Ane Sydnes Egeland is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Her research concerns national climate mitigation targets and the separation of powers, both within and beyond the state. She is especially interested in the interaction between democratic decision-making and climate change law – including climate change treaties, climate acts, human rights law and constitutional law. Egeland previously worked as a lawyer for the Norwegian government on several cases concerning the ECHR, including climate change litigation before Norwegian courts and the ECtHR. Egeland holds a PhD Candidate position at the Department of Energy and Natural Resources Law at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law of the University of Oslo. This position was established with funds from a funding agreement between the University of Oslo and Equinor, a Norwegian energy company and major petroleum producer. The funds, covering three out of the four years of Egeland's contract, are designated for research on climate and energy law. All research, including the design of Egeland's PhD project, is impartial and independent. More information may be found here: https://www.jus.uio.no/nifs/english/about/news/2019/01-10-agreement-equinor.html and here: https://www.uio.no/forskning/satsinger/uio-energi-og-miljo/forskning/akademiaavtalen-.html (Norwegian only).