2015
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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benefit-sharing, biodiversity, equity, justice, Nagoya Protocol, mutual supportiveness, indigenous peoples

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An International Legal Concept of Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2015/20, BENELEX Working Paper N. 6
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2015
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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Benefit-sharing, equity, biodiversity, human rights, law of the sea

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The Ecosystem Approach Under the Convention on Biological Diversity: A Legal Research Agenda

E Morgera, 'Ecosystem and Precautionary Approaches' in J Razzaque and E Morgera (eds), Encyclopedia of Environmental Law: Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law (EE, 2016), Forthcoming, Scottish Centre for International Law Working Paper Series No. 7, Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2015/17
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 May 2015
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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ecosystem approach, precautionary approach/principle, adaptive management, benefit-sharing, human rights, climate change, mutual supportiveness

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Ambition, Complexity and Legitimacy of Pursuing Mutual Supportiveness Through the EU's External Environmental Action

THE LEGAL DIMENSION OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: WHAT ROLE FOR THE EU, Van Vooren, Blockmans and Wouters, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012, Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/02 , Europa Working Paper No. 2012/02
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2013
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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EU external relations, legitimacy, common but differentiated responsibility, climate change, biodiversity, biofuels, sustainable forest management

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Under the Radar: The Role of Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing in Protecting and Realizing Human Rights Connected to Natural Resources

BENELEX Working Paper N. 10 (Rev October 2018)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2018
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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equity, international law, benefit-sharing, biodiversity, human rights, indigenous peoples, local communities

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The Role of the EU in Promoting International Standards in the Area of Climate Change

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2013/22, Europa Working Paper No. 2013/1
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 May 2013 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2013
Elisa Morgera and Kati Kulovesi
Strathclyde Law School and University of Eastern Finland - Law Department
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Bilateralism, climate change, EU, external action, minilateralism, multilateralism, REDD, biodiversity, aviation

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Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing: History, Normative Content and Status in International Law

'Benefit-sharing’ in E Orlando and L Krämer (eds), Encyclopedia of Environmental Law: Principles of Environmental Law (EE, 2017)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2018
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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benefit-sharing, equity, biodiversity, human rights, indigenous peoples, law of the sea, international law, general principles

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Benefit-Sharing as a Bridge between the Environmental and Human Rights Accountability of Multinational Corporations

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2014/13
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Apr 2014
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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corporate accountability, international environmental law, human rights, biodiversity, benefit-sharing

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Conceptualizing Benefit-Sharing as the Pursuit of Equity in Addressing Global Environmental Challenges

BENELEX Working Paper 1, Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2014/41
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2014
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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benefit-sharing, international environmental law, human rights, law of the sea, equity

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Towards a Holistic Approach to Technology and Climate Change: What Would Form Part of an Answer?

U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2010/32
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Oct 2010
University of Edinburgh - School of Law, University of New Brunswick, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Nottingham, School of Law, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, University of Warwick - School of Law, Strathclyde Law School, Sidley Austin LLP, Davidson Chalmers and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Climate Change, Regulation, Intellectual Property, Kyoto Protocol, Human Rights, Competition, Investment, Partnership

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Connecting SDG 14 with the other Sustainable Development Goals through Marine Spatial Planning

SCELG Working Paper No 6 (Latest revision: 18 June 2017)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2017
Elisa Morgera and Mara Ntona
Strathclyde Law School and Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG)
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Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable development, ecosystem services, marine spatial planning, Convention on Biological Diversity, ecosystem approach

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Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Natural Resources in Argentina: The Challenges of Impact Assessment, Consent and Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Cases of Lithium Mining

BENELEX Working Paper No. 19
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jan 2019
Pia Marchegiani, Elisa Morgera and Louisa Parks
Independent, Strathclyde Law School and University of Trento
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Argentina, Indigenous Peoples Rights, ILO Convention 169, Environmental Impact Assessment, Free Prior and Informed Consent, Extractive Industries

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Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in a New Treaty on Marine Biodiversity: A Principled Approach Towards Partnership Building?

