Law at the end of the world
Law at the end of the world
Podcast Description
In this podcast, coming to you from the end of the world, Elizabeth Macpherson and Cristy Clark share developments and insights about how law is being used to support outcomes for the environment and those who depend on it - i.e. everyone.
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The podcast delves into critical topics such as environmental justice, climate activism, and legal frameworks supporting ecological outcomes. Episodes explore themes like the role of humanities in environmental issues, critiques of traditional environmentalism, and the importance of indigenous knowledge in climate solutions, exemplified by discussions with guests like Ritodhi Chakraborty and Julia Dehm.
In this podcast, coming to you from the end of the world, Elizabeth Macpherson and Cristy Clark share developments and insights about how law is being used to support outcomes for the environment and those who depend on it – i.e. everyone.
In this episode we are joined by lawyer and activist Pía Weber Salazar who discusses her collective work securing legal protections for free flowing rivers in Chile. Pía explains how communities and activist coalitions are working together to protect entire river systems. This work focuses on the implementation of water flow reserves in the Futalefú and Puelo Rivers in Chilean Patagonia, where almost all of the rivers' flow is now protected, despite fierce competition from extractive industries and fragmented regulations. Pía emphasises how legal, community, academic and advocacy efforts can come together to secure better futures for rivers and related communities, and identifies the challenges that lie ahead. As always, Cristy and Liz round off with recent developments in environmental law, including new developments in climate litigation from Europe, Australia and Aotearoa, the ongoing legal battle against nitrate polution in Canterbury, and large-scale resource management reforms underway in Aotearoa.
Futaleufú and Puelo Become Chile’s First Protected Rivers
Towards a Holistic Environmental Flow Regime in Chile
Towards durable legal protections for rivers in Chile
Evolving rights to (and of) water in Chile
No more ministry for the Environment
Assessment framework for carbon removals
Changes to National Direction under the RMA
Freshwater litigation in Canterbury
Climate Clinic Aotearoa v Minister of Ene
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