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Urgenda: Bringing the Climate to Court

Holly W.R. | June 15th, 2015

In a landmark legal ruling, a government has for the first time been held legally accountable for taking insufficient action to prevent dangerous climate change.

Wild Law: Our Social Constructs

Holly W.R. | February 10th, 2015

The second part of this two-part series on Wild Law presents a range of legal initiatives that are being undertaken around the world, in a new wave of action seeking to represent nature in a way that our legal systems understand.

Wild Law: Giving Nature A Legal Voice

Holly W.R. | February 5th, 2015

The law is one of our most powerful shields against harm, but when it comes to environmental protection our judicial defences often fall short. In a two-part series on wild law, The Verb explores pioneering new legal mechanisms that may provide an answer.