Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature. As pressures on ecosystems mount and as conventional laws seem increasingly... Continue Reading →
‘Exploitation of the planet contributes to the exploitation of people’: Author
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Leah Thomas, author of “The Intersectional Environmentalist,” on how social and climate injustices intertwine. Visit Site for video...
Growing numbers of young nonviolent climate protesters are willing to face jail. Dorian Lynskey followed them in the weeks leading up to last week’s action In a flat in east London, on the night of 31 March, two dozen people in their early 20s are packing sleeping bags and energy bars and discussing unorthodox toilet... Continue Reading →
Just Stop Oil: behind the scenes with the activists
crimes against the climate…
Our society spends an enormous amount of time, energy, and money to deal with crimes of various types, such as the potential crimes studied by the Mueller Investigation, and rightly so. But however serious these crimes turn out to be, they will not compare with the seriousness of the crimes against the climate - which... Continue Reading →
To urgently drive down carbon emissions, we need a worldwide, and equitable, fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty. In this excerpt from his new book, The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic, Stan Cox argues that we need more than a transition to sustainable energy to... Continue Reading →
We Need a Global Treaty for Climate
The Paris Agreement’s Conciliation Annex: If Not Now, Then When?
Introduction: The Imperative On the eve of the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), to be held in Glasgow between October 31 and November 12, 2021, participating states face the challenge of undertaking decisive and transformative action on climate change. In taking up the Presidency of COP26, the U.K. has described COP26 as... Continue Reading →
Steven Donziger's legal saga has demonstrated deep-rooted conflicts of interest in the judicial system when it comes to climate justice. This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After spending more than 700 days under house arrest, a human rights and environmental lawyer was found... Continue Reading →
This attorney took on Chevron. Then Chevron-linked judges and private prosecutors had him locked up.
Climate change poses unprecedented challenges. Rising global temperatures are causing more frequent severe weather events, including wildfires and floods, capable of massive disruption that sweeps away homes and takes lives. While campaigners have taken to the streets advocating for companies and governments to address climate change, lawyers are setting new legal precedent on climate cases.... Continue Reading →
Nine Climate Change Cases You’ve Never Heard Of
NRDC senior program advocate Sasha Forbes explains what it means to be displaced by climate change and why cities must invest in long-term housing affordability—and a self-sustaining future—for their low-income communities and communities of color. The cycle is all too familiar: Affluent residents move into lower-income neighborhoods in cities and make their mark on the... Continue Reading →
What Is Climate Gentrification?
As we face the urgent crises of climate and extinction, we need every tool available — including the law — to fight for life on Earth. By identifying “ecocide” as a prosecutable crime, as a panel of 12 lawyers recently proposed to the International Criminal Court, we can set up a practical framework for tackling... Continue Reading →
To fight ecocide, we have to criminalize it
Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite many committing to tackle the crisis. This backing for coal, oil and gas is... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 