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“From Chart-Toppers to Carbon Droppers: Regulating Celebrity Private Jet Emissions Under International Environmental Law”

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“From Chart-Toppers to Carbon Droppers: Regulating Celebrity Private Jet Emissions Under International Environmental Law”

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The Torres Strait Islanders case- an example of maladaptation and human-centric nature of the law

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The Torres Strait Islanders case- an example of maladaptation and human-centric nature of the law

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Luxury at a Cost: Yacht Pollution, Legal Gaps, and Environmental Inequality at the Monaco Yacht Show

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Luxury at a Cost: Yacht Pollution, Legal Gaps, and Environmental Inequality at the Monaco Yacht Show

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Discussion about Monaco Yacht Show 2024 as a polluter itself and 'underworld spectacle’ of luxury.

FEEDBACK: Do you mean 'Luxury at an environmental cost?' This is potentially a very interesting topic, especially tying it back to environmental justice/inequality could work very well.

However, it's not clear what legal issue you plan to address, so maybe make it clearer? Also, in terms of legal jargon, it's not so clear what you mean by 'underworld spectacle' so make sure you explain that, or consider omitting that. In environmental debate, the discussion is often around affluence and inequality of environmental footprint, in case you want to look more into academic debate around that.

Generally the challenge I see here is to choose a clear angle of analysis: is the main argument going to be about inequality, or about pollution? You can talk about both, but arguably one of them has to be the main point, and the rest are arguments that supports your main point.

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Climate change is forcing migration, yet international environmental and refugee law are struggling to catch up

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Climate change is forcing migration, yet international environmental and refugee law are struggling to catch up

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FEEDBACK: this is an interesting area of analysis, but can you make it more specific and tie it to something that is happening now, something current? A case, a geographical area, a controversy? Basically, this risks being too broad as an area of analysis (people are writing dissertations on this topic) so you really need something to ground this analysis in, to make it manageable within a short blog post

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Buzz or Bust : Is Urban Beekeeping helping or harming native bees?

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Buzz or Bust : Is Urban Beekeeping helping or harming native bees?

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FEEDBACK: this is certainly very interesting for biodiversity, conservation and is probably specific enough, but what will be the legal angle here? Just from the way it's framed here, it seems like more of a scientific question (what type of beekeeping/conservation is helpful or not is largely a question for biodiversity scientists). Can you think of a way of twisting it so that it becomes more about law/policy/governance, ie something that a more social science-focused analysis could interrogate?

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Will the BBNJ agreement actually make countries consult indigenous peoples and local communities or will this be ineffectual  (not final tittle)

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Will the BBNJ agreement actually make countries consult indigenous peoples and local communities or will this be ineffectual  (not final tittle)

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FEEDBACK: This could work very well. The topic is clear, specific, and potentially can be tackled in a short blog post. However, you probably need a case study or some specific example(s) to look at for this, as this is a 'prognostic' question which would be very difficult to answer in the abstract.

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Carbon markets and what will they be like in cop 29

FEEDBACK: Yes, this could work well as a topic. I'm not sure COP29 will have as many discussions about carbon markets as previous cops, but you can certainly have a fairly interesting/technical overview of the most salient issues that remain outstanding. Consider finding a specific example of a carbon market that you're interested in, to make this a bit more accessible/concrete.

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MPAs under the BBNJ treaty

FEEDBACK: this is very good, but should ideally be made a bit more specific. What about the MPAs under this treaty? Are you interested in their potential, effectiveness, how they'll work, what the challenges might be? Ideally, the title would indicate something a bit more specific what the analysis will be about. Also, can you tie this in with some ongoing debate or a geographical area that has been on the spotlight recently, just to make sure the topic sounds current and topical?

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Interaction between EIAs and indigenous communities 

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Interaction between EIAs and indigenous communities 

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FEEDBACK: this is a very interesting topic, but ideally the title/focus would make it a bit more current/relevant. Can you think of a specific example of indigenous group/infrastructure project in which this issue has come up recently? Has there been some changes in EIA, or a specific injustice that has been exposed, that you can 'hook' this into? Can you make this title more opinion/argument based (e.g. 'No room for indigenous voices in the EIA'?) Basically, while this is a great topic in principle, it would be good to think of ways to make it more topical and 'alive' than its current formulation. Specific example(s) or an angle for an argument would also enable you to narrow it down further, so that you can tackle it in a short blog post.

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The Loughton Project: Do current Environmental Impact Assessment Frameworks adequately evaluate the continuous energy consumption and GHG emissions associated with large scale AI supercomputers in the UK?

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The Loughton Project: Do current Environmental Impact Assessment Frameworks adequately evaluate the continuous energy consumption and GHG emissions associated with large scale AI supercomputers in the UK?

