Background

Elena joined the Amsterdam Centre for Environmental Law and Sustainability (ACELS) in 2008 as a PhD Research Fellow. After obtaining her doctorate in March 2013, Elena worked as a lecturer and course coordinator in Climate Law and is currently holding an ACELS guest appointment. Elena is also writing for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and doing international consultancy work.

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Research

The first commitment period under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has expired. Following the adoption of the Doha Amendment in December 2012, it is now clear that, today, the Kyoto Protocol only covers about 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It does not impose any legally binding emissions reduction or limitation targets on developing states, and not all industrialized states have undertaken commitments under the second commitment period. The UNFCCC process is due to produce a new climate agreement applicable to all parties in 2015, but it will not be implemented before 2020. Whether the international negotiations will be able to deliver a more ambitious climate regime remains to be seen. Meanwhile, with damaging effects of climate change becoming more apparent each year, the urgency of the global mitigation effort cannot be underestimated. Elena’s work explores the possibilities of ensuring that states take adequate mitigation measures, even in the absence of explicit treaty provisions to that effect.

Elena’s book titled “Interstate Liability for Climate Change-Related Damage” has been published by Eleven International Publishing: http://www.elevenpub.com/law/catalogus/interstate-liability-for-climate-change-related-damage-1

Education

• PhD in Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• LL M honours (International Law), Utrecht University, the Netherlands
• BA cum laude (International Law), University College Utrecht, the Netherlands
• MA honours (Linguistics and Cross-cultural Communication), Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia
• BA honours (Linguistics and Cross-cultural Communication), Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia

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