Yulia Yamineva
Senior Researcher
Docent in Climate Law & Policy (Adjunct Professor)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Law School
yulia.yamineva@uef.fi
Yamineva’s primary area of expertise is international climate law and governance, where she has published on the UN negotiations’ process, climate finance, and short-lived climate pollutants (black carbon, methane). She has been participating in the UN climate negotiations in various capacities for more than a decade. She has also conducted research on national and regional contexts (Russia, China, Arctic, EU, Central Asia, Indonesia). Other topics of interest include: air pollution law; law and digitalisation; and science-policy interface (IPCC studies).
Yamineva’s approach to research is interdisciplinary, drawing on the fields of international environmental law, global environmental politics and governance, and science & technology studies. She closely collaborates with climate and atmospheric scientists as part of Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (Academy of Finland flagship).
Yamineva’s work has been published in leading academic journals including Nature Climate Change, Earth Systems Governance, Environmental Science and Policy, and Transnational Environmental Law. Yamineva has also contributed to several major UN and other policy reports, including the 2019 UNEP-CCAC report ‘Air Pollution in the Asia-Pacific: Science-based Solutions’. She is a member of IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and Earth Systems Governance expert network.
Yamineva holds PhD in International Studies and MPhil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge, and a specialist degree in Economic Law from South Urals State University. Following doctoral research, she worked in the intergovernmental negotiations for UN Climate Change Convention Secretariat and International Institute for Sustainable Development. She is from Bashkir ethnic minority indigenous to Russia.
Current PhD students:
- Raihanatul Jannat “Role of transnational law in enhancing socio-economic resilience of rural women through gender-based adaptation: Case studies from Bangladesh and the Finnish Arctic” (2020)
- Firuz Suleymanov ‘Water – conflict nexus in Azerbaijan – Armenia conflict’ (jointly with the UEF Department of Geographic and Historical Studies, 2020; Azerbaijan government scholarship)
- Saga Eriksson ‘EU sustainable finance legislation: Towards creation of green markets and agency?’ (2022)
- Moritz Petersmann ‘Fit for governing modern wicked problems? International science-policy interfaces under scrutiny’ (2022; Kone Foundation grant)
- Camille Bertaux ‘WHO guidelines & environmental law in a moving context – from mere reference to conclusive influence?’, Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Centre for Environmental Law (Member of the supervision committee with Prof Misonne and Prof Peeters; 2022)
Research groups
Publications
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Observers
Yamineva, Yulia. Teoksessa: De Pryck, Kari; Hulme, Mike, 2022. A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. s. 88-95. Cambridge University Press A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Special Issue on Climate Adaptation Law
Yamineva, Yulia. 2022. Climate law. . Brill C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal -
3. Global Climate
Allan, Jennifer; Yamineva, Yulia. 2021. Yearbook of international environmental law. 2019; 30: 245-250 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
3. Global climate
Allan, Jennifer; Yamineva, Yulia. 2021. Yearbook of international environmental law. [ePub ahead of print 20 Nov 2021]: 1-3 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
A Legal Perspective on Climate Finance Debates: How Constructive Is the Current Norm Ambiguity?
Yamineva, Yulia. Teoksessa: Mayer, Benoit; Zahar, Alexander, 2021. Debating Climate Law. s. 365-378. Cambridge University Press A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
China in the Arctic: Climate Agenda as a Space for Multilateral Cooperation amidst Great Power Competition
Yamineva, Yulia. Teoksessa: Gaens, Bart; Jüris, Frank; Raik, Kristi, 2021. Nordic-Baltic connectivity with Asia via the Arctic: Assessing opportunities and risks. s. 148 - 161. International Centre for Defence and Security A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Global environmental agreement-making: Upping the methodological and ethical stakes of studying negotiations
Hughes, Hannah; Vadrot, Alice; Allan, Jen Iris; Bach, Tracy; Bansard, Jennifer S.; Chasek, Pamela; Gray, Noella; Langlet, Arne; Leiter, Timo; Marion Suiseeya, Kimberly R.; Martin, Beth; Paterson, Matthew; Ruiz-Rodríguez, Silvia Carolina; Wysocki, Ina Tessnow-von; Tolis, Valeria; Thew, Harriet; Gonçalves, Marcela Vecchione; Yamineva, Yulia. 2021. Earth system governance. 10: 100121 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Opportunities for Climate Litigation in Russia: the Impossibility of the Possible
Yamineva, Yulia. Teoksessa: Sindico, Francesco; Mbengue, Makane Moise, 2021. Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects. s. 521-537. Springer A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
China, Climate Change and the Arctic Environment
Kopra, Sanna; Hurri, Karoliina; Kauppila, Liisa; Stepien, Adam; Yulia Yamineva, Yulia. Teoksessa: Koivurova, Timo; Kopra, Sanna, 2020. Chinese policy and presence in the Arctic. s. 62-89. Brill Nijhoff A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-Based Solutions
Hong, Yun-Chul; Hicks, Kevin; Balakrishnan, Kalpana; Pillarisetti, Ajay; Yamanashita, Ken; Yusoff, Khalid; Panday, Arnico; Rupakheti, Maheswar; Mar, Kathleen; Tanaka, Katsumasa; Gul, Chaman; Takemura, Toshihiko; Kim Oanh, Nguyen Thi; Hiroyuki, Sase; Agrawal, Madhoolika; Steiner, Allison; Emberson, Lisa; Permadi, Didin Agustian; Lei, Duan; Zhaozhong, Feng; et al.. 2019. . . D4 Published development or research report or study