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The rose bank oilfield: the role of legal challenges in protecting the environment

FEEDBACK: it's certainly a good idea to focus on one recent case study/project, so in that sense the focus on rose bank is great. However, more specific legal issue/problem being identified in the title/from the outset would be helpful, to make it even more concrete. Discussing all the legal challenges involved in such a complex project is arguably not feasible

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How Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign is greenwashing us and not celebrating the real beauty of our planet

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How Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign is greenwashing us and not celebrating the real beauty of our planet

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FEEDBACK: I'm not sure I fully understand what the topic is trying to get at, but generally focusing on a single campaign as an instance of greenwashing could work, provided that you can link it to specific legal issues, such as consumer protection, or the meaning of sustainability and the role of big corporations in tackling environmental issues.

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Wildfires on Wall Street. Hurricanes in the Hamptons. What will it take for capitalism to wake up to the climate disaster. 

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Wildfires on Wall Street. Hurricanes in the Hamptons. What will it take for capitalism to wake up to the climate disaster. 

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FEEDBACK: it's certainly a very catchy title, but it's difficult to ascertain from it what the blog post will be about. If you plan to discuss capitalism/exploitation practices that exacerbate climate emergency, then this could work, but make sure you also bring in some sort of governance framework/issue to ground your analysis further, in something that you can engage with constructively. It might also help to have specific examples of hurricanes or wildfires in real life that you could bring in as relevant examples.

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Will Planning Reform to combat NIMBYism result in a reduction in environmental protection?

FEEDBACK. I'd say "NIMBYs and the Environment" is way too broad of a topic, but your sub-title could work as a topic, yes. Ideally, you'd be more specific: planning reform where? I'm also not sure how/why such a reform would reduce environmental protection (given that NIMBYsm is term used to describe those who object environmental measures) but I'd be eager to learn more why you think the outcome might be like this. Also, keep in mind that 'NIMBYsm is a highly contentious term, resented by many movements working on just transition. Just something to keep in mind!

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Paris Agreement Déjà Vu: A legitimate opportunity or the same old Scam 

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Paris Agreement Déjà Vu: A legitimate opportunity or the same old Scam 

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FEEDBACK: this is a bit cryptic, so I'm not really sure I understand what this topic would analyse/be about. Generally, analysing the entire Paris Agreement in a blog post is too ambitious and too broad as a topic. You could analyse a certain aspect of the agreement, but it's not clear from this title what that might be. It's also not entirely clear why it's an 'old scam' or an 'opportunity', given that it's now been around for 8 years, and we know how it works and its weaknesses as well as strengths. Overall, I'd like to be able to give more feedback, but I'm not sure I can based on what's written here.

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The real cost of tours: environmental impacts of concerts

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The real cost of tours: environmental impacts of concerts

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FEEDBACK: This is potentially a very interesting topic, as long as you make clear what legal or policy issues it pertains to. What kind of environmental protection regimes are relevant here? As we have not discussed this in class, I'm not sure I can say something helpful here to guide you, but it should ideally not be just listing the environmental harms of concerts, but also adding some sort of analysis relevant from a law/governance/sustainability perspective.

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FEEDBACK: yes, this could work well - a very interesting question/angle of analysis. You would ideally need to do research into plastics regulation not only in Scotland but also internationally, which is not something we've studied in this class so far, but could be done, especially if you've taken environmental law class previously. Consider adding a question/clearer steer of what you will argue in the title (A failure? A success story for other regimes?). Other than waste management, you will also need to think carefully what literatures and discussions from this course might be relevant for you as it's not immediately apparent from the title.

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Will legalising cannabis help tackle its enviramental implications?

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Will legalising cannabis help tackle its enviramental implications?

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FEEDBACK: I'm not sure this is really a topic about environmental law/environmental protection, as the issue with legalization of cannabis is not generally about its environmental sustainability, but rather about a whole range of other social political and ethical issues. I would suggest rethinking as this potentially is too far from the scope of this course and the topics we're discussing.

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FEEDBACK: yes, this could be very interesting topic, but it would be good to add a bit more detail, possibly also to the title - what about greenwashing in this context? Are you saying that all Olympics are based on greenwashing? Also, what kind of legal or governance issues do you think you could discuss here? I can think of some, but it's not apparent, so it would be important to establish that relatively early in the text of the post when you write it. Basically, just make sure that the blog post is not merely complaining about bad environmental practices of the Olympics, but that it also says something about the law/governance, and thus engages with discussions we've been having in this class (e.g. EIA, participation, sustainability, etc).

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The Legal Duty of Companies to Mitigate Supply Chain Environmental Impacts: Case Studies from the UK and Germany

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The Legal Duty of Companies to Mitigate Supply Chain Environmental Impacts: Case Studies from the UK and Germany

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Analyze laws like the UK’s Modern Slavery Act and Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, focusing on how they require companies to address sustainability issues within their global supply chains.

