dr. David Rossati, LLM

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David Rossati is an Assistant Professor of International Law in the Transnational Legal Studies department of the VU Faculty of Law. He has expertise in International Climate Change Law and International Economic Law with general research interests in the issues raised by the linkages between the two regimes, particularly those of institutional or systemic nature.

As an advisor for NGOs, he has worked on issues concerning regulatory aspects of the UN climate change regime and of development finance institutions active on climate finance. He is a nominated expert in the roster of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

David Rossati holds a PhD (full scholarship) and an LLM in Public International Law from the University of Edinburgh, where he has also coordinated a course on the Law of Climate Change for six years as a visiting lecturer for the distance learning LLM programme. Before joining the VU Faculty of Law in 2020, he worked as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Salford in Manchester.

Together with dr. Clemens Kaupa, he is a founder and and director of the VU Climate Change & Sustainability Law Clinic. He also acts as Coordinator of the LLM International Business Law - Trade and Investment track.

David Rossati serves in the Editorial Board of Oxford International Organizations and is a member of the Manchester International Law Centre (affiliate), the Amsterdam Centre for Climate Change and the Law, the Law & Development Research Network, and the Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute.

He welcomes PhD proposals on the law and governance of climate change concerning issues of international and transnational nature.

David Rossati's research explores key challenges in international climate change law and governance. His current work focuses on:

• The legal techniques of delay and procrastination in international climate change negotiations and governance.
• The implementation of international climate finance commitments and the operation of carbon market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement.

His research spans different areas of international law, bridging theoretical inquiry and applied challenges. He has contributed to interdisciplinary projects and published on diverse topics, including:

• Institutionalization processes in development finance.
• State withdrawals from international organizations.
• Trade policies for climate mitigation.
• Legal and policy frameworks for carbon capture and storage technologies.

PhD co-supervisions:
Bent Bos: 'Legal Imaginaries of Climate Neutrality: Regulating Our Net-Zero Future’

David Rossati coordinates and teaches in the following courses:

• International Law on Climate Change and Sustainability (LLM)
• Fundamental Issues of International Economic Law (LLM)
• VU Climate Change and Sustainability Law Clinic (LLM, co-coordinator)
• International Business Law - Master Thesis (LLM, co-coordinator)
• Climate Change (Bachelor Law in Society)

He also teaches in the Climate Change Law course of the Minor Law and Global Society, and supervises LLM and bachelor students in their final dissertations.