Month: November 2021

In our final conversation, Bristol Law School’s David Mckeown speaks with CEO of ClientEarth, James Thornton. They explore the role environmental NGOs play in speeding up actions and moving money in the right direction, with examples of how being unafraid to take on the big guns could reap the desired rewards.… Read more

In the third interview in our COP26 Conversation Series postgraduate research student David McKeown, talks to CEO of ClientEarth and honorary professor James Thornton about biodiversity – critters, compost and ‘wholism’, exploring how human rights law can protect those best positioned to be the stewards of nature.… Read more

Contuining our COP26, ClientEarth Conversation Series, we heard again from postgraduate research student David McKeown talking to James Thornton, CEO of ClientEarth and an Honorary Professor of Law – about the climate crisis, the impact of coal and how corporate law can and has influenced decision making in this area.… Read more

The planet is in the grip of a climate crisis, and COP26 maybe the most important meeting that will happen for the planet in our lifetime. In the first of our ClientEarth Conversation Series, postgraduate research student David McKeown talks to James Thornton, CEO of ClientEarth and an Honorary Professor of Law, about the positive role law graduates can play in creating the frameworks needed to address the diverse challenges of climate change.… Read more