The recently established European Association for Climate Law (EACL) e.V. has elected its new Executive Board at the Member Assembly on 22 September 2025. The election took place during the Association’s inaugural conference, held on 22–23 September in Berlin, following its formal registration earlier this month.
EACL is an association of legal experts, scholars and researchers dedicated to advancing the study of climate law in Europe and beyond. It provides a platform for in-depth discussion, fosters collaboration among legal experts, and supports the participation of young scholars, with the aim of strengthening legal responses to climate change from global to local levels.
IKEM director Michael Rodi, one of the founders and current president of EACL, emphasized the importance of the new leadership:
“The founding of EACL has been a longstanding personal goal, and it is encouraging to see that it has received such remarkable attention from the academic community. I look forward to working with this outstanding board to strengthen climate law and to support legal responses to the global climate challenge.”
The elected members of the Executive Board are:
- Harro van Asselt (University of Cambridge)
- Jelena Bäumler (Leuphana University Lüneburg)
- Lucila De Almeida (European University Institute, NOVA University Lisbon)
- Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović (University of Belgrade)
- Ievgeniia Kopytsia (Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University Kharkiv, University of Genoa)
- Michael Kalis (University of Greifswald, IKEM)
- Kati Kulovesi (University of Eastern Finland)
- Michael Mehling (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research)
- Michael Rodi (University of Greifswald, IKEM)
- Francesco Sindico (University of Strathclyde, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law)
- Christina Voigt (University of Oslo)
