
Annalisa Savaresi is an experienced environmental law expert with a 20-year track record working alongside international and non-governmental organizations. Since 2021, she hold the positions of Associate Professor of International Environmental Law at the Centre for Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland.
Annalisa’s academic portfolio comprises more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and contributions to well-regarded collections, enjoying widespread citations, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
In addition to her academic work, Annalisa serves as the Director for Europe within the Global Network on Human Rights and the Environment. She also holds the role of Associate Editor at the Review of European, Comparative, and International Law and is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Annalisa is actively engaged in providing evidence to legislative bodies, including the UK, EU, and Scottish Parliaments. She further sits on the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland, a body established under the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, which oversees the compliance of Scottish public authorities with environmental law.
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Finland’s First Climate Judgment: Putting the Government on Notice
Kulovesi, Kati; Mähönen, Maiju; Sormunen, Milka; Savaresi, Annalisa; Johansson, Vilja; Björklund, Martin. 2023. 2035Legitimacy -hankkeen blogi. : . -
Finland’s first climate lawsuit: Watching the forest sink
Kulovesi, Kati; Savaresi, Annalisa; Bruun, Otto; Mähönen, Maiju. 2023. 2035Legitimacy -hankkeen blogi. : . -
International human rights bodies and climate litigation: Don't look up?
Luporini, Riccardo; Savaresi, Annalisa. 2023. Review of European, comparative & international environmental law. 32: 267-278 -
Mandatory due diligence laws and climate change litigation: Bridging the corporate climate accountability gap?
Rajavuori, Mikko; Savaresi, Annalisa; van Asselt, Harro. 2023. Regulation and governance. [Published online: 14 March 2023]: 1-10 -
The Right to a Healthy Environment and Climate Litigation: A Game Changer?
de Vilchez, Pau; Savaresi, Annalisa. 2023. Yearbook of international environmental law. 2021; 32: 3-19 -
A first global mapping of rights-based climate litigation reveals a need to explore just transition cases in more depth
Setzer, Joana; Savaresi, Annalisa. 2022. LSE Grantham Research Institute News and Commentaries -
Amnesty International Massive online course (MOOC) on Human Rights and Climate Change
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Background on human rights and climate change
Savaresi, Annalisa . Teoksessa: Thomas, Margaret(toim.) , 2022. Human rights and climate change : Seminar Proceedings of the 21st Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights (ASEMHRS21). s. 52-97. Asia-Europe Foundation -
Editorial : Climate change litigation and human rights: stocktaking and a look at the future
Savaresi, Annalisa; Alabrese, Mariagrazia; Scott, Joanne. 2022. Journal of human rights and the environment. 13: 1-6 -
Energy Justice, Indigenous People, and Benefit-Sharing
Velasco-Herrejon, Paola; Savaresi, Annalisa. Teoksessa: Wood, Geoffrey; Górski, Jędrzej; Mete, Gokce (toim.) , 2022. The Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transitions. s. 1-21. Palgrave Macmillan