Save the Date for a Book Talk by Dr. Thomas L Muinzer

Join the Ved Nanda Center and Dr. Thomas L Muinzer for an insightful overview of his latest book Major Cases in Climate Law: A Critical Introduction (Hart/Bloomsbury: UK 2025), followed by a discussion with Prof. Annecoos Wiersema, Associate Dean of Graduate & International Legal Programs at the Sturm College of Law and Louise Seiler, Research Fellow at the Ved Nanda Center, and a Q&A session with the audience. 

 Climate law has emerged over the past two decades as a distinct field of legal practice, with climate litigation rapidly gaining momentum. Thomas L Muinzer’s book offers a fresh perspective on this evolving area, providing readers with clarity on the reasoning behind six landmark judicial decisions across diverse jurisdictions. 

Muinzer delivers a critical and evaluative account of each ruling, making this a comprehensive guide for anyone seeking to understand the foundations of climate litigation and a valuable resource for students, legal practitioners, and researchers alike.

Dr. Thomas L Muinzer is Reader in Energy Transition Law at the University of Aberdeen. His research, consultancy, teaching and speaking focuses most particularly on climate law and policy. He is the author of the first book on the world’s first example of national framework climate legislation, the UK’s Climate Change Act: Climate and Energy Governance for the UK Low Carbon Transition: The Climate Change Act 2008 (Palgrave: UK, 2018).  He is also Contributing Editor of the first book-length study of national Climate Change Acts from around the world:  National Climate Change Acts: The Emergence, Form and Nature of National Framework Climate Legislation (Hart/Bloomsbury: UK, 2021).  He also co-edited Energy Law and the Sustainable Development Goals (Routledge, 2024).

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