FEEDBACK: This is interesting, but potentially too broad for a blog post topic. It could be a topic for an extended essay or a dissertation. Consider how can you narrow this down. Could you focus on one brand (e.g. Apple, Zara, etc) and some story around it? Could you look at one case (e.g. from UK) and look at how it's treated elsewhere (e.g. in Germany), if any? Basically, although this is potentially a very good and interesting focus/area for analysis, there's no way it can be tackled in a short blog post - further specificity/narrowing down of focus required.

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FEEDBACK: Yes, this is very interesting and plausible as a topic, but maybe add a question there e.g. 'is it a good idea?' or 'is law powerful enough to make a change?'. Basically, consider making the title a bit more specific, if possible. Think also what kind of legal analysis you can introduce here, and how will it relate to the topics that we've discussed thus far? I guess it could be a nice way to explore the top-down v market-based legal approaches to environmental protection, as any kind of ban is an example of a top-down approach.

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Are our celebrities the biggest eco-criminals: how should our states go about regulating the emissions of our richest.

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Are our celebrities the biggest eco-criminals: how should our states go about regulating the emissions of our richest.

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FEEDBACK: in principle, a discussion about conspicuous consumption is very interesting and important for environmental protection (this entails legal/policy issues such as, environmental inequality, influencing bad habits by example, consumption emissions 'hiding behind the poor' etc). However, this particular framing of a topic could be narrowed down further, to make the topic more manageable/specific. Could you choose a specific celebrity/scandal of consumption they've been involved in? Or a specific issue about their consumption that you want to address? Basically, this topic could work in principle, but more specificity would probably make your job easier in fitting the analysis into a short blog post, and also make sure that you make a legal/policy issue that you're addressing very clear from the outset, rather than simply listing the bad habits of celebrities :)

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The controversial sustainability of AI and its prevalence as a topic of discussion at COP29

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The controversial sustainability of AI and its prevalence as a topic of discussion at COP29

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FEEDBACK: yes, this is very good! Specific, topical and clear enough. We haven't really talked about AI in this course, but if you can link it to some of the discussion we've been having and literatures we've explored (e.g. can capitalism be greened? what is sustainability?) that could work very well.

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"Climate change is the "greatest con job":  President Trump's stance on climate change and why his rhetoric is dangerous"

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"Climate change is the "greatest con job":  President Trump's stance on climate change and why his rhetoric is dangerous"

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Stiff upper lip: a look at the U.K’s oral and written submissions in the Advisory Opinion on Climate change. Sensible and reserved, or deliberately evasive? 

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Stiff upper lip: a look at the U.K’s oral and written submissions in the Advisory Opinion on Climate change. Sensible and reserved, or deliberately evasive? 

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Onshore windfarms and land use concerns in Scotland: how effectively does current government policy balance the clean energy transition with the preservation of Scotland’s natural landscape and protection of local interests?

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Onshore windfarms and land use concerns in Scotland: how effectively does current government policy balance the clean energy transition with the preservation of Scotland’s natural landscape and protection of local interests?

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Using the proposed windfarm developments on Strath Oykel and Hill of Fare to scrutinise the current government policy surrounding land use for energy production

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From Cows to Carbon Credits: Rethinking UK Agriculture to meet the demands of the Paris agreement 

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From Cows to Carbon Credits: Rethinking UK Agriculture to meet the demands of the Paris agreement 

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Brazil's environmental 'devastation bill': exploring the avenues of ecocide law to protect Indigenous rights

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Brazil's environmental 'devastation bill': exploring the avenues of ecocide law to protect Indigenous rights

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Given the threats of the recently passed 'devastation bill' to Indigenous peoples in Brazil, including the Krenak people, this article explores possibility of aligning the criminalisation of ecocide with Indigenous rights to land, and how that would require a shift in colonial definitions of ecocide to Indigenous ontologies.

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Signed but Not Sealed: From Rio to today, do we face the same limits of soft law?

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Signed but Not Sealed: From Rio to today, do we face the same limits of soft law?

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Environmentalism in the Global North; a triumph in diplomacy or colonialism in new clothes? What the EU-African fishing agreements tell us about the eurocentrism in environmental law. 

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Environmentalism in the Global North; a triumph in diplomacy or colonialism in new clothes? What the EU-African fishing agreements tell us about the eurocentrism in environmental law. 

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Discussing the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill and whether it is likely to be succesful in prosecuting environmental offenders, also look at the international implications of introducing such a reform at national level. 

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Discussing the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill and whether it is likely to be succesful in prosecuting environmental offenders, also look at the international implications of introducing such a reform at national level. 

