ClientEarth Conversation Series
In this Conversation Series postgraduate research student David McKeown talked to James Thornton, CEO of ClientEarth and an Honorary Professor of Law at the Law School, about COP26, environmental activism - and why the whole spectrum of law is needed to address the interconnected consequences of climate change.
- Hope, Students and Climate ActivismThe first interview in the series covers the positive role law graduates will be able to play in creating the frameworks needed to address diverse challenges of climate change. See the trailer. Watch the interview. Read the blog.
- A Crisis, Coal and Corporate LawWe are facing a climate crisis. In this interview the lack of progress on reducing emissions is explored, whilst a big shift on coal in China offers hope as we go into COP26. See the trailer. Watch the interview. Read the blog.
- Biodiversity, Big Cycles and Human RightsThe focus of this conversation is on biodiversity - critters, compost and 'wholism' - exploring how human rights law can protect those best positioned to be the stewards of nature. See the trailer. Watch the interview. Read the blog.
- Moving Money, Banks and LawsuitsThe role environmental NGOs play in speeding up actions and moving money in the right direction is the focus of this piece - with examples of how being unafraid to take on the big guns could reap the desired rewards.See the trailer. Watch the interview. Read the blog