Forthcoming in Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal, BENELEX Working Paper N 16
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Sep 2018
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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equity; benefit-sharing; law of the sea; digital sequence information; right to science

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Sharing the Benefits of Sustainable Fisheries: From Global to Local Legal Approaches to Marine Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (Science – Policy Analysis)

Science Policy Working Paper No. 7, 2017
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Apr 2017
Daniela Diz, Elisa Morgera and Meriwether Wilson
University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Law School and University of Edinburgh
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ecosystem services, ecosystem approach to fisheries, ecosystem approach, poverty alleviation, marine biodiversity, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, UN Fish Stocks Agreement

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Transformative Governance for Ocean Biodiversity

To appear in Visseren-Hamakers, I.J. and Kok, M. (eds), Transforming Biodiversity Governance (Cambridge University Press, forth 2021)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 May 2021
University of Cape Coast, Nelson Mandela University, Inserm, University of the West Indies (Cave Hill) - Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, University of Aberdeen School of Law, University of Toulouse 3, Paul Sabatier University - INSERM, Strathclyde Law School and University of Strathclyde - School of Law
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ocean governance, marine biodiversity, equity, benefit-sharing, marine protected areas, marine spatial planning, area-based management

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Dawn of a New Day?: The Evolving Relationship Between the Convention on Biological Diversity and International Human Rights Law

The Wake Forest Law Review, Forthcoming , BENELEX Working Paper No 17
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Nov 2018
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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international law, biodiversity, human rights, indigenous peoples

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Shedding a Light on the Human Rights of Small-scale Fishers: Complementarities and Contrasts between the UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights and the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines

in Brunori et al, Commentary on the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (Routledge, 2021 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 May 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2021
Elisa Morgera and Julia Nakamura
Strathclyde Law School and University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance
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UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights, Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines, human rights, Sustainable Development Goals

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Protecting Environmental Rights Through the Bilateral Agreements of the European Union: Mapping the Field

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2013/23
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Jun 2013
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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EU external relations, EU environmental policy, environmental rights, EU agreements, climate change, biodiversity, forest, traditional knowledge, corporate accountability

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An Inter-Disciplinary Methodology for Researching Benefit-Sharing as a Norm Diffusing in Global Environmental Law

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2014/42, BENELEX Working Paper 2
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Nov 2014
Elisa Morgera and Louisa Parks
Strathclyde Law School and University of Trento
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benefit-sharing, norm diffusion, international relations, sociology, law, inter-disciplinarity, participatory action research, process-tracing

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The EU and Environmental Multilateralism: The Case of Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Need for a Good-Faith Test

Forthcoming in (2013-2014) 16 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, Europa Working Paper No 2014/04, Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper 2014/40
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2014
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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EU, external relations, multilateralism, environmental protection, good faith

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An Interdisciplinary Model for Mapping the Normative Diffusion of Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing

Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2015/22, BENELEX Working Paper N. 7
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Jul 2015
Louisa Parks and Elisa Morgera
University of Trento and Strathclyde Law School
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norm diffusion, benefit-sharing, equity, inter-disciplinary, international relations, sociolog

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The Relevance of the Human Right to Science for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: A New Legally Binding Instrument to Support Co-Production of Ocean Knowledge across Scales

Vito De Lucia, Lan Nguyen and Alex G. Oude Elferink (eds), International Law and Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Current Status and Future Trends (Brill, 2021 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2021
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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ocean, biodiversity, human rights, science, traditional knowledge

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Realizing the Objectives of Public International Environmental Law Through Private Contracts: The Need for a Dialogue with Private International Law Scholars

Duncan French, Kasey McCall-Smith & Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (eds), Linkages and Boundaries in Private and Public International Law, Hart, 2018, Forthcoming, BENELEX Working Paper N. 14
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2017
Elisa Morgera and Lorna E. Gillies
Strathclyde Law School and University of Strathclyde - School of Law
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The Unintended Consequences of the Common Agricultural Policy for Local Communities – Reading EU Law and Politics in Ikaria, Greece

BENELEX working paper No 24 Cardwell, P. and Grangers, M-P. (eds) Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Oct 2019
University of Crete, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, University of Trento, Strathclyde Law School and International Institute for Sustainable Development
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European Union law, Common Agricultural Policy, unintended effects, pastoralism, Ikaria

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Tourism for Sustainable Mountains Development: A Comparative Law Perspective

University of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Aug 2010
Elisa Morgera
Strathclyde Law School
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Mountain Law, Tourism, Comparative Law, Environmental Protection, Local Communities, Benefit-Sharing

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Commentary to Article 37 – Environmental Protection of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

E Morgera and G. Marin-Duran, "Commentary to Article 37 – Environmental Protection” in Peers, Hervey, Kenner, and Ward (eds), Commentary on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (2nd ed, Hart, 2021)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 May 2021
Elisa Morgera and Gracia Marin-Duran
Strathclyde Law School and Independent
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human rights, environment, European Convention on Human Rights, EU law

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Methodological Challenges of Transnational Environmental Law

BENELEX Working Paper No 21
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Apr 2019
Elisa Morgera, Louisa Parks and Mika Schroder
Strathclyde Law School, University of Trento and University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance
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Transnational Environmental Law, Methodology, Interdisciplinarity, Research Ethics, Collaborative Research

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Strengthening Intergenerational Equity at the Ocean-Climate Nexus: Reflections on the UNCRC General Comment No. 26

Environmental Policy and Law (2022)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Dec 2022
Elisa Morgera and Mitchell Lennan
Strathclyde Law School and University of Aberdeen School of Law
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UNFCCC, UNCRC, Glasgow Climate Pact, ocean-climate nexus, ocean-dependent children’s human rights, inter-generational equity, COP27

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Linking Small-Scale Fisheries to International Obligations on Marine Technology Transfer

SCELG Working Paper No 8 (Revised in August 2017)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017
Elisa Morgera and Mara Ntona
Strathclyde Law School and Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG)
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technology transfer, marine scientific research, fisheries, small-scale fisheries, law of the sea, the right to science, human rights, UNCLOS, Convention on Biological Diversity

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Chapter 16: Climate Change and Biodiversity

in Fred Perron-Welch, Jorge Cabrera Medaglia and Alex Goodman (eds), Legal Aspects of Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity (CUP, 2023 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jun 2023
Elisa Morgera, Graham Hamley and Mitchell Lennan
Strathclyde Law School, University of Strathclyde and University of Aberdeen School of Law
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The Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26)

To appear in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (forth 2022)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Jan 2022
Mitchell Lennan and Elisa Morgera
University of Aberdeen School of Law and Strathclyde Law School
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climate change, ocean, mitigation, adaptation, climate finance, human rights

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Ensuring Mutual Supportiveness of the Paris Agreement with other Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Focus on Ocean-Based Climate Action

Forthcoming in Zahar (ed.) Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement (Edward Elgar, 2024)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Jun 2023
Elisa Morgera and Mitchell Lennan
Strathclyde Law School and University of Aberdeen School of Law
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climate change, ocean, Paris Agreement, ocean-based action, UNFCCC, biodiversity, law of the sea, human rights

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Reflections on Methods from an Interdisciplinary Research Project in Global Environmental Law

BENELEX Working Paper No. 20, (2019)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 04 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 25 May 2019
Louisa Parks and Elisa Morgera
University of Trento and Strathclyde Law School
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International environmental law, global environmental law, research methods, research ethics, comparative case studies.

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Protecting Children’s Rights to Development and Culture by Re-Imagining ‘Ocean Literacies’

The International Journal of Children's Rights
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2023
Department of Development Studies, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Law School, Rhodes University, University of the West Indies (Cave Hill) - Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, Plymouth University and University of Strathclyde - School of Law
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children’s rights, development and cultural rights, environmental education, ocean literacies, environmental justice, UN Ocean Decade

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Children’s Human Right to be Heard at the Ocean-Climate Nexus

(2023) 38(3) International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Jul 2023
Sophie Shields, Andrea Longo, Mia Strand and Elisa Morgera
University of Strathclyde, University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Law School, Department of Development Studies and Strathclyde Law School
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children’s human rights, law of the sea, climate change, intergenerational dialogue, right to be heard, seabed, marine biodiversity