Laura García-Portela

Laura García-Portela is a moral and political philosopher specializing in climate ethics, the philosophy of climate science, and climate law. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on addressing climate injustices, particularly concerning “loss and damage,” a concept referring to the harms already caused by climate change. She aims to bridge philosophy, climate science, and law to advocate for rectificatory justice, exploring issues like compensation mechanisms, the attribution of climate impacts, and the ethical responsibilities of policymakers and legal practitioners.Laura’s academic background includes a PhD from the interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Climate Change at the University of Graz, Austria. Her dissertation, which won prestigious awards like the Luis Díez del Corral Prize (Spain) and the Roland Atefie Prize (Austria), was later developed into a book, Rectifying Climate Injustice: Reparations for Loss and Damage, which is freely available and published by Routledge. Beyond academia, Laura actively engages in public outreach to promote understanding of climate justice issues.