Book Launch: Giulia Claudia Leonelli, Environmental Leverage in Times of Climate Crisis

Join us for the book launch of Environmental Leverage in Times of Climate Crisis, published in February 2026, and for an engaging conversation across the fields of environmental law, economics and policy. The last years have witnessed the rise of a new generation of trade-related measures, designed to leverage ‘lower-environmental-ambition’ countries and market actors involved in global value chains. Trade-related environmental leverage can help to remedy the failures of environmental multilateralism, reshape the trade agenda to cater to the demands of our time, and entrench more sustainable production and consumption patterns.  Nonetheless, ‘leveraging’ developed countries must duly address allegations of green protectionism, green discrimination, and eco-imperialism. As the trade law regime and the climate change mitigation agenda come under fire on the other side of the Atlantic, new challenges also lie ahead. The net-zero pendulum has swung, but it will swing again. Join our Speakers and Chair to discuss the world’s long journey towards climate change resilient and prosperous futures, and the many obstacles on the path.

Speakers:

• Giulia Claudia Leonelli (Assistant Professor of Law, LSE Law School)
• Emily Lydgate (Professor of Environmental Law, University of Sussex; Co-Director, UK Trade Policy Observatory)
• Andrew Lang (Professor of Law and Chair in International Law and Governance, University of Edinburgh)

Chair:

• Eric Neumayer (LSE Deputy President and Vice Chancellor; Professor, Department of Geography and Environment)

A drinks reception will be held after the event

This event operates on a first-come, first-served basis