Scholars
David Rossati
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Based in
Netherlands
Europe
David Rossati specializes in international climate change law, international economic law, and international legal theory.
In particular, his research focuses on issues related to the regulation and implementation of international climate finance commitments, linkage issues between the international climate and trade regimes, and the effects of juridification on international development finance and its institutions.
He regularly engages in climate advocacy by advising NGOs on legal aspects of the UN climate change regime and international development.
Country(ies) of Specialty
ItalyFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Climate law and litigation Net Zero Climate JusticePublications
Articles
Rossati, David and Zahar, Alexander (2024). Governing International Climate Finance and Investment: the Paris Agreement and Related International and Transnational Mechanisms. In A. Zahar (ed), Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement. Edward Elgar Publishing
(2023). Managerialism versus Climate Justice in financing Loss and Damage. EADI Blog. European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
(2022). Blockchain prototypes for the new carbon market under the Paris Agreement. ALTI Blog. Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute
Ferrando, Tomaso, Jokubauskaite, Giedre, Rossati, David, & De Feyter, Koen. (2022). The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) as a Sustainable Development Actor. University of Antwerp
Jokubauskaite, G., & Rossati, David (2022). A tragedy of juridification in international development finance. 43(1) Canadian Journal of Development Studies = Revue canadienne d’études du développement, 39-58.
Rossati, David (2021). A Question of Value: On the Legality of Using Kyoto Protocol Units under the Paris Agreement. 11(3-4) Climate Law, 298-321.
Kang-Riou, N., & Rossati, David (2018). The effects of juridification on states exiting international institutions. 15(2) International organizations law review, 265-294
Pickering, Jonathan et al. (2015). Acting on climate finance pledges: Inter-agency dynamics and relationships with aid in contributor states. 68(1) World Development. 149-162.
Rossati, David (2013) “The legal framework for EU-Korea climate change cooperation: Opportunities and challenges under the framework agreement and free trade agreement” in Harris James (ed) The European Union and South Korea: The Legal Framework for Strengthening Trade, Economic and Political Relations. Edinburgh University Press. 2013, 212-228.