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.
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.
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.