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

Students sitting on grass at Durham Maidan Castle

Our Projects

JusTN0W

JusTN0W is the flagship project of the CSDLP. It is developing 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 COPs

Each year, a team from CSDLP attends the Conference of the Parties (COP) under the UNFCCC accreditation. We will be at COP30 in Brazil and, among other activities, we will host an official UNFCCC side event. Explore further and learn more about our work at past COPS and our plans for this year.

Learn more about our engagment with COPs

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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
International Conference on IP and AI in the Age of Technology Race

Durham Law School is pleased to partner with the JusTN0W Initiative Team, colleagues from the Durham Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, the School of Law at the City University of Hong Kong, and the School of Law at Texas A&M University to host the conference on 'International Conference on IP and AI in the Age of Technology Race' in Durham, United Kingdom.

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

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.

International Conference on IP and AI in the Age of Technology Race

Durham Law School is pleased to partner with the JusTN0W Initiative Team, colleagues from the Durham Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, the School of Law at the City University of Hong Kong, and the School of Law at Texas A&M University to host the conference on 'International Conference on IP and AI in the Age of Technology Race' in Durham, United Kingdom.

Research news

A group photo of international participants of a conference in front of a glass building of the Durham Law School.

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