when: 25 August 2021 | venue: Online | cost: Free | address: See event description for details on how to connect. | tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/the-law-and-climate-the-view-of-the-courts
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In May, Justice Bromberg of the Federal Court described climate change as the greatest inter-generational injustice ever inflicted by one generation of humans upon the next. In a class action brought by school age youngsters against the Minister for the Environment over Whitehaven Coal the court declared the minister had a duty to avoid a degradation in the conditions of life caused by carbon emissions.
In Germany, legal action from environmentalists persuaded the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe to reject as inadequate the country's current statutory framework on climate. In Holland, climate action before the courts resulted in a wholesale re-writing of government programmes on climate.
How are arguments about climate being treated in Australian jurisdictions? What are the limitations? How quickly might things develop? Is it setting the pace for governments and corporations?
Please join our expert panel David Morris, CEO of the Environmental Defenders Office; Edwina Kwan, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; David Barnden, Principal Lawyer, Equity Generation Lawyers; and Bob Carr, Professor of Business and Climate, UTS, on August 25 at 6pm as we explore the law and climate as part of this #UTS4climate webinar series
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In May, Justice Bromberg of the Federal Court described climate change as the greatest inter-generational injustice ever inflicted by one generation of humans upon the next. In a class action brought by school age youngsters against the Minister for the Environment over Whitehaven Coal the court declared the minister had a duty to avoid a degradation in the conditions of life caused by carbon emissions.
In Germany, legal action from environmentalists persuaded the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe to reject as inadequate the country's current statutory framework on climate. In Holland, climate action before the courts resulted in a wholesale re-writing of government programmes on climate.
How are arguments about climate being treated in Australian jurisdictions? What are the limitations? How quickly might things develop? Is it setting the pace for governments and corporations?
Please join our expert panel David Morris, CEO of the Environmental Defenders Office; Edwina Kwan, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; David Barnden, Principal Lawyer, Equity Generation Lawyers; and Bob Carr, Professor of Business and Climate, UTS, on August 25 at 6pm as we explore the law and climate as part of this #UTS4climate webinar series
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