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        Cleo Verkuijl

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      • Expertise: Climate change law and policy, animal welfare
      • cleo.verkuijl@sei.org
      • @cleoverk
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      Cleo Verkuijl’s research focuses on legal and political dimensions of UN sustainable development and climate policy, just and healthy dietary transitions, and animal welfare.

      Cleo was a coordinating lead author of the first two Production Gap Reports . Produced by leading research organizations and the UN, this is the first assessment of the gap between the targets of the Paris Agreement and countries’ planned production of coal, oil, and gas.

      A Team Leader and Writer for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin since 2015, Cleo has reported on UN processes on climate, ozone, and the Sustainable Development Goals, among others. She has taught environmental law and policy as an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, and as a tutor for the University of Edinburgh.

      Cleo has also worked for the UN Environment Programme in Brussels and was a policy officer with the NGO network Climate Action Network International during the Paris climate negotiations.

      Cleo holds an LL.M. in Global Environment and Climate Law from the University of Edinburgh.

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      Publications by Cleo Verkuijl

      • The equity dimensions of anti-fossil fuel norms
      • A just transition in the meat sector: why, who, and how?
      • Una transición justa en el sector de la carne: ¿por qué, quién y cómo?
      • How trade policy can support the climate agenda
      • Open letter: Experts call on governments to include animal welfare in sustainable development governance
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      Perspectives by Cleo Verkuijl

      • Seven priorities for COP27
      • Sustainable development matters for animals too
      • Eight takeaways from the IPCC report on climate mitigation
      • Animal welfare matters for sustainable development
      • COP26's "plant-forward" menu should be the starting shot for a protein transformation
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      Featured stories with Cleo Verkuijl

      • COP26: what it delivered and what's next
      • Seven priorities for COP26
      • The Paris Agreement five years on
      • Nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
      • How finance works towards - or against - sustainable development
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      Projects and tools with Cleo Verkuijl

      • Animal welfare and sustainable development
      • Just transitions in the livestock sector
      • Energy Policy Tracker
      • Iniciativa SEI sobre Carbon Lock-In o bloqueo de carbono
      • SEI Initiative on Carbon Lock-In
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