As climate litigation becomes increasingly more frequent, the case that has the potential to influence and inform all future cases has just begun its final stages of deliberation. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is deliberating over 2 questions referred by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) (in Res 77/276) concerning obligations of States under …

Pascale Bird and Olivia Tattarletti were recently in Kigali, Rwanda to participate in the revitalisation of the network of environmental lawyers from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Twenty attendees from the network (lawyers from public service, private practice, NGOs and academia) took part in a training workshop from …

The impacts of climate change are becoming ever more serious, while international climate law is becoming ever more complex and demanding. Low income developing countries are disproportionately impacted, but with limited capacity to respond in comparison with those that have largely caused the problems. We are a London based charity supporting climate …

On April 9, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights delivered three landmark judgements in cases relating to environmental protection and human rights. Out of the three cases, two were determined to be inadmissible by the Grand Chamber on procedural grounds – lack of standing for the case against France,[1] and lack of extra-territorial jurisdiction …

LRI trustees are pleased to announce that, following an open recruitment process, Pascale Bird was appointed as LRI’s permanent Executive Director on 1 February 2024. Pascale has over twelve years’ experience working in the climate arena: attending COPs and subsidiary meetings and delivering training sessions on the UNFCCC regime and its relevance …