Planetary Justice: Climate liability and nature’s legal rights
2 years ago

Planetary Justice: Climate liability and nature’s legal rights

Al Jazeera  

earthrise explores how the law is protecting life on Earth by granting rights to nature and holding multinationals to account. In Huaraz, in the Peruvian Andes, we meet farmer and mountain guide Saul Luciano Lliuya whose home is at risk of flooding due to glacial melt. Together with the environmental justice NGO, Germanwatch, Saul is taking one of the Global North’s largest polluters to court, claiming it holds some responsibility for the threat to his home. One legal precedent already having a global impact is the move to grant nature legal rights.

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If we are to have a future, climate justice needs a legal footing
2 years, 6 months ago

If we are to have a future, climate justice needs a legal footing

Al Jazeera  

Most, if not all societies, are traditionally founded on respect; respect for each other, and respect for the natural world that ultimately sustains us all. It will provide much-needed support for the crucial Paris Agreement process – which itself references climate change’s effect on human rights. At the United Nations climate change summit in Paris seven years ago, we, the …

The 'Only One Earth' And Her Legal Rights: A Paradigm Shift From Anthropocentrism To Ecocentrism
2 years, 7 months ago

The 'Only One Earth' And Her Legal Rights: A Paradigm Shift From Anthropocentrism To Ecocentrism

Live Law  

Another World Environment Day passes with a grandeur theme "Only One Earth" focusing on "Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature". Granting Personhood To Nature Through Earth Jurisprudence: A Way Out The concept of giving personhood to nature in other words giving legal rights to nature is originated from the theory called Earth jurisprudence. The prominent Earth Scholar Thomas Berry who …

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