Making Climate Law Work
Exploring how legal tools shape climate action in practice, from the Energy and Climate Change Law Institute and qLegal at Queen Mary University of London.
Episodes
7 episodes
Climate change and corporations: the new way of doing business
"Shareholders and consumers can influence corporations to move in clean energy and sustainable directions, and that is the key driver for the transition." Climate law is no longer just a regulatory concern; it's a boardroom...
Loss and damage: who is paying the global climate bill?
"Litigation is an exercise of narration. Lawyers working in the climate space should not shy away from the science, because understanding it is key to building your argumentation." For decades, Loss and Damage was a diploma...
Law and governments: the power of climate litigation
"This debate about the proper role of courts in relation to climate action will continue - both inside and outside the courtrooms." Courts are increasingly being asked to do what governments won't. Hosts Alisa Ainonen and N...
International law and state obligations: who enforces them?
"The energy transition is a force that's unstoppable." States have made sweeping promises on climate. But what happens when they don't keep them? In this episode, student hosts Julieta Herrera and Manuela Motta Zini sit dow...
Setting the scene: making climate law work
What role can the law really play in averting a climate crisis? In this opening episode, James Dallas, Executive Director of the Energy and Climate Change Law Institute at Queen Mary University of London, sits down with Professor Silke Goldberg...