Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy

Welcome to CSDLP

The Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy focuses on environmental sustainability and achievement of sustainable development in all its dimensions: environmental, economic, and social.

The centre contributes to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The UN Sustainable Development Goals serve as cross-cutting themes in our research projects, policy work and collaborative initiatives, including education and training, gender, health and wellbeing. We work on various projects, with countries and academic partners across the globe.

Meet the CSDLP Team

Sustainable Development Goals on a transparent background

Teaching and Learning

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Our Projects

JusTN0W

Just Transitions to a Net Zero World: JusTN0W initiative aims to develop a world-leading interdisciplinary work programme, to research sustainable and just solutions for accelerated decarbonisation of economies, and to achieve lasting societal well-being for the present and future generations.

Learn more about JusTN0W

CSDLP at COP29

This year, five delgates will be attending COP29 under the University's Observer NGO status. Among several other events, CSDLP will be hosting an Official UNFCCC Side Event: "Just Transition – a Fairness Discourse for Enhancing Adaptation and Improving Social Resilience". Explore further...

Learn more about our work at COP29

CSDLP at Annual Conference at the Durham Law School Entrance

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News

ELEVATE-ProClima (Enhance and Leverage the Architecture on Evidence for Proteção Climática (Climate Protection))

Colleagues from the JusTN0W team at Durham Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy secured funding from the British Academy under Evidence-informed Policymaking Grants 2025 Awards, for a timely and significant research project: ELEVATE-ProClima (Enhance and Leverage the Architecture on Evidence for Proteção Climática (Climate Protection)). The project is in collaboration with our valued Brazilian partners from the University of São Paulo, the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

Research news
Dr Katalin Sulyok at the Hungarian Judicial Academy.

Dr Katalin Sulyok was involved in training administrative law judges from Hungary in Budapest at the annual judicial training organised by the Hungarian Judicial Academy on 22 May 2025.

Global research
CSDLP Climate Litigation Review Series – R (Finch) v Surrey County Council and Others – Part 3 of 3

Case review of R (Finch) v Surrey County Council and Others [2024] UKSC 20 by Dr Adebola Adeyemi, PhD, Fellow, CSDLP; Assistant Professor, Durham Law School (Part 3 of 3).

Research news

ELEVATE-ProClima (Enhance and Leverage the Architecture on Evidence for Proteção Climática (Climate Protection))

Colleagues from the JusTN0W team at Durham Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy secured funding from the British Academy under Evidence-informed Policymaking Grants 2025 Awards, for a timely and significant research project: ELEVATE-ProClima (Enhance and Leverage the Architecture on Evidence for Proteção Climática (Climate Protection)). The project is in collaboration with our valued Brazilian partners from the University of São Paulo, the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

Research news

A poster of a project ELEVATE-ProClima with a picture of Amazon Green forest.

Dr Katalin Sulyok at the Hungarian Judicial Academy.

Dr Katalin Sulyok was involved in training administrative law judges from Hungary in Budapest at the annual judicial training organised by the Hungarian Judicial Academy on 22 May 2025.

Global research

A lady in grey suit teaching in front of a slide show

CSDLP Climate Litigation Review Series – R (Finch) v Surrey County Council and Others – Part 3 of 3

Case review of R (Finch) v Surrey County Council and Others [2024] UKSC 20 by Dr Adebola Adeyemi, PhD, Fellow, CSDLP; Assistant Professor, Durham Law School (Part 3 of 3).

Research news