Sep 9, 2024 | Climate Justice, September 2024
Introduction Given that renewable energy produces far less emissions than fossil fuels, it is widely viewed as playing a central role in climate change mitigation [1]. Deploying renewable energy at a large scale, however, brings its own social and environmental...
Sep 9, 2024 | Climate Justice, September 2024
In July 2024, five Just Stop Oil* campaigners received unprecedented prison sentences ranging from four to five years, after being found guilty of planning disruptive protests on the M25 in November 2022. Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Cressida Gethin, Louise Lancaster,...
Sep 9, 2024 | Environmental Law, North America, September 2024
Over the last two years, several court decisions weakened the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tackle pollution and climate change [1]. It dates back to the 2022 West Virginia vs EPA case, when courts applied the major questions doctrine (MQD),...
Jul 2, 2024 | Climate Justice
Introduction 3.6 billion people across the globe are highly vulnerable to climate disasters [3]. Developing nations face greater risks from climate change and have contributed less to the problem; they are responsible for just 21% of historical carbon emissions [4,...
Feb 27, 2023 | Climate Justice
Despite being a worldwide catastrophe, not everyone is equally impacted by the climate crisis. Both rising sea levels and temperature increases pose risks to the planet; however, the latter has a greater impact on those who live in poorer arid regions than on those...
