Due to several retirements, UWA #Law School is recruiting multiple positions from Lvls B-D (lecturer, snr lecturer, Assoc Prof). See ad for topic areas BUT we could also really use a feminist/gender & the law person!! #job #jobFairy #academia #Perth #AUS external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

Recycling could meet half of Europe's critical mineral needs by 2050 www.climatechangenews.com/2026/05/27/r...

Recycling could meet half of Europe's critical mineral needs by 2050

A new report by an EU-funded research project says the bloc could harness its "urban mines" to reduce its dependence on China for energy transition minerals

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🥁🥁🥁 At the 🇺🇳 UN General Assembly, States voted to adopt the climate accountability resolution, as tabled by Vanuatu with no changes! What a win for #ClimateJustice: ✅ 141 in favor, ❌ 8 against, 🙊 28 abstentions! The resolution is NOW adopted!

The good people of @SeafoodSource asked me to reproduce my earlier blog on the impacts of the present fuel crisis on the Pacific tuna sector into an Op-Ed for them… as usually the biggest impacts of any war are on the people who least need it www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...

Op-ed: The Middle East is setting Pacific tuna fishing dynamics

Francisco Blaha is an independent fisheries adviser based in Waiheke Island, New Zealand

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I can confidently say this will be both the most interesting and the most enjoyable way to get an accurate legal description of these issues.

Douglas Guilfoyle@djag2.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New episode of #CalledToTheBar: the law of blockade is back, baby! @drnajimagi.bsky.social, Phillip Drew, @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & I unpack the law of naval blockade, the Strait of Hormuz, Venezuela, and one key question: can two closeds make an open? soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

🚨BREAKING NEWS! Pacific nations just made history with a landmark declaration for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific! ✊🌊 Read the Tassiriki Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific 👉 fossilfueltreaty.org/tassiriki-call

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... One of those rarest of things: a good news story!

Bilby boom: breeding trial to reintroduce species to Mallee Cliffs national park shows signs of success

Fifty ‘founder’ bilbies were released in fenced breeding area in 2019 with the aim of establishing first wild population there in a century

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www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocean-... Sharing an update from Prof Karen Scott and me regarding the use of generative AI in submissions to Ocean Development & International Law, via LinkedIn.

Ocean Development and International Law will not accept submissions where generative AI is used to generate substantive content or text

As Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor of Ocean Development & International Law (ODIL), Camille Goodman and I have been grappling with submissions involving the use of generative AI. We are not alone in...

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📣 The growing momentum for fossil fuel phaseout is undeniable. 🗓️ 45 countries will meet in Santa Marta this April to advance a just transition away from fossil fuels, as required by international law. Learn how civil society is organizing and how you can participate ⬇️ fossilfreerising.org

Fossil Free Rising 2026

On April 24–29, Colombia and the Netherlands will convene a decisive climate summit: The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, in Santa Marta, Colombia. Use this site to find out h...

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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative@fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎉 Wonderful news—so far, 45 countries from all over the world + the EU have committed to attending the Conference in Santa Marta to work towards an equitable phaseout of fossil fuels. 💪

MEDIA RELEASE: Electric vehicles drive energy security. Don’t rush transport policy. Media reports on 24 March 2026 suggest that a road user charge on electric vehicles is under consideration for the 2026 Australian Federal budget. aeva.asn.au/news/electri...

NEW | The world installed a record 814 GW of solar and wind capacity in 2025 ☀️⚡️ That's over 1,000 TWh of electricity generation per year... ...enough to displace nearly twice Qatar's annual LNG export volume in gas generation 🔥❌ Fossil fuels crisis? Wind and solar deliver.

Actively planning to navigate to the future beyond fossil fuels seems like one of the most useful things we can do. The example about fuel stations is something I often think about.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 7mo ago

Today on Volts: for the next few decades, we'll be in the "mid-transition," with clean energy systems growing as FF systems decline. Those FF systems will not decline smoothly -- there will be thresholds, "cliffs," where they suddenly crumble -- so maybe we should, I dunno, plan for it?

