23 July 2021
Responses to climate change are often marked by frustration as much as fear.
Those seeking to end our fossil-fuel dependency are increasingly turning to litigation to force the hands of companies and governments - often on human rights grounds.
But do the courts have a legitimate role to play in leading the way? Or is this a form of judicial activism?
Guests
Professor Jacqueline McGlade – UCL Institute for Global Prosperity and Strathmore University Business School, Kenya
David Estrin – Environmental law specialist and co-chair of the International Bar Association’s Climate Change Justice and Human Rights Task Force
Professor Jacqueline Peel - Professor of environment and climate change law, University of Melbourne
David Morris – CEO, Environmental Defenders Office
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