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Using the Law to Fix the Climate - A Mock COP Fringe Event
COP26andbeyond are proud to present this MOCK COP fringe event in which we will look at how laws are made, how they are enforced, and what you can do to use them to fix the climate.
Short and Simple Climate Legislation
Guest Author Professor Dan Farber demonstrates how even minor changes in four key statutes could make an outsize difference to the direction of regulation in key areas of legislation in America relevant to climate change, and its security from legal challenge.
Electrification and the Sustainability of Minerals
In this article we argue that ‘clean’ energy must not be bought at the expense of the safety of adult or child labour in mines, or the destruction of the environment through seabed mining.
The Peruvian Farmer and a Climate Case of Worldwide Importance
In a climate case of potentially huge implications for the coal, oil and gas industries, a farmer and mountain guide from the Peruvian Andes is bringing a case in the German courts against the major German power generator RWE.
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS: Parliamentary Oversight of Environmental Governance and Legislation
William Wilson’s report on Environmental Institutions has been published by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
Irish Supreme Court Climate Judgement
A summary of the recent Irish Supreme Court Case: Friends of the Irish Environment v The Government of Ireland