Kati Kulovesi
Professor
International law, especially international environmental law
Law School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
kati.kulovesi@uef.fi | +358 50 442 2729
I hold LL.M degrees from the University of Helsinki and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). My PhD is also from the LSE, focusing on the challenges of the environment and legitimacy at the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement System.
I am also affiliated with the 3E Center at the Brussels School of Governance, the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, with the Erik Castren Institute for International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki, as well as with the Earth Negotiations Bulletin / International Institute for Sustainable Development.
My main research interests are international, EU, national and comparative climate change law, as well as international economic law and international legal theory. I also very much enjoy multidisciplinary climate change research both with other social scientists and natural scientists. I work closely with the UEF Research Group on Atmospheric Physics and with other climate scientists within the Atmospheric and Climate Competence Center Flagship.
Beyond academia, I have worked as legal adviser and consultant, inter alia, for the Finnish Government, the World Bank, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, European Commission, Nordic Council of Ministers, IUCN, International Institute for Sustainable Development, International Trade Center, World Resources Institute and Nordic Environment Finance Corporation.
Research groups
Publications
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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. : . -
Ocean-based Climate Action and Human Rights Implications under the International Climate Change Regime
Morgera, Elisa; Lennan, Mitchell; Kulovesi, Kati; La Bianca, Giulia; Niner, Holly J; Harrould-Kolieb, Ellycia; Recio Piva, Eugenia; Hills, Jeremy; Ntona, Mara; Lancaster, Alana Malinde SN; Strand, Mia; Snow, Bernadette; Erwin, Kira; Shannon, Lynne; Rees, Sian; Hyder, Kieran; Engelhard, Georg; Howell, Kerry. 2023. International journal of marine and coastal law. 38: 411-446 -
Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality?
Dupont, Claire; Moore, Brendan; Boasson, Elin Lerum; Gravey, Viviane; Jordan, Andrew; Kivimaa, Paula; Kulovesi, Kati; Kuzemko, Caroline; Oberthur, Sebastian; Panchuk, Dmytro; Rosamond, Jeffrey; Torney, Diarmuid; Tosun, Jale; von Homeyer, Ingmar. 2023. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change. [First published: 15 October 2023]: 1-12 -
Suomen ensimmäinen ilmasto-oikeudenkäynti on täällä – mistä on kyse?
Kulovesi, Kati; Mähönen, Maiju; Bruun, Otto. 2022. 2035Legitimacy -hankkeen blogi. : . -
Suomen uusi ilmastolaki uskottavuustestissä – päättääkö valtioneuvosto lisätoimista nieluromahduksen johdosta?
Kulovesi, Kati; Mähönen, Maiju; Bruun, Otto. 2022. 2035Legitimacy -hankkeen blogi. : . -
The evolving architecture of global climate law
van Asselt, Harro; Mehling, Michael; Kulovesi, Kati. Teoksessa: Reins, Leonie; Verschuuren, Jonathan(toim.) , 2022. Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation Law. s. 17-42. Edward Elgar -
Yritysten vaatimukset haittaavat ilmastotavoitteiden toteutumista
Kulovesi, Kati; van Asselt, Harro . 2022. Helsingin Sanomat. : A5 -
Article 13: Enhanced Transparency Framework for Action and Support
van Asselt, Harro; Kulovesi, Kati. Teoksessa: Van Calster, Geert; Reins, Leonie(toim.) , 2021. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Commentary. s. 302-325. Edward Elgar -
Beyond COP26: Time for an Advisory Opinion on Climate Change?
Savaresi, Annalisa; Kulovesi, Kati; van Asselt, Harro. 2021. EJIL:Talk!. : -