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Net Zero strategy judgment – what it means and next steps

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Join us for a lunchtime seminar on the recent judgment where we consider the implications.

Join us for a short lunchtime seminar to hear about the recent judgment in which the High Court ruled that the government’s Net Zero Strategy breached the Climate Change Act. 

We have speakers from 3 of the organisations involved in bringing this legal challenge. They will explain why the action was brought, what the ruling means and what next steps might be for all parties. 

 

Speakers

  • Katie de Kauwe, Solicitor, Friends of the Earth - Background to the development of the case and overview of the grounds
  • Nina Pindham, Barrister, No5 Chambers - Discussing the judgment
  • Sam Hunter Jones, Senior Lawyer, ClientEarth - Wider implications of the judgment and what happens next

 

Speaker Biographies

Katie de Kauwe specialises in environmental judicial review, and also has expertise in cases concerning the right to protest. Katie was the lead lawyer at Friends of the Earth on the organisation’s successful challenge against the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, brought alongside ClientEarth and Good Law Project. Previously, Katie worked on Friends of the Earth’s challenge to Heathrow expansion which went to the Supreme Court in October 2020. In addition, she is part of the team working on the planning inquiry for the Whitehaven coal mine, in which Friends of the Earth is a main party and opposes the development on climate and other grounds.

Sam Hunter Jones is a senior lawyer at environmental law charity ClientEarth.  His work holds governments and businesses to account on climate change – from greenwashing to violations of human rights and failures to comply with climate change legislation.  Sam leads ClientEarth’s work on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy.

 

Nina Pindham is a specialist planning and environmental law Barrister at No5 Barristers Chambers. She advises a wide range of clients on including Defra, Local Authorities, Water Companies and Private clients, and is ranked as a leading junior in the directories for Planning and Environmental Law.

 

This highly topical session will run as a webinar over the lunchtime period, so do join us for an hour's presentation and questions. To book, please log in or register (don't register again if you have already opened an account with us) and follow the prompts. Joining details will be sent out nearer the time.

Tickets:

  • Members - free
  • Non-Members - £5
  • Students/unwaged - free

 
When
21/09/2022 13:00 - 14:00
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