- New Zealand gives Mount Taranaki same legal rights as a person, Dec 22, 2017...[1]
- New Zealand creates special refugee visa for Pacific islanders affected by climate change, Dec 9, 2017...[2]
- I shut down an oil pipeline – because climate change is a ticking bomb, Emily Johnston, Nov 24, 2017...[3]
Jan-Sep 2017[edit | edit source]
Oakland Sue 5 Oil Giants for Climate Change Impacts, Sep 20...[4]
The new "ecological civilization" will be born in China, according to the best environmental lawyer, Sep 23[5]
How Community-Led 'Rights of Nature' Initiatives Are Protecting Ecosystems, Aug 31[6]
Governments face 'wave of legal action' over climate change inaction as natural disasters worsen, activists warn, Aug 29...[7]
Mapped: Climate change laws around the world, May 11[8]
Cruel Intentions -- Opposition to Climate Change Response is Swiftly Becoming Illegal, Apr 12[9]
New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being, Mar 16[10]
2016[edit | edit source]
ICC widens remit to include environmental destruction cases, Sep 15[11]
2015[edit | edit source]
The Strategic Value of Developing Law for the Commons, David Bollier, September 6[12]
- "I consider this strategy memo as the catalyst for a new discussion – and, I hope, action. The vision is obviously too big for any one of us, or small group of us, to handle alone. But the push of a few dominos could start a chain-reaction of much greater scale – and as my review of commons-based legal initiatives suggests, there are a quite a few of us engaged in law-related commons advocacy. Can we take expand this work to a deeper, richer level?"
2012[edit | edit source]
Revolution Justified: Review, December 4[13]
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