Benoit Mayer

Professor of Climate Law at the School of Law, University of Reading

Benoit Mayer is Professor of Climate Law at the School of Law at the University of Reading, Executive Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, a member of the UNFCCC Roster of Experts, and a lead author of the Seventh Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Professor Mayer holds degrees from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, McGill University, and the National University of Singapore.

Prof. Mayer’s research explores various aspects of international and comparative climate law. His research has explored the climate-migration nexus, interpreted the obligations of states relating to the mitigation of climate change, and explored the role of national environmental assessment tools in global efforts to mitigate climate change. His research has featured in the American Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, and International and Comparative Law Quarterly, and in monographs published with Cambridge and Oxford University Press.