Kanika Jamwal

After completing my PhD at @NUS_Law last week, I have now joined the European University Institute as a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow. At @EUI_Law & @EUI_MWProgramme, I will continue my work on community-based env. & climate governance, rights of nature, & legal pluralism.

Grateful to @Indian_Rivers for including my editorial on the role of local communities in managing water in their compilation. For several years, many local communities have been quietly engaging in water self-governance. (1/3)

⛰️Redefining the #Aravallis

The Aravallis cannot be fully understood or redefined through a doctrinal lens alone. Local communities, alongside other epistemic experts, must be meaningfully included in any exercise of redefining. Here’s why (1/4)—

🌳In this blog post, I underline a gap in the Supreme Court’s judgement in #Vanashakti, and explain why ex-post facto environmental clearances are ultra vires Indian environmental law.

🌿 Read here— tinyurl.com/2ye9smwv.

Preliminary observation on the judgment in the Great Indian Bustard case: The Court repeatedly underscores the importance of considering the impacts of climate change on non-human species like the Godawan. This will hopefully bolster the conversation on the rights of nature too.