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The True Cost of Your Electric Vehicle: Human Rights Abuses and Bio-diversity Loss in Indonesia’s Halmahera Nickel Mines 

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The True Cost of Your Electric Vehicle: Human Rights Abuses and Bio-diversity Loss in Indonesia’s Halmahera Nickel Mines 

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Pressure for compliance: If executed properly, can EU renewable energy directives end Cyprus's energy isolation?

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Pressure for compliance: If executed properly, can EU renewable energy directives end Cyprus's energy isolation?

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Investigating the intersection of genocide and ecocide with specific reference to the genocide happening in Gaza. Re-centralising the environment allows us to view Israel’s crimes as a purposeful destruction of Palestinian land, ecosystems and wider environmental security.

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Can international environmental goals become corporate obligations?: a look into Milieudefensie v. Shell

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Can international environmental goals become corporate obligations?: a look into Milieudefensie v. Shell

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Our fake reality stealing from our natural resource: the use of AI and the large consumption of water used to cool hardware for ChatGPT etc and the lack of legal regulation surrounding it. 

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Our fake reality stealing from our natural resource: the use of AI and the large consumption of water used to cool hardware for ChatGPT etc and the lack of legal regulation surrounding it. 

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Climate refugees- a forgotten victim: the lack of recognition of climate refugees in the 1951 refugee convention, designed by European superpowers following WW2- yet colonialism has created this new form of displaced persons.

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Climate refugees- a forgotten victim: the lack of recognition of climate refugees in the 1951 refugee convention, designed by European superpowers following WW2- yet colonialism has created this new form of displaced persons.

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France Acts, Italy Fines, the UK Waits: Closing the Regulatory Gap on Fast Fashion

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France Acts, Italy Fines, the UK Waits: Closing the Regulatory Gap on Fast Fashion

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- Using the case of Shein as a springboard to analyse regulatory divergence between European countries and the UK.

- Analysing whether this divergence is a good thing, Whether an outright ban is the correct approach etc

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Pollution, Profit, and the Law: Can the Dieselgate Trial Clean Up Corporate Accountability?

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Pollution, Profit, and the Law: Can the Dieselgate Trial Clean Up Corporate Accountability?

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Does environmental law actually compel corporations to act sustainably or does it only catch them after the damage is done?

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How the United Kingdom’s ESG disclosure regime supports and enforces accountability toward the net zero commitments in the Climate Change Act 2008 (as amended in 2019)

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How the United Kingdom’s ESG disclosure regime supports and enforces accountability toward the net zero commitments in the Climate Change Act 2008 (as amended in 2019)

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Title: Who Owns the Carbon on Indigenous Land? Green Finance and the New Colonialism

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Title: Who Owns the Carbon on Indigenous Land? Green Finance and the New Colonialism

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Description: This blog will critically examine how Canada’s implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2021) interacts with emerging carbon markets and Indigenous self-determination. Focusing on projects such as the Great Bear Rainforest Carbon Project in British Columbia, it will explore who legally controls, benefits from, and governs carbon credits generated on Indigenous territories.

The post will argue that while Canada’s climate and reconciliation policies present carbon markets as opportunities for sustainable development, they may reproduce colonial structures of ownership and control by embedding Indigenous land stewardship within Crown-defined property and market systems. Using Article 32 of UNDRIP as a legal hook, the analysis will question whether current frameworks genuinely support Indigenous jurisdiction over carbon—or transform carbon into a new commodity form under the guise of green finance.

The broader aim is to link this debate to sustainability law and commodification theory (as developed by A. Claire Cutler), illustrating how law constructs both the value of nature and the limits of decolonization in climate governance.

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A warning to the Scottish Government: Can the monumental ICJ judgement pave the way towards litigation against States? 

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A warning to the Scottish Government: Can the monumental ICJ judgement pave the way towards litigation against States? 

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‘When the World Court Speaks: The ICJ, Climate Obligations and the Promise, and Peril, of Legal Accountability’ (ICJ case July 2025)

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‘When the World Court Speaks: The ICJ, Climate Obligations and the Promise, and Peril, of Legal Accountability’ (ICJ case July 2025)

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Food Insecurity, could shipping food globally be contributing to the food crisis?

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Food Insecurity, could shipping food globally be contributing to the food crisis?

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Wetland Conservations, Why holding states accountable to preserving these ‘ugly’ environments is vital.

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Wetland Conservations, Why holding states accountable to preserving these ‘ugly’ environments is vital.

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This blog post will discuss the LEZ as one of the local mechanisms to cut transport emissions and contribute to Scotland's Net Zero Goals 2045.

Using the Paris Agreement and the commitments made by the UK to limit global temperatures to 1.5 as the pretext of international law in which this discussion is situated. I will then look at the impact of Glasgow's LEZ on air quality- analysing recent data and reports. I would like to include some discussion on the Social Justice of the LEZ and how it may discriminate against lower-income households who cannot afford new cars, potentially linking this to some of the assigned readings about the importance of involving affected communities in decision-making.