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Lucy Maxwell

@lucysmaxwell.bsky.social
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Human rights and climate justice | Co-Director, Climate Litigation Network, Urgenda Foundation. Usual disclaimers

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Lucy Maxwell @lucysmaxwell.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Next TUES is a major moment for climate action European Court of Human Rights will decide on 3 climate cases Significant for the global movement of climate litigation, to ramp up governments' action Bravo to Youth4Climate Justice, KlimaSeniorinnen, and Damien Careme Watch for live updates!
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Lucy Maxwell @lucysmaxwell.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
As we await next week's European Court decisions -- our thoughts on the next frontier for climate cases, based on 8+ years of climate litigation against governments, with Sarah Mead and April Williamson Sneak peek -- THREE predictions 🧵 blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
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Future Trends in Climate Litigation Against Governments - Climate Law Blog
We are in a critical decade for action on climate change. The world is on track to experience 3°C of warming and the “window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all” is rapi...
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Lucy Maxwell @lucysmaxwell.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
Call for papers! We're supporting an online symposium on ‘Strategic Litigation on Climate Equality’ in September Let's discuss how climate litigation can better address the disproportionate impacts of the climate crisis. Abstracts due 28 March. Details: shorturl.at/knSX6
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Lucy Maxwell @lucysmaxwell.bsky.social · 22/01/2024
We're hiring! Job postings close this week Join the Climate Litigation Network 🌱 We're growing our team, hiring for: Senior Legal Associate shorturl.at/puBN7 Legal Associate shorturl.at/puBN7 Operations Associate shorturl.at/uBR46 Assessed on rolling basis; deadline 24 Jan!
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Lucy Maxwell @lucysmaxwell.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Ten reasons why the SUCCESSFUL Belgian Climate Case by @Klimaatzaak is a globally significant win – for communities around the world. Thread 🧵 There are 40+ similar cases pending against governments – in Italy 🇮🇹 Sth Korea 🇰🇷 Australia 🇦🇺 Canada 🇨🇦 Sweden 🇸🇪 Turkey 🇹🇷 Poland 🇵🇱
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Lucy Maxwell @lucysmaxwell.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
More climate case WINS -- German Government ordered by court to take immediate climate action. Congratulations to Deutsche Umwelthilfe (NGO who brought the case!) www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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Lucy Maxwell @lucysmaxwell.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
BREAKING: Climate case WIN in Belgian Climate Case -- just out! Government ORDERED to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 (compared w. 47% target under EU framework) Very significant globally: Govt ordered to INCREASE AMBITION of GHG target. Congrats to all at Klimaatzaak twitter.com/Klimaatzaak/...
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