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How judges benefit from Argentina's novel green education law

How judges benefit from Argentina's novel green education law

Yolanda Benjamina Ortiz was an Argentinian chemist born in 1926, who started her professional life working at Shell and then moved into the civil service. Ortiz was made Argentina’s first environment secretary in 1973 by Juan Perón, following his exile in Spain. She believed in the inextricable connection between

This lex is on fire

This lex is on fire

It was early morning when I first arrived at the Peace Palace as it sat quietly in the darkness and drizzle. Waiting for security to open, I was drawn to the perpetual flame that has burned continuously inside a stone pillar outside the building since 2002. There is a beautiful

How youth activists are mobilising ahead of a landmark climate hearing

How youth activists are mobilising ahead of a landmark climate hearing

Vepaiamele Trief’s passion for climate justice began when she first learned about climate change in her primary school on the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Although lessons didn’t delve into the scientific details or the negative impacts it would have on society, she and her family have seen major

Climate-vulnerable nations look to world's top court as COP29 ends in bitter truce

Climate-vulnerable nations look to world's top court as COP29 ends in bitter truce

This article was originally published in Drilled. Nations that are particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures and sea levels are pinning their hopes on the world’s top court to set a clear path for climate justice. A week after UN climate talks were pulled back from the brink of collapse,

The last-ditch legal attempt to stop EACOP

The last-ditch legal attempt to stop EACOP

Ugandan and Tanzanian campaigners are preparing to go to court next week in a last-ditch attempt to block a massive polluting oil pipeline running through their countries, while activists face jail for protesting against the project. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has been in development for years as

'A very bureaucratic approach to the most existential threat of the century': Neubauer and the German climate case three years on

'A very bureaucratic approach to the most existential threat of the century': Neubauer and the German climate case three years on

A spate of constitutional complaints against the German government’s handling of the climate crisis were launched following Urgenda’s success in the Netherlands. But as is often the case with strategic litigation, the landmark judgment delivered in 2021 has had a mixture of victories, failures and unintended consequences. To

The next climate lawsuits at the European Court of Human Rights are nearly as important as the first

The next climate lawsuits at the European Court of Human Rights are nearly as important as the first

Climate activists had major cause to celebrate in the spring when the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted the arguments of a group of older Swiss women known as the KlimaSeniorinnen that their government’s failure to do enough to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions was a clear