LL.B (Hons), BL, LL.M, Ph.D
Lecturer
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- Office Address
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- School of Law
Biography
I joined the School of Law in February 2022 as a lecturer in energy and environmental law. My primary research interests are climate change, low-carbon development and sustainable energy, focusing on the policies, laws and mechanisms being used globally to address these issues. However, I engage with a wide range of environmental law issues, including sustainable chemicals management, environmental justice, and environmental implementation and enforcement.
My current research is scrutinizing countries' compliance with environmental protection rules and laws, particularly international environmental laws. My doctoral thesis focused on the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and considered environmental integrity and justice issues around the mechanism. As a follow up, I am also analysing the Paris Agreement's new market mechanism and any environmental integrity and distributive justice issues that could arise from the mechanism.
For the last 15 years, I have been reporting from and analysing UN negotiations on sustainable development and climate change, as a Team Leader with the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). I have attended 40+ UN conferences and co-authored more than 130 reports on energy, climate change, chemicals management and other environmental issues.
I have also worked as a freelance environmental communicator and researcher, consulting for organizations such as the UNFCCC Secretariat. I have previously lectured or guest lectured at the University of St. Andrews, the University of Dundee and the University of Lagos.
I obtained my Ph.D. in law from the University of Dundee in 2011. I also hold an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Lagos in Nigeria and an LL.M. in international law from University College London. I have published my PhD thesis as a monograph.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Faculty Member and Associate Director, Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL)
Member, Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law
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Team Leader, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)'s Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)
Member (non-solicitor), The Law Society of Scotland's Environmental Law Sub-Committee
Latest Publications
Legal Perspectives To Raising Ambition And Implementing Nigeria’s NDC
Commissioned by Climate Change and Development Centre, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo. CCCD. 12 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsInternational Environmental Law and Distributive Justice: The Equitable Distribution of CDM Projects under the Kyoto Protocol
Routledge. 166 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksBook Reviews: Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy, by F Soltau; & Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto, by M. J.Hoffmann
Transnational Environmental Law, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 396-398Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102513000460
Climate Justice: The Clean Development Mechanism as a Case Study
Climate Change and the Law. Hollo, E., Kulovesi, K. (eds.). Springer, pp. 225-256, 32 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPromoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency through Legislation and Policy: Review of Impact and Best Practices
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] https://ssrn.com/abstract=1769786
- Research
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Research Overview
Climate change law and governance
Low-carbon transition
Implementation of sustainable energy policies
Market-based mechanisms
Governance of HFCs and other ozone-depleting substances
Distributive justice under international environmental law
Climate justice
Sustainable development
Sustainable chemicals management
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Law.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Law
Accepting PhDs - Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, January start
Courses
I will be providing a case study of market mechanisms under the international climate change regime, focusing on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the new market mechanism under the Paris Agreement (the Article 6.4 mechanism). The case study will focus on the impact of these market mechanisms on global climate change, on the environment in general, and on the communities that host projects under the mechanisms.
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Legal Perspectives To Raising Ambition And Implementing Nigeria’s NDC
Commissioned by Climate Change and Development Centre, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo. CCCD. 12 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsInternational Environmental Law and Distributive Justice: The Equitable Distribution of CDM Projects under the Kyoto Protocol
Routledge. 166 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksBook Reviews: Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy, by F Soltau; & Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto, by M. J.Hoffmann
Transnational Environmental Law, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 396-398Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102513000460
Climate Justice: The Clean Development Mechanism as a Case Study
Climate Change and the Law. Hollo, E., Kulovesi, K. (eds.). Springer, pp. 225-256, 32 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPromoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency through Legislation and Policy: Review of Impact and Best Practices
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] https://ssrn.com/abstract=1769786
Impact of Ozone Layer Protection on the Avoidance of Climate Change: Legal Issues and Proposals to Address the Problem
Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 239-249Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2010.00680.x
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Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and DictionariesClean Development Mechanism
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and DictionariesKyoto Mechanisms
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and DictionariesSinks
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