"Let us not run away from international law because of its obvious imperfections. ... Let us ensure that we reject, always, the double standards .. in how and when we turn to international law." #USIsraelWar #Israel #USpoli #EUpoli #UKpoli #Cdnpoli #Iran @thestar.com www.alexneve.ca/blog/interna...

International law is not broken; our commitment to and defence of it is — Alex Neve: Moving Rights Along

I will take international law, broken as it may be, warts and all, any day. That does not mean I sit back and accept the status quo. Far from it. I will demand more and better, every day. That is how ...

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Legal writers: I've posted to SSRN a short user's guide about how to use the Zotero citation manager and its Word plugin to automatically generate Bluebook citations that are 95%* compliant. The paper explains which fields to use for which type of source, and examples of generated citations.

"The facilitation of maritime transport relies on safe and predictable navigation and if the US practice becomes more widespread, it is almost certain that it will affect the global shipping industry and not only the ships of the “dark fleet”." site.uit.no/nclos/2026/0...

Two chapters from me in the new Edward Elgar Research Handbook on the Law of the Sea, out now: one on coastal state jurisdiction and high seas freedoms in the EEZ (is the balance changing?) and one (with Valentin Schatz) on prompt release (Pragmatic? Predictable? Passé?).

Edward Elgar Publishing@elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Out now: Research Handbook on the Law of the Sea, edited by Andrew Serdy and Suzanne Lalonde Free - read the Introduction on Elgaronline: doi.org/10.4337/9781... Available in print through our website: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

Several parts of Australia are likely to face the worst heatwaves since the 2019/2020 bushfires. Volunteers and underpaid frontline workers will step up to help communities. Meanwhile, in just one year, the Australian government gave $14.9 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel producers and users.

First new book of 2026 just arrived and it's a good one: 'The Agreement on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Commentary and Analysis'! Congratulations to editors @jmossop.bsky.social & Prof David Freestone. Excited to get all my BBNJ questions answered by the leading expert authors!

The first full moon of 2026 was spectacular last night - at Rocklands Reservoir in western Victoria.

Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:

Kristina Gjerde was a mentor to me in high seas policy. I, and many others, owe our careers to her. May her memory be a blessing. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/kris...

Kristina Gjerde, defender of the deep ocean, has died

Half the planet lies outside any country’s border. In those waters, rules have long been thinner than the myths: freedom to fish meant freedom to take; “out of sight” became “out of mind.” The deep oc...

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Star of the South has submitted it's environmental impact statement -- an important step forward for what promises to be Australia's first offshore wind farm latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/news/2025/12...

Star of the South moves one step closer

By PHILIP HOPKINS   THE Star of the South offshore wind project has lodged its Environmental Impact Statement for approval [...]

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ASEAN is emerging as a leader in transport electrification, with rapidly rising EV shares now outpacing legacy auto markets. 🇻🇳 Viet Nam: 38% of new car sales in 2025, double of 2024’s 🇸🇬 Singapore: 45% 🇹🇭 Thailand: 21% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 15% https://loom.ly/pMmY5Y8

A look at the wings of a mulga parrot. Such pretty little parrots. Gluepot Reserve.

Super handy summary!

Just Security@justsecurity.org · 9mo ago

Weekend Special - updated with 11 new Q&A (including on seizure of sanctioned vessels) and expanded answer on law of proportionality and boat strikes involving the shipwrecked. Expert Q&A By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social

@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries

Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.

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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO… As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...

If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense

Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.

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600Km range on just a 45kwh Battery. #Electric aircraft are getting better! thedriven.io/2025/10/21/a...

Air New Zealand launches its first electric aircraft

The first electric aircraft to bear the Air New Zealand brand name took to the skies late last week for its first test flight in the land of the long white cloud.

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