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This month we are happy to highlight the amazing work of Dr Emily Jones. Dr Jones is a Lecturer in the School of Law and Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex in the UK. She is a generalist public international lawyer whose interdisciplinary work combines theory and practice. Her work cuts across: international…

Please join us for the virtual launch of  Rights of Nature: A Re-examination, edited by Prof Daniel Corrigan and Dr Markku Oksanen. The launch will take place on 7 July 2021 at 9am PDT/12noon EDT/5pm BST/6pm CAT &CEST. You can register in advance for the launch here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the…

The Escazú Agreement entered into force on April 22, 2021. The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean results from six years of negotiations. The negotiations followed the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Rio+20) and aimed to…

By Paul J Govind On the 27th of May 2021, the Federal Court of Australia handed down a judgement that could revolutionize environmental decision-making in the country. Justice Bromberg declared that the Federal Minister for the Environment owes a duty of care to protect children from reasonably foreseeable future harm that could result from increased…

By Annalisa Savaresi and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh After its landmark ruling in the Urgenda case in 2015, on 25 May 2021 the Hague District Court marked another milestone in the history of climate litigation worldwide by ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions of 45% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. The ruling is…