Climate Justice Lab #2: First Workshop at Wageningen University
2025-10-28
The first stop on this year's Climate Justice Lab was Wageningen University on 28 October 2025. This event marked the official start of this year's workshop series bringing together 11 young scientists with a keen interest in climate justice. The project provides a supportive environment in which participants can develop a scientific contribution on the topic of ‘The Role of International Courts in a Climate-Changed World’, turning a rough idea into a finished publication with continuous opportunities for feedback.
The event was opened by the two organisers, Chad Osorio (Wageningen University) and Stephanie de Sousa Vieira (Leuphana University Lüneburg). This was followed by a keynote speech on the topic of 'Decolonial climate litigation' delivered by Professor Dr Phillip Paiement (Tilburg University). Having recently dealt with this topic in a publication, he explained how such a contribution is structured, how it was conceived, and the methodology employed.
This part was followed by five-minute 'elevator pitches' of the participants' article projects, followed by short question-and-answer sessions. To facilitate further discussion of the presented projects, small group discussions were held, during which participants could exchange ideas in more detail and offer each other advice and additional perspectives.
Over the coming months, participants will work on their publications to be presented at the next on-site meeting at Tilburg University in March 2026.
Futher information is available here (